The Associated Press LONDON — The World Health Organization says it’s aiming to vaccinate more than 115 million children against polio across Africa next week, in its continuing bid to wipe out the crippling disease. In a statement Thursday, the U.N. health agency said all children under five are being […]
Canada
The Canadian Press OTTAWA–NDP MP Nathan Cullen is planning a series of town-hall meetings in Liberal ridings across the country in an effort to resurrect the issue of electoral reform. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau backed away in February from his election promise to end “first-past-the-post” voting, saying there was no […]
The Canadian PressSidhartha Banerjee MONTREAL–The author of a controversial article about Quebec that appeared in Maclean’s magazine this week has stepped down from his post at McGill University. Andrew Potter said in a social media post today his resignation as director of the Institute for the Study of Canada was […]
The Canadian PressJohn Cotter EDMONTON–The Canadian Cancer Society is urging the Alberta government to finally enact legislation to ban young people from using indoor tanning beds. The Skin Cancer Prevention (Artificial Tanning) Act was passed by the legislature in March, 2015 but has not been put into force. Evie Eshpeter, […]
The Canadian PressJoan Bryden OTTAWA–The Senate’s ethics committee met behind closed doors yesterday to consider what sanctions can–or should–be imposed on disgraced Sen. Don Meredith for engaging in a sexual relationship with a teenage girl. Options under consideration ranged from a reprimand to outright expulsion from the upper house, but […]
The Canadian PressJoanna Smith OTTAWA–The Liberal government is committing $101 million over five years to reduce violence against women–a highlight of a federal budget that promised to consider the way programs and policies impact different genders in different ways. The money, beginning with $19 million this coming fiscal year, is […]
The Canadian PressJordan Press OTTAWA–The federal government plans to spend $7 billion over the next decade to help ease the burden of child care costs–part of a slew of new long-term spending targeting families. The details outlined in yesterday’s federal budget estimated that child-care spending could create 40,000 new, subsidized […]
The Canadian PressPaola Loriggio ST. CATHARINES, Ont.–An Ontario man accused of killing his seven-year-old stepson and badly injuring a banker with whom he once had professional dealings managed to flee 2,000 km over four days before being arrested, police said yesterday. Niagara Regional Police Chief Jeff McGuire said the nationwide […]
By Lindsey Tanner The Associated Press CHICAGO — Men with early-stage prostate cancer face a dizzying quandary over which treatment to choose but two new studies on side effects may make those decisions a bit easier. The research bolsters evidence that sexual problems and urinary incontinence are more common after […]
The Associated PressAlicia A. Caldwell WASHINGTON–The U.S. government, citing unspecified threats, is barring passengers on non-stop, U.S.-bound flights from eight mostly Middle Eastern and North African countries from bringing laptops, tablets, electronic games, and other devices on board in carry-on bags. Passengers flying to the U.S. from 10 airports will […]
The Canadian PressLiam Casey A group of Canadian researchers say they have, for the first time, successfully raised wasps that will be used this summer as a weapon against an insect that is ravaging forests. Natural Resources Canada decided to rear their own wasps, named Tetrastichus planipennisi, in order to […]
The Canadian PressAlexander Panetta WASHINGTON–It’s now been revealed that the FBI had two political bombshells ready to drop during the last U.S. election. One, it unloaded on Democrats two weeks before election day. The other it held onto–until two months into Donald Trump’s presidency. It dropped yesterday. In an announcement […]
