The Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Ethan Dean will be living his dream today. The six-year-old has a garbage truck bedspread and pillow. He has garbage truck toys. He’s had a garbage truck birthday party. Now, thanks to the Make-A-Wish Foundation, he’s going to experience what it’s like to be a garbage […]
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The Canadian PressDan Ralph TORONTO—The Toronto Argonauts’ first regular-season win at BMO Field might have have come at a terrible price. Quarterback Ricky Ray threw three TD passes to lead Toronto past the Montreal Alouettes 30-17 last night. But dampening the Argos’ enthusiasm about the historic win was Ray leaving […]
The Canadian PressKeith Leslie TORONTO—The Liquor Control Board of Ontario launched online sales today with a website that lets people buy from nearly 5,000 products and have them delivered to their home or a local liquor store. Finance minister Charles Sousa said the creation of LCBO.com shows the government-owned liquor […]
The Canadian PressNicole Thompson TORONTO—Ontario will be the first province to stop paying for high doses of long-acting opioids as part of a push to reduce the “growing problem” of addiction to the pain-killers in the province. The Ministry of Health said that in January, 2017, high doses of the […]
The Canadian PressKristy Kirkup OTTAWA—Former cabinet minister and Liberal MP Hunter Tootoo has completed his treatment for alcohol addiction, his office said in a statement yesterday. Tootoo, who left the Liberal caucus two months ago, has scheduled a news conference and open house tomorrow at his constituency office in Iqaluit. […]
The Canadian PressFannie Olivier Ottawa will retire the older DOT-111 rail tanker cars—the ones involved in the deadly Lac-Megantic tragedy—several months earlier than planned, The Canadian Press has learned. The tank cars no longer will be able to transport crude oil or other dangerous goods on Canadian railways as of […]
The Associated Press Researchers on Sunday outlined a syndrome called “mild behavioural impairment” that may be a harbinger of Alzheimer’s or other dementias, and proposed a checklist of symptoms to help identify who’s at risk. The symptoms must mark a change from prior behaviour and have lasted at least six […]
By Lauran Neergaard The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Memory loss may not always be the first warning sign that dementia is brewing changes in behaviour or personality might be an early clue. Researchers on Sunday outlined a syndrome called “mild behavioural impairment” that may be a harbinger of Alzheimer’s or […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO—Canada’s clothing-optional beaches are at the centre of a turf battle between nude bathers and their clothed counterparts. Visitors to Wreck Beach in Vancouver and Hanlan’s Point in Toronto reportedly have been told by naked beach-goers they must disrobe if they want to stay. Toronto woman Cailey […]
The Canadian PressMorgan Lowrie MONTREAL—A Quebec City-based research team has received the green light to begin testing a Zika vaccine on humans in collaboration with U.S.-based partners. The researchers based at Universite Laval are the first in Canada to be authorized by Health Canada and the U.S. Food and Drug […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA—The national crime rate rose three percent in 2015—the first increase in 12 years. There were almost 1.9 million Criminal Code incidents—excluding traffic offences—reported by police last year, about 70,000 more than in 2014, Statistics Canada said yesterday. Irvin Waller, a criminology professor at the University of […]
The Canadian Press LONDON, Ont.—A judge has agreed to lift a travel ban imposed on a London, Ont. university student who pleaded guilty to mischief in connection to a major data breach at the Canada Revenue Agency in 2014. The London Free Press reported yesterday that Stephen Solis-Reyes, 21, who […]
