By Mike Stobbe The Associated Press NEW YORK — The nation’s obesity epidemic continues to grow, led by an alarming increase among women. For the first time, more than 4 in 10 U.S. women are obese, according to new government health statistics. Obesity rates for men and women in the […]
Canada
By Dan Healing The Canadian Press CALGARY — Tough times in the oil and gas industry are being blamed for smaller crowds on the first day of the Global Petroleum Show, an annual event in Calgary considered a bellwether for the energy business. Wes Scott, executive vice-president of energy for […]
The Canadian PressLauren La Rose TORONTO—CTV’s long-running “Canada AM” will be replaced with a new show that offers a “contemporary twist” to morning TV, the network said yesterday in announcing “eTalk”’s Ben Mulroney and former CBC News anchor Anne-Marie Mediwake will co-host “Your Morning” later this summer. Joining them will […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA—Every senator will get a chance to propose amendments to the federal government’s proposed new law on medically-assisted dying. The Senate’s legal and constitutional affairs committee has decided to forgo the usual procedure of recommending amendments to the upper house. With so many senators keenly interested in […]
The Canadian PressAllison Jones TORONTO—Ontario’s minister of municipal affairs and housing is resigning his cabinet post—a move he says he’s making to help the premier achieve gender parity. Ted McMeekin wrote in a Facebook post yesterday that he will continue to serve as minister until Premier Kathleen Wynne names a […]
The Canadian Press WOODSTOCK, Ont.—Police in a southwestern Ontario city say five people aged 19 and younger have killed themselves since the beginning of 2016 in what an official of the Canadian Mental Health Association is calling a “suicide contagion.” And the chief of police in Woodstock, Ont. said during […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA—Certain President’s Choice brand and Basse brand products containing sunflower seeds are being recalled due to possible Listeria contamination. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is warning against the consumption of the products, which were sold nationally. Presidents Choice brand Mountain Trail Mix, Roasted Sunflower Seeds Salted and […]
The Canadian PressLauren Krugel FORT McMURRAY, Alta.—From the streetfront window of rock station 100.5 Cruz FM in downtown Fort McMurray, program director Andrew Wilcox can see the forested hill where his home still stands in the fire-scarred Abasand neighbourhood. Under the original government re-entry plan, Wilcox would have been able […]
The Canadian PressIan Bickis CALGARY—Members of Calgary’s Muslim community yesterday remembered Muhammad Ali as a great champion of their religion, human rights, and social justice. The gathering of about 60 at the city’s Green Dome Mosque joined in a wave of global memorials for the boxing champion and citizen of […]
The Canadian PressJoan Bryden OTTAWA—Canada’s foremost constitutional authority predicts the federal government’s proposed new law on medically-assisted dying will be struck down by the courts as unconstitutional. Peter Hogg—who literally wrote the book on constitutional law in Canada, a text frequently cited by the Supreme Court—says Bill C-14 is inconsistent […]
The Canadian PressStephanie Levitz GATINEAU, Que.—Federal party leaders put down their swords to celebrate those who wield the pens and microphones Saturday night. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, interim Conservative leader Rona Ambrose, and NDP leader Tom Mulcair all spoke at a dinner honouring 150 years of the parliamentary press gallery. […]
By Lindsey Tanner The Associated Press CHICAGO — Two months before Joe Clark died of colon cancer at age 31, a doctor gently told him it was time to stop treatment. He had suffered through more than a year of chemotherapy that produced painful sores in his mouth, last-ditch major […]
