The Associated Press BOSTON — A cancer patient has received the first penis transplant in the United States, a Boston hospital said Monday. Massachusetts General Hospital has confirmed that Thomas Manning of Halifax, Massachusetts, received the transplanted penis in a 15-hour procedure last week. The organ was transplanted from a […]
Canada
The Canadian Press OTTAWA—The opposition parties are making some political hay over media reports that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s wife wants extra staff to help manage her official duties. Sophie Gregoire was quoted this week in the Quebec City newspaper Le Soleil as saying she is overwhelmed by the crush […]
The Canadian PressBob Weber EDMONTON—Cleaning up Fort McMurray’s wildfire will test the city’s ability to handle everything from asbestos to rotting food and leave a lasting legacy of higher costs and dangerous residue. So says Tom Moore—and he should know. Moore manages the landfill at Slave Lake, where one-third of […]
The Associated Press NEW YORK—A man offering “free hugs” in New York’s Times Square is accused of punching a Canadian tourist in the face after she refused to tip him for his hug and a photo. Jermaine Himmelstein was arrested on robbery and fraudulent accosting charges shortly after the incident […]
The Canadian Press FORT McMURRAY, Alta.—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was scheduled to meet with first responders today as he got a first-hand look at the damage left by a raging wildfire that forced the evacuation of 80,000 in Fort McMurray, Alta. more than a week ago. Trudeau also planned to […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO—Premier Kathleen Wynne is leaving the door slightly open to changing the way the Ontario government implements its controversial new autism program. The Liberal government recently announced a new Ontario Autism Program with $333 million in funding, which ultimately will integrate Intensive Behavioural Intervention and Applied Behavioural […]
The Canadian Press LAC LA BICHE, Alta.—A videographer with CBC Radio-Canada is in hospital in critical condition after a crash yesterday near a northern Alberta community that has been housing Fort McMurray fire evacuees. RCMP said they responded to an accident just outside Lac La Biche around 5:25 a.m. Officers […]
The Canadian Press VICTORIA—British Columbia’s health minister says he’s hopeful the rate of drug overdose deaths will start dropping this month as a result of action taken by the province to curb a disturbing spike in opioid-related fatalities. So far, last month’s declaration of a public-health emergency doesn’t appear to […]
The Canadian PressKristy Kirkup OTTAWA—Health Canada said yesterday it will fund two additional mental health workers and a case manager for youth in Attawapiskat to assist with the Northern Ontario reserve’s suicide crisis. It’s a move that comes after the federal government came under fire by the region’s MP and […]
The Canadian PressNathalie Laflamme MONTREAL—An assistant professor of anthropology at McGill University is cautioning that the work of a Quebec teenager who possibly has discovered a “lost” Mayan city has not been peer-reviewed. William Gadoury, 15, shot to fame earlier this week with reports he had stumbled on what he […]
The Canadian PressMorgan Lowrie MONTREAL—More children than ever are being exploited in the travel and tourism sector in Canada and around the world, according to a new report released today. The two-year study, produced by the non-governmental organization ECPAT International, found that child-sex tourism has increased drastically and changed in […]
The Canadian Press HALIFAX—An additional 30-40 pre-school children with autism spectrum disorder in Nova Scotia will receive treatment each year as a result of $3.6 million being included in the provincial budget. A total of 180 children will be receiving treatment under the Early Intensive Behavioural Intervention treatment program. The […]
