The Canadian Press LA LOCHE, Sask.—Raw and unspeakable grief consumed residents of a northern Saskatchewan community struggling to deal with a mass shooting and hoping to find forgiveness in prayer. Residents in La Loche gathered at a church yesterday morning, and for an evening candle light vigil, as they tried […]
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The Canadian Press A government advisory group is calling for significant investment in northern infrastructure that would include tax breaks to companies setting up shop in the territories. The National Aboriginal Economic Development Board says a lack of adequate ports, airport runways, roads, bridges, and reliable access to the Internet […]
The Canadian PressTamsyn Burgmann VANCOUVER—The federal government wants to join the provinces and territories to cut the cost of prescription drugs but stopped short yesterday of announcing a concrete plan. Health minister Jane Philpott said addressing the cost of pharmaceuticals and other health-care services is one of the federal Liberal […]
The Canadian Press Calgary doctors say a rare parasite could become more common as uncooked culinary trends such as sushi, sashimi, and ceviche grow in popularity. A new report in the Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology examines the case of a Calgary man stricken by tiny parasitic […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO—Premier Kathleen Wynne says it is unacceptable to her that two Ontario colleges are operating campuses in Saudi Arabia that don’t admit women students. Niagara College and Ottawa-based Algonquin College have been operating men-only campuses for a couple of years in two cities in Saudi Arabia, where […]
The Canadian Press MONTREAL—The husband of one of the Quebecers killed in the Burkina Faso terrorist attack says hanging up on Justin Trudeau “felt good” after the prime minister called him earlier this week. Yves Richard told Montreal radio station 98.5 FM yesterday he was frustrated in the hours after […]
The Canadian PressStephanie Levitz OTTAWA—More than half of Ottawa’s newly-arrived Syrians are under the age of 14, posing a particular challenge to refugee resettlement agencies. How do you keep the kids busy while trying to help their parents find a place to live? One child recently proved the point—and in […]
The Associated PressCarrie Antlfinger DEFOREST, Wis.—Adults caught up in the colouring book craze now have new and more social ways to participate: through libraries and meet-up groups. Libraries across the U.S. are holding adult colouring programs more and more in response to the spike in interest, according to the American […]
The Canadian Press NORTH MIDDLESEX, Ont.—The president of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture says barn fires are a harsh reminder of the dangers of farming. More than 2,000 pigs died early Tuesday in a barn fire north of London, Ont. And while the barn was destroyed, the OPP said no […]
The Canadian Press MONTREAL—Unifor says it has reached a tentative contract agreement with Resolute Forest Products covering one group of workers in a deal the union hopes will set a pattern across Quebec’s forestry sector. The agreement still needs to be ratified by forestry workers in the Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean region. Talks […]
The Canadian PressKeith Leslie TORONTO—Ontario’s Ministry of Transportation hopes to have two lanes of a failed bridge on a northern section of the Trans-Canada Highway open to traffic by the end of February. However, engineers still don’t know what caused the steel decking on the newly-built Nipigon River bridge to […]
The Canadian Press WINNIPEG A Winnipeg woman has launched a website that hopes to offer help to thousands of people who have a little-known condition called Trichotillomania. Tenesha Lawson says the mental health condition causes people to pull hair out of their bodies. Lawson has lived with the condition since […]
