Category Archives: Canada

Grilled cheese under the microscope in Quebec after seniors' choking deaths
MONTREAL - Health officials in Quebec confirmed Monday they are revisiting the place of the grilled cheese sandwich on menus in care facilities following the choking deaths of at least two e...
Jul 31, 2019

Report - military pulling out in search for murder suspects
GILLAM, Man. - A media report says the Canadian military is withdrawing from the northern Manitoba hunt for two young men who are suspects in three B-C homicides. The C-B-C quotes R-C-M-P Inspector Ke...
Jul 31, 2019

CP NewsAlert: RCMP scaling down search for murder suspects in northern Manitoba
WINNIPEG - The RCMP say they are scaling back the search for two British Columbia murder suspects in northern Manitoba.Assistant Commissioner Jane MacLatchy says officers have searched more than 11,00...
Jul 31, 2019

Federal Court orders 'Product of Israel' labels off of West Bank wines
OTTAWA - Labelling a wine from the West Bank as a "Product of Israel" is misleading and deceptive, a Federal Court judge declared Monday in a ruling that tosses the politically charged file ...
Jul 31, 2019

'There is no Oka crisis 2.0,' Kanesatake chief says as land dispute simmers
MONTREAL - Kanesatake's grand chief said Monday that his people are not heading towards a second Oka crisis, despite tensions over a land dispute and a highly publicized war of wor...
Jul 31, 2019

Canada eyeing implications of U.S. plan to allow imports of prescription drugs
OTTAWA - Canada's health minister says the federal government is in touch with U.S. officials to discuss the Trump administration's plan to allow imports of cheaper prescription drugs from north of th...
Jul 31, 2019

Canadian officer first woman to command standing NATO naval group
A Royal Canadian Navy officer heading a NATO fleet in the Black Sea and Mediterranean is the first woman to be given such a command in the alliance's history. Commodore Josee Kurtz is commanding Stand...
Jul 31, 2019

Chief electoral officer decides to stick with voting day amid religious concerns
OTTAWA - Voters will go to the polls on Oct. 21 as originally planned after Canada's chief electoral officer decided not to reschedule voting day even though it falls on a Jew...
Jul 31, 2019

Federal commission announces group that will produce election leaders' debates
OTTAWA - A group of media companies will collaborate to produce the federal leaders' debates during the upcoming election campaign. The Leaders' Debates Commission says the Canadian Debate Production ...
Jul 31, 2019

Public inquiry into serial-killing nurse set to release report today
WOODSTOCK, Ont. - A public inquiry examining the case of a serial-killer nurse who preyed on elderly patients is set to deliver its report today. The report is expected to delve into the circumst...
Jul 31, 2019