Category Archives: Canada

Women on boards and fire station pizza pies; that's for In-The-News for Oct. 3
In-The-News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Oct. 3. What we are watching in...
Oct 05, 2019

Flu vaccine delays as season starts, manufacturing shortage to blame
WINNIPEG - It may be more difficult this year for Canadians wanting to get their flu shots due to delays in producing and distributing the vaccine. The federal government says some provincial flu vacc...
Oct 04, 2019

Production failures contributed to stuntwoman's death on 'Deadpool' set: report
VANCOUVER - The production company behind the superhero hit "Deadpool 2" violated a number of safety rules that contributed to the death of a stuntwoman, says British Columbia's workplace safety agenc...
Oct 04, 2019

Alberta government to review vaping rules as number of young users grows
CALGARY - The Alberta government will consider adding rules for vaping when it reviews the province's smoking and tobacco legislation next month. Health Minister Tyler Shandro said he's part...
Oct 04, 2019

Feds fight ruling on compensation for failures in First Nations child services
OTTAWA - The federal government is appealing a Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruling ordering Ottawa to pay $2 billion in compensation to First Nations children and their families who were separa...
Oct 04, 2019

N.L. Marijuana Party hopeful misses nomination deadline over paperwork confusion
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A Newfoundland beekeeper who intended to run as a Marijuana Party candidate in this month's federal election had his hopes dashed when he realized too late that he was mis...
Oct 04, 2019

Association of Nigerian doctors calls Alberta judge's comments racist
An Alberta judge's comments about an expert witness at the trial of parents who were accused in their son's death were "prejudiced, racist, xenophobic and anti-immigrant," says a letter by a grou...
Oct 04, 2019

Tug capsizing last year in Vancouver highlights industry risks: TSB
RICHMOND, B.C. - The Transportation Safety Board says the capsizing of a tug at the mouth of the Fraser River in Vancouver shows the risks the industry faces because of a lack of awareness of the fact...
Oct 04, 2019

No evidence FBI, RCMP directed border guards' examination of Meng Wanzhou: Crown
VANCOUVER - There's no evidence to support a "conspiracy" theory that United States officials directed Canadian border guards to interrogate Huawei Technologies executive Meng Wanzhou a...
Oct 04, 2019

Crown says Boyle, accused of assault, made up self-serving nude protest story
OTTAWA - Former hostage Joshua Boyle told a self-serving lie in likening his wife's tendency to strip off her clothes to the naked protests of Russian dissenters who settled in western Canada, a feder...
Oct 04, 2019