Union for Halifax nurses says conciliation talks break down over ratio issue
HALIFAX - The union representing nurses employed by Nova Scotia's Capital District Health Authority says conciliation talks have broken down after one day at the table.The Nova Scotia Government and...
View ArticlePauline Marois and Philippe Couillard campaign in Laval
Both PartiQuébécois leader Pauline Marois and Liberal Leader Philippe Couillard spent the day campaigning in Laval. The city has six ridings — four seats were held by the Liberals and two by the PQ at...
View ArticleWhy heart attack care may be less timely for women
You can use your feminine wiles for many things, but apparently not to get better care at the hospital. A new study, published today in the Canadian Medicine Association Journal, found that women do...
View ArticleAir Canada's Venezuela Flights Suspended Over 'Civil Unrest'
CARACAS, Venezuela - Air Canada decided to suspend its flights to and from Venezuela on Monday as anti-government protests continue to rattle the South American country."Due to on-going civil unrest in...
View ArticleWall says NDP should apologize for suggesting Lean program is cult-like
REGINA - Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall says Opposition NDP Leader Cam Broten should apologize for suggesting that people who support a program, known as Lean, are like cult members.The province is...
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Rare Albino Salamander Spotted In Vancouver's Stanley Park (PHOTOS)
A rare type of salamander has been spotted in Vancouver's Stanley Park. The albino ensatina salamander (Ensatina eschscholtzii) was found by the Stanley Park Ecology Society on Sunday. "We were of...
View ArticleLicensed grow-op was site of Walnut Grove shooting: RCMP
Langley RCMP says yesterday's shooting and assault that injured two people in Walnut Grove took place at a licensed medical marijuana grow operation. A large area in North Langley was on lockdown...
View ArticleTwin 'Dorothy' houses together again after Vancouver move
The 'Dorothies,' two Vancouver west side heritage homes, were saved from the wrecking ball and successfully moved two blocks Monday morning, from West 43rd Avenue to their new home on West 41st Avenue....
View ArticleRussell Read, Retired B.C. Teacher, Charged Related To Sex Abuse Of Students
COQUITLAM, B.C. - A 60-year-old retired teacher who has already pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation now faces five charges related to sexual abuse of students at a middle school in Port Coquitlam,...
View ArticleThe 25 Most Famous Canadians, According To Pantheon At M.I.T.
What makes Avril Lavigne Canada's most famous person? Researchers at Pantheon know. In a web project launched last January at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.), designers, engineers...
View ArticleJustin Trudeau Reaffirms Open Nominations Pledge After Blocking Candidacy Of...
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau insists he's still committed to holding open nomination meetings, even though he last week blocked one would-be contender from running in any riding.The Liberal leader says open...
View ArticleVeterans Don't Have Social Contract, Ottawa Says In Lawsuit Response
The federal government is arguing it does not have a social contract with veterans in response to a class-action suit brought by veterans upset with the compensation arrangement offered to wounded...
View ArticleSettlement in class action case over 2008 E. coli outbreak in North Bay, Ont.
SUDBURY, Ont. - An Ontario judge has approved a settlement of a class action suit brought after an estimated 235 people were sickened by E. coli bacteria traced to a North Bay, Ont., restaurant in...
View ArticleB.C. tsunami debris cleanup gets $270K Japanese funding
British Columbia is getting nearly a quarter of a million dollars of Japanese government funding to continue the cleanup of tsunami debris along Vancouver Island's west coast. The $270,000 comes from a...
View ArticleFred Phelps' son wrestles with notorious father's imminent death
Nate Phelps, the estranged son of the reportedly infirm founder of the notorious Westboro Baptist Church, Fred Phelps Sr., says that he accepts that his family has done "tremendous harm" to many...
View ArticleManslaughter conviction in 'sucker-punch' death of Chris Ball
The family of a Calgary man who died from a blow to the head in northern British Columbia say they are satisfied with a recent manslaughter conviction. Chris Ball, 39, was allegedly "sucker punched"...
View ArticleGas theft increase sparks safety concerns in Delta
Delta police are changing the way they respond to vehicle fires, after a motorhome burst into flames in yet another suspected case of gas theft gone wrong, leaving a pair of suspects badly burned....
View ArticleThese Brits Covered A LOT Of Canada In 6 Months (VIDEO)
There's just something about Canada that's drawing Brits to our borders these days. Last week we told you about hilarious London-based journalist James O'Malley, who spent three weeks in Ontario and...
View ArticleAlain Lacasse, military corporal, found dead in his home
Just as the last Canadian soldiers deployed in Afghanistan returned home today, news emerged that Cpl. Alain Lacasse was found dead in his home in Valcartier, Que. Lacasse's body was found Monday...
View ArticleLarge international study suggests flu drugs saved lives in 2009 H1N1 pandemic
TORONTO - A large international study suggests that sometimes maligned flu drugs saved lives during the 2009 H1N1 pandemic.The work, which is based on data from 38 countries, suggests that deaths were...
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