Category: Canada

One-fifth of Canadians diagnosed with hypertension don’t actually have it: study

More than half of family doctors in Canada use outdated methods to measure blood pressure and it’s leading to a misdiagnoses in a number of patients, a Canadian study found. According to researchers at the University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre , about 20 per cent of people getting treatment for hypertension don’t actually have it, and it’s mainly due to improperly measured blood pressure with older instruments.

Canada sends Buy American letter to U.S. lawmakers, as potential battle looms

The Canadian government has fired off a letter to a group of U.S. lawmakers who support tougher Buy American rules, foreshadowing a possible tussle ahead as American procurement policies get debated this year. David MacNaughton, Canada’s ambassador to Washington, sent a letter last week to four Democratic lawmakers who have urged President Donald Trump to restrict foreign suppliers, including on the Keystone XL oil pipeline.

Groundhog wrong? Winter forecast to go out like a lion

It’s frigidly cold in parts of Canada this weekend and the winter weather is expected to continue, with southern Ontario on track to receive an influx of snow on Monday. The mercury in the nation’s capital could dip down past -26 C overnight, feeling like -33 C with the wind chill, according to Environment Canada.

App helps find stolen bikes

Allard is the co-inventor of the popular Xbox gaming system and was in Courtenay recently to teach Mounties how to use a new bike-tracking app he developed. “When you steal a $4,000 bike in Comox, it’s being stored in Nanaimo, two months later it’s being listed in Squamish and it’s going across on the ferry with 40 other bikes,” he said.

Advocates doubt Trump administration will act to stem flow of migrants across Canada-U.S. border

The crossing of migrants into Canada that has now become a thorny issue on the U.S.’s northern frontier was certainly not on horizon until recently. As the new administration trumpeted its new ironfisted approach toward immigrants and refugees, the public and media attention focused on the wall to be built between the United States and Mexico, as well as the executive orders to keep Muslims out.

Celebrate Canada funding

Beginning with National Aboriginal Day, and ending with Canada day, Celebrate Canada is a yearly eleven-day celebration that this year will take place from June 21 to July 1. Each year many different organizations plan events to celebrate specific days during Celebrate Canada. Those events assist those who attend to discover and appreciate the wealth and diversity of Canadian society.

PM Trudeau tells Houston energy conference border tax would hurt both economies

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made it clear he is flatly against a proposed U.S. border adjustment tax, telling a global gathering of politicians and energy sector executives it would hurt the economy in both countries. “Recognizing, of course, how much the Canadian economy depends on close collaboration and integration with the American economy, anything that creates impediments at the border – extra tariffs or new taxes – is something we’re concerned with,” Trudeau said Thursday night in Houston, Texas.

Lumber battle brewing with U.S., Emerson says

Some tactics have changed, and the opponents have upped their armament and rewritten some rules to their liking, but the war is the same. That was the assessment Wednesday from David Emerson, B.C.’s trade envoy to the U.S. on softwood lumber, after an initial tour of the battlefield.

Canada has adequate resources to deal with asylum-seekers: Goodale

Several federal agencies are planning for the possibility that warmer weather will bring even more people trying to cross the border A woman walks towards the border to cross at the U.S.-Canada border after arriving in a taxi with a group that claimed to be from Syria into Hemmingford, Quebec, Canada March 2, 2017. OTTAWA – Canada’s national police force and border watchdog say they have the resources they need – for now – to deal with the influx of people entering the country illegally in search of asylum, the federal minister in charge said Tuesday.

St. FX top party school; CBU comes in at No. 36

When it comes to partying, Cape Breton University has fallen behind its provincial counterparts and many others across the country, according to a McLean’s magazine survey. Late last year the national magazine asked more than 17,000 students how much time they spend partying each week.

PC Association of P.E.I. holds town hall meeting to tap into concerns

Charlottetown’s Mary Lou Griffin-Jenkins finds the Opposition’s ongoing grilling of government on issues from proposed school closures to e-gaming to be praiseworthy. Griffin-Jenkins was among a couple dozen people attending a town hall meeting Tuesday night, sponsored by the Charlottetown Area Districts of the PC Association of P.E.I. Griffin-Jenkins became a member of the PC Party two years ago.

WikiLeaks CIA data breach could expose Canada’s vulnerabilities: ex-analyst

A former national security analyst says the federal government should be concerned about the WikiLeaks publication of secret CIA files that describe its ability to break into computers, mobile phones and smart TVs. Stephanie Carvin of the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University says Canadian material risks being exposed, since Canada and the U.S. are members of the “Five Eyes” international intelligence sharing group.

Man who killed couple, grandson hospitalized after attack at federal prison

Edmonton police and federal corrections officials say they are investigating an attack on an inmate who has been identified by his lawyer as convicted triple murderer Douglas Garland. Edmonton Police Service spokeswoman Cheryl Sheppard says a man was taken to hospital just after 9 p.m. on Monday after an assault at Edmonton Institution, a federal maximum security prison.

From pay equity to child care, advocates say ‘feminist’ PM has much work to do

Aygadim Majagalee, a young woman from the Nisga’a Nation in northern B.C., said she wants to look beyond past struggles and into the next century of possibility, where she imagines a revolution led by women. “I envision a Canada that is fierce in its leadership and shows just how much every person is equal,” the 22-year-old, who also goes by her English name, Teanna Ducharme, told MPs who had gathered Tuesday to hear her address the House of Commons committee on the status of women.

Christopher Plummer reflects on roots ahead of Canadian Screen Awards

Of all the revered roles Christopher Plummer has portrayed over the years – Capt. Georg von Trapp, King Lear, Macbeth, to name but a few – the most exciting one for him was that of Henry V. He played the part during his 1956 debut at Ontario’s Stratford Festival – in a tent, no less – alongside a group of “superb” French-Canadian actors he still misses “dreadfully,” he says.

Six stories in the news today, March 7

A report from the Mental Health Commission says more money for child and youth services would boost Canada’s economy and patient health. The commission, which bills its findings as a tool to help provincial and territorial decision-makers, says more than 7.5 million Canadians face mental health issues, with a price tag of $50 billion a year – or nearly 14 hundred dollars a person.

Chinese buyers want Canadian real estate for educational reasons: study

The top reason why foreign buyers from China want to get into the Canadian housing market is education, not investment, according to data from a popular global real estate listings website. Figures released Tuesday by the Chinese website Juwai.com in partnership with Sotheby’s International Realty Canada found that schooling was the primary motivation for potential Chinese homebuyers who viewed property listings in major Canadian cities in 2016.

The Monday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories

NEW TRUMP TRAVEL BAN PROMPTS NEW QUESTIONS: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is skirting demands to speak out against the U.S. government’s newly revised ban on immigration from specific countries. U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled a new iteration of the controversial ban Monday, prompting renewed calls for Trudeau to denounce it and suspend the Canada-U.S. agreement on asylum claims.

The Monday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories

NEW TRUMP TRAVEL BAN PROMPTS NEW QUESTIONS: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is skirting demands to speak out against the U.S. government’s newly revised ban on immigration from specific countries. U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled a new iteration of the controversial ban Monday, prompting renewed calls for Trudeau to denounce it and suspend the Canada-U.S. agreement on asylum claims.

Proposed class action against B.C. argues foreign-buyers’ tax unconstitutional

A 15-per-cent tax on foreign homebuyers in Metro Vancouver is unconstitutional and unfairly discriminates against people from Asia, a proposed class-action lawsuit against the British Columbia government argues. An amended document filed in B.C. Supreme Court last week argues the so-called foreign-buyers’ tax is unconstitutional because it violates equality rights by making an “arbitrary” distinction between those who are citizens and permanent residents of Canada and those who are not.

Under pressure, Cabinet braces for discussion on border-jumpers that…

Federal cabinet ministers are set for an in-depth discussion this week of the practical and political pressures being placed on the Liberal government by a rising number of asylum seekers in Canada. Border security, RCMP and immigration officials have been running scenarios to prepare for the possibility that a relative winter trickle of illegal immigration into Canada could turn into a spring flood.

Messy weather for parts of P.E.I. today

Environment Canada is forecasting a messy day for Charlottetown and parts of P.E.I. on Sunday with 5 cm of snow and high winds. With high winds and blowing snow, Islanders can expect a messy day of weather in parts of the province on Sunday.

Canada minister addresses influx of asylum-seekers from US

EMERSON, Manitoba – Canada’s federal public safety minister is insisting resources are in place and laws are being enforced when it comes to the influx of asylum-seekers from the United States. Ralph Goodale on Saturday visited Emerson, Manitoba, a small border town that has seen some 200 illicit crossings so far this year.