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B.C. doctors can’t limit opioids or discriminate against pain patients: college
VANCOUVER – British Columbia doctors treating patients with chronic pain will be required to prescribe opioids without limiting dosage or refusing to see patients who are on the medication that has come to be associated with illicit overdose deaths. In…
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Wettlaufer tells inquiry lawyers how her crimes could have been prevented
A nurse who preyed on elderly patients in her care told lawyers with an inquiry examining her actions that she wouldn’t have been able to murder eight people if more controls were in place on medication at long-term care homes.…
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Hehr won’t return to cabinet but will stay in Liberal caucus after investigation
OTTAWA – Former cabinet minister Kent Hehr says he will remain a member of the Liberal caucus following an investigation into allegations of inappropriate conduct with women – although he’s not returning to the government’s inner circle. Hehr, who has…
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Evacuee encounters ‘wall of heat’ as blaze strikes Alberta townhouse complex
COCHRANE, Alta. – Two townhouse complexes under construction have been destroyed and another one has been damaged by a fire northwest of Calgary. The blaze broke out early Wednesday morning in Cochrane. Some firefighters suffered minor injuries while two people…
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Wettlaufer was subject of complaints, allowed to go on working, inquiry hears
ST. THOMAS, Ont. – A nurse who killed elderly patients in her care was the subject of multiple complaints but was given a positive reference letter and went on working until she confessed her crimes, documents filed at a public…
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Police say 24 in hospital after highway bus crash in eastern Ontario
PRESCOTT, Ont. – A bus carrying Chinese tourists crashed into a rock cut Monday in eastern Ontario, sending at least 24 people to hospital, four with life-threatening injuries, provincial police said. Const. Suzanne Runciman said the bus was carrying about…
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Public inquiry sparked by Wettlaufer case begins in Ontario
ST. THOMAS, Ont. – A public inquiry examining the circumstances that allowed a nurse to kill elderly patients in her care began in southwestern Ontario on Tuesday, seeking to heal “broken trust” in the long-term care system. The probe, led…
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Fire inspection companies face charges involving 3 Toronto buildings
Toronto Fire Services says two companies that provide fire inspection services in the city are facing charges under the Ontario Fire Code for allegedly failing to inspect, test and repair fire systems when they were contracted to do so. In…
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Halifax racial discrimination case deserves ‘high end’ damages: lawyer
HALIFAX – The lawyer for a Halifax transit worker who complained about racial discrimination in his workplace says his client is seeking over $1.4 million in total damages. Bruce Evans told a Nova Scotia Human Rights hearing today that his…
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Some of Bertrand Charest’s victims speak out about sexual abuse
MONTREAL – Four of the women sexually assaulted by ex-national ski coach Bertrand Charest when they were adolescents say he robbed them of much of their childhood and turned their dreams into a nightmare. Genevieve Simard, Gail Kelly, Amelie Frederique-Gagnon…
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We all have to do better’: Halifax mayor on systemic racism in Nova Scotia
Halifax Mayor Mike Savage says Nova Scotia has to do more to confront systemic racism. He says the poisonous work environment at the municipal transit garage described in a Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission board of inquiry decision this week…
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Court orders new human-rights hearing in dispute over prayer in Calgary school
CALGARY – A complaint by two Muslim students who were not allowed to pray at a non-denominational private school in Calgary is headed back to the Alberta Human Rights Commission. The Court of Appeal of Alberta ruled Friday the original…
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Alberta passes bill creating no protest zones around abortion clinics
EDMONTON – Alberta lawmakers have passed a bill mandating no-protest zones around abortion clinics after a vote in which the Opposition United Conservatives once again walked out of the chamber in protest. “Women’s rights are human rights,” Health Minister Sarah…
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Second mate fell asleep on grounded tug off Vancouver Island: TSB report
VANCOUVER – The Transportation Safety Board says the second mate on a tug that ran aground off Vancouver Island missed a planned change of course because he fell asleep while he was alone on watch. About 107,000 litres of diesel…
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Concerns raised over high fees charged to temporary foreign workers
OTTAWA – Canada needs to do more to protect temporary foreign workers from being charged predatory recruiting fees and falling victim to human trafficking, says a national non-profit organization that fights for the rights of refugees and vulnerable migrants. The…
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TSB investigates after CP Rail freight train derails west of Winnipeg
ROSSER, Man. – A Canadian Pacific Railway freight train has derailed west if Winnipeg, apparently during a thunderstorm. The company says 13 train cars went off the tracks around 6 p.m. Tuesday near Rosser. CP Rail says no one was…
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Decision reveals racist bullying at Halifax bus garage: ‘Minorities not welcome’
HALIFAX – A bus mechanic married to an African Nova Scotian woman was subjected to a poisonous work environment riddled with unchecked racial discrimination and harassment, according to a provincial Human Rights Commission board of inquiry. A decision released Tuesday…
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Report on use of force by Calgary police stresses training, recruitment
CALGARY – A wide-ranging report on the Calgary Police Service’s use of force makes 65 recommendations that touch on training, recruitment, equipment and oversight. An independent review by a retired Court of Queen’s Bench chief justice says front-line officers should…
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Harassment policy consultations: Manitoba asks former staff for input
WINNIPEG – Former civil servants are being asked to share their experiences for a review of government harassment policies after female staff came forward with allegations that a former NDP cabinet minister tickled and groped them. Progressive Conservative Premier Brian Pallister…
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Man in serious condition after being caught in machine at Woodstock, Ont., plant
WOODSTOCK, Ont. – Police say a man is in serious condition in hospital after being caught in a machine at a metal cleaning plant in Woodstock, Ont. They say the 43-year-old man became trapped in the machine shortly before 8 a.m.…