Bad News From Canada

Toronto Stock Exchange Takes a Nosedive

2008-02-05T15:10:00.000-05:00

The Toronto Stock Exchange's main index extended its slide Tuesday, falling 200 points amid weak resource issues and new data that deepened fears of a U.S. recession.
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=6c1af8e1-c6c4-4a9a-911c-3c027161e2f4&k=91899

2008-02-05T15:01:00.000-05:00

Several senior citizens living in the Ottawa capital region are the victims of a gang of con artists that stripped them of over $1 M in fraudulent home renovation schemes.
http://www.ottawasun.com/News/OttawaAndRegion/2008/02/05/4828476.html

2008-02-05T14:58:00.000-05:00

Toronto residents will feel the pinch if the city goes ahead with proposed increases in taxes.
http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/300585

2008-02-05T14:53:00.001-05:00

A man stole $1,500 worth of donations from collection plates at a Montreal area church while congregants were receiving communion.
http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=e3bfa015-9e44-4b15-912f-da0f5b5a5430&k=78587

2008-02-05T14:48:00.000-05:00

Three Canadian soldiers encountered an improvised explosive device that destroyed their vehicle while on a routine patrol mission in Afghanistan.
http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=89e8cfe8-c53e-4852-b8b8-bb83d7da728b&k=38131

2008-02-05T14:46:00.000-05:00

2008-02-02T16:51:00.000-05:00

2008-02-02T13:05:00.000-05:00

A leading Toronto pathologist's mistakes and cover-up have sent innocent people to jail:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/crime/smith-charles.html

2008-02-02T09:40:00.000-05:00

2008-02-02T09:35:00.000-05:00

Ontario's premier Dalton McGuinty opposes the creation of a school for black children that aims to fight the alarming dropout rate of black children in mixed schools.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080202.school2/BNStory/National/home

2008-02-02T09:28:00.000-05:00

Canada has fired its top national science advisor and is terminating the position altogether leaving questions of ethics and the public good behind.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080202.science02/BNStory/National/home

2008-02-01T18:17:00.000-05:00

Suspected al-Qaida collaborator Mohamed Harkat is being freed from jail, but will remain under house arrest until his next hearing.
http://www.cbc.ca/cp/national/080201/n020126A.html

2008-02-01T15:05:00.000-05:00

Patient's lives may be at stake because Quebec hospitals are refusing to provide services to the sick in their own language.
http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/story.html?id=95b8e693-2224-44cb-b0d3-62425d2d2f2c

2008-02-01T14:19:00.000-05:00

Aboriginal drug users living in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside are contracting HIV-AIDS at twice the rate of non-aboriginal users because Vancouver's health services are refusing to help them.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080201.waids01/BNStory/National/home

2008-02-01T14:05:00.000-05:00

The Canadian government may be held responsible for alcohol-linked deaths after it blocked attempts by the Yellow Quill First Nation to ban alcohol on the Nation's reserve.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080201.wbabies01/BNStory/National/home

2008-02-01T13:53:00.000-05:00

The Canadian government colluded with Afghani authorities to keep human rights abuses in Afghanistan a secret.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080201.wdetainee01/BNStory/Afghanistan/home