Monday 6th February, 2012
RPCU congratulates the Government of Quebec for funding new hypertension
Feb. 6, 2012 /CNW/ - As "Heart Month" kicks off, there is good news for Quebeckers living with hypertension (high blood pressure), as TWYNSTA(TM), a new medication to help treat and ...
Quebec daycare workers stage 1-day strike
More than 100 daycares in Quebec will remain shuttered on Monday as unionized workers stage a one-day strike. The workers at the publicly funded early childhood centres, or CPEs, have been without ...
Plateau fire sends 4 to hospital
Four people were taken to hospital after a fire broke out in a home in the Plateau-Mont-Royal borough early Monday morning. Emergency crews were called to the home near the intersection of ...
15-year-old hockey player suffers cardiac arrest during game near Ottawa
Calgary HeraldPop superstar Madonna dazzled football fans and more than 100 million television viewers on Sunday when she performed during the Super Bowl halftime ...
Quebec boosts protected northern areas to 20 per cent
Calgary HeraldCALGARY — Alberta had the highest rate of employment growth in Canada in the past year. Statistics Canada reported Friday that the province’s unemployment rate remained at 4.9 per cent ...
Montreal police investigate more police brutality allegations
Calgary HeraldMONTREAL -- Montreal police are investigating allegations of brutality among their ranks after a video of an officer hitting a protester surfaced on the Internet. It comes on the heels of a decision ...
In search of red flags in the Shafia case
The Globe and MailDid Quebec’s social services fail the Shafia women? In hindsight, it’s easy to say yes. But the real question is whether, at the time, there was enough reason to remove the teenagers ...
Sale in the works for famed Montreal Schwartz's deli
Leader-PostMONTREAL -- It is and will be business as usual at Schwartz's. A deal is in the works to sell the Montreal landmark deli, but rumours circulating in the last few weeks have been flying like ...
Ottawa looks abroad for OAS pension solutions
The Globe and MailMinister of Human Resources Diane Finley speaks during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Friday, February 3, ...
Three Ottawa police officers to be given medal of bravery after Rideau Canal rescue attempt
Ottawa CitizenAfter two weeks of opening arguments and testimony, one of the biggest surprises of the trial involving Nortel’s top three financial executives has been the rather odd role of Brian ...
Price, Canadiens shut out Jets
CBC NewsAlex Burmistrov (8) of the Winnipeg Jets shoots the puck past Montreal Canadiens goalie Carey Price (31) for a goal that was later disallowed in the Habs' shutout victory on Sunday. (Richard ...
NHL: Montreal 3, Winnipeg 0
UPICarey Price recorded his third shutout of the season Sunday and the Montreal Canadiens broke a three-game losing skid with a 3-0 whitewash of Winnipeg. Price was especially sharp in the third ...
2 men stabbed on MacKay Street
CBC NewsMontreal police are investigating an attempted murder on MacKay Street bar strip. Two men were stabbed on the street around 3:40 a.m. during an incident involving more than a dozen people. The ...
Montreal ERs overflowing thanks to hospital bottlenecks
Windsor StarPatients lying on gurneys in the corridors of Montreal emergency rooms is a common sight these days as health staff cope with backlogs of patients waiting for rooms to open up in the hospital ...
Quebec parents brace for daycare strike
CBC NewsParents are scrambling to find daycare for hundreds of children attending early-childhood centres that won't be open Monday. Childcare workers affiliated with the CSN union federation are ...
Canadian fatwa condemns 'honour killings'
CBC NewsImam Syed Soharwardy of Calgary reads a copy of a fatwa at the Jamia Riyadhul Jannah place of worship in Mississauga, Ont., on Saturday. (Chris Young/The Canadian ...
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