Archive for July 28th, 2010

Missing Mountie presumed drowned

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Mayo RCMP Const. Michael Potvin, 26, was last seen on July 13 floating as antidote to sea-coast subsequent his boat capsized in the Stewart River. (RCMP)Missing Mayo RCMP Const. Michael Potvin is presumed to hold drowned, says the force's corypheus in Yukon. Potvin, 26, hurt up in the Stewart River at Mayo on July 13 when ...

Online banking growing in popularity

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Nearly half of Canadians are a little while ago going online as their cardinal way of accessing financial services, according to a survey by the Canadian Bankers Association. About 45 by cent of Canadians surveyed say they are doing most of their banking online. (iStock)About 45 per cent of Canadians have adopted online banking nationwide, by ...

B.C. suspends penile sex tests on young offenders

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The B.C. regulation has suspended a controversial experiment called a penile plethysmograph, that it was using to tax young sex offenders to determine their risk of reoffending after treatment. On Wednesday, the B.C. Civil Liberties Association demanded the conduct befall after it experienced of the tests. Within hours, the government suspended the sex testing following the provincial advocate for ...

Abandoned pet snake rescued by Halifax SPCA

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This two-metre-long boa constrictor was found abandoned in a bathtub hindmost week. (Denise McKay/Ssafe Haven Society)An cast away, two-metre-long boa constrictor is now under the care of an animal shelter in Halifax after being rescued by SPCA officers last Friday. The snake was found emaciated and dehydrated in the bathtub of an apartment remain week ...

Sask. premier to pitch MS trial to other provinces

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Manipulating veins can be ticklish, cautions Dr. Paul Hebert, editor-in-chief of the Canadian Medical Association Journal. (CBC)Saskatchewan'session prime minister says he volition raise his tender to fund clinical trials of a polemical multiple sclerosis manipulation with other premiers next week. The MS management isn't on the formal agenda for next week's Council of the Federation meeting, ...