RCMP Officer Dragged By Fleeing Vehicle
A Manitoba Mountie has received minor injuries after being dragged by a fleeing vehicle during an investigation of a single-vehicle car crash.
RCMP say they arrived on the scene of a crash near Carberry on Wednesday, where they found the female driver of the vehicle to be in possession of a minor quantity of drugs and drug paraphernalia.
The vehicle was towed back to the detachment and it was determined there was not enough evidence to support a drug charge but further investigation showed the woman had provided a false I.D.
RCMP say when the woman realized this, she stepped on the gas and ended up dragging an officer until she drove into a snowbank.
Caley Elizabeth Steele has been charged with assaulting a police officer, assault with a weapon, escaping custody and identity fraud.
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Not Enough Staff for Injured Soldier Supports
An internal review shows the military is having trouble recruiting staff for units that provide care to ill and injured soldiers.
The report obtained by The Canadian Press points to chronic under-staffing of the support units.
It says that's led to significant turnover and burn-out among those trying to deal with a flood of medically unfit soldiers.
The report notes about 1,400 soldiers need care, but more than a sixth of the approximately 300 existing staff positions are vacant.
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Health Ministers Meeting Leads to Working Group on Prescription Drugs
The Canadian Pharmacists Association is welcoming a new working group aimed at making prescription drugs more affordable.
The group was announced yesterday in Vancouver, at the end of a meeting of the country's health ministers.
The association's CEO says a national pharmacare system would save billions.
Perry Eisenschmid says drugs account for 10 to 15 per cent of total health spending in Canada.
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100-Year-Old Distinguished Veteran Dies
A distinguished Second World War veteran has died at the age of 100.
Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan says retired Lieutenant Commander Margaret Brooke died earlier this month at her home in Victoria.
Brooke was a nursing sister with the navy, sailing on the ferry SS Caribou when it was sunk off the Newfoundland coast by a German U-boat in 1942.
The navy announced last year that one of its new patrol ships would be named HMCS Margaret Brooke in her honour.
