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Changes cut wait times for mental health counselling by 79 per cent in N.W.T.
YELLOWKNIFE - The Northwest Territories government is lauding changes to its health-care system that it says reduced wait times for mental health counselling by 79 per cent. The territory released a r...
Jun 13, 2023
Wildfire roundup: What you need to know about blazes burning across Canada
Hundreds of wildfires continue to rage in Canada as storms forecast across the country could bring much-needed rain, but also the risk of powerful winds and lightning. Here's a look at developments Tu...
Jun 13, 2023
Vulcan’s Spock Days: A stellar celebration embraces Star Trek culture in Alberta
MEDICINE HAT, AB - For thirty years, the community of Vulcan, located 224 kilometres west of Medicine Hat, has celebrated their connection to the television show Star Trek. Spock Days included a parad...
Jun 13, 2023
Canada's Bianca Andreescu wins opening match at Libema Open
'S-HERTOGENBOSCH, Netherlands - Canada's Bianca Andreescu defeated Turkey's Zenyep Sonmez 6-4, 6-4 on Tuesday in first-round play at the Libema Open. Andreescu, the No. 6 seed from Mississauga, Ont., ...
Jun 13, 2023
Flooding closes a majority of Waterton Lakes National Park
On June 12, 2023, Parks Canada announced that significant rain over the weekend resulted in the closure of a majority of Waterton Lakes National Park until further notice.According to Parks Canada, ov...
Jun 13, 2023
Chief justice 'not comfortable' with lack of transparency over judicial complaints
OTTAWA - Canada's chief justice says he has asked the national body that oversees the conduct of judges to consider making the process for dealing with complaints more transparent. At a news conferenc...
Jun 13, 2023
Rain could help Quebec firefighting effort as more than 7,200 people still evacuated
MONTREAL - Quebec's public security minister says a rainy forecast is raising hopes that the province's more than 7,200 fire evacuees will be able to return home in the coming days. Franois Bonnardel ...
Jun 13, 2023
Local news, Quebec publishers first targets of Facebook's block on Canadian news
OTTAWA - Meta has started blocking news for some Canadians on its Facebook and Instagram platforms in response to a Liberal government bill that is currently being studied in the Senate. Chris Dell, n...
Jun 13, 2023
Accused in fatal Quebec daycare bus crash has case postponed to August
LAVAL, Que. - The court case of a Quebec man accused of killing two young children by driving a city bus into a Montreal-area daycare has been postponed to late August. Pierre Ny St-Amand was arrested...
Jun 13, 2023
Justice minister says accusation that he intimidated Tory MP in email is 'ridiculous'
OTTAWA - Justice Minister David Lametti says an accusation from Tory MP Frank Caputo that the minister tried to intimidate him with an email is "ridiculous." Caputo says Lametti told him in an email l...
Jun 13, 2023