Category Archives: Canada
Prime Minister Trudeau visiting Manitoba today to promote his government's budget
WINNIPEG - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is visiting Manitoba today to promote his government's new budget. Trudeau is to meet with students in Winnipeg to highlight measures from the budget and to ma...
Apr 12, 2023
Pharmacists fear more drugs may fall into loophole that saw B.C. Ozempic sent to U.S.
VANCOUVER - Canada's pharmacists worry a lack of data about prescription management could see a repeat of the situation with diabetes and weight-loss drug Ozempic, in which thousands of doses have bee...
Apr 12, 2023
'It was hell:' Ukrainian family safe in Quebec after surviving Russian airstrikes
MONTREAL - Aurika Olkhova says she still can't believe that she and her two daughters made it out of Ukraine alive after enduring weeks of bombing by the Russian army in the city of Mariupol - includi...
Apr 12, 2023
Poll suggests Canadians feel less safe than they did before the COVID-19 pandemic hit
OTTAWA - A new poll suggests most Canadians feel they're less safe now than they were before the COVID-19 pandemic, and most think the provincial and federal governments are doing a poor job of addres...
Apr 12, 2023
Northwest Territories government spent $716,000 to address cybersecurity breach
YELLOWKNIFE - The Northwest Territories government says it spent $716,00 to address a cyberattack in November. It says it signed two work orders under existing contracts to help with containment, inve...
Apr 11, 2023
Alberta premier commits to medicare; NDP points to past musings on private options
EDMONTON - Premier Danielle Smith, in an election-style event, says her United Conservative Party will not make Albertans pay out of pocket to see their family doctor or get medical treatment. Smith s...
Apr 11, 2023
Survivor of fatal Downtown Eastside hotel fire files proposed class-action lawsuit
VANCOUVER - A woman who survived a fatal fire at a downtown Vancouver rooming hotel has filed a proposed class-action lawsuit against the building's owner, the operator of the residence and the city's...
Apr 11, 2023
What to know about the TTC's upcoming Rogers cellphone network
TORONTO - Rogers and BAI Communications reached a deal Monday that will see the telecommunications giant acquire the exclusive rights to build the TTC's wireless network. Here is what you need to know...
Apr 11, 2023
Union for 911 operators in RCMP calls for recruitment plan to address staff shortages
OTTAWA - The union that represents the RCMP's emergency dispatchers and 911 operators is calling for the force to come up with a recruitment plan to fix worsening staff shortages. CUPE Local 104 presi...
Apr 11, 2023
Request to remove newspaper article among Ottawa's queries to social-media giants
OTTAWA - Newly released documents show that a federal government department asked Facebook and Twitter to delete a newspaper article that it felt contained errors - but both social-media giants denied...
Apr 11, 2023