Category Archives: Canada

VICTORIA - British Columbia's auditor general says the Ministry of Health should have access to a registry of residents and staff in long-term care facilities as well as heath-care workers after concl...

VICTORIA - British Columbia Liberal leader Kevin Falcon says he supports supervised drug injection sites, but when member of the legislature Teresa Wat spoke to the audience of a Mandarin news show la...

EDMONTON - Alberta's health minister says there will be $158 million in the upcoming budget to attract more physicians and other health-care professionals to fill gaps in care. Jason Copping says the ...

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden says the three unknown flying objects he ordered shot down over the U.S. and Canada earlier this month were likely no danger to national security. Biden says the objec...

QUEBEC - The Quebec government has tabled legislation to allow people with incurable diseases to make advanced requests for medical assistance in dying before they become incapacitated. The primary ch...

YELLOWKNIFE - Some politicians and researchers say four flying objects that were discovered, tracked and shot down over U.S. and Canadian airspace in recent weeks highlight the need to improve securit...

VANCOUVER - British Columbia's Appeal Court has overturned a lower-court ruling and ordered the Hells Angels motorcycle club to surrender three properties under the province's Civil Forfeiture Act. Th...

OTTAWA - Canada's premiers have written to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asking for regular reviews to be established as part of health-care funding talks. Ottawa has offered more than $46 billion to ...

OTTAWA - The world's largest skating rink in 2023 may have to rebrand itself as persistently warm winter weather continues to keep skaters away. The National Capital Commission says the Rideau Canal S...

OTTAWA - New legislation introduced in the House of Commons today would make it easier and faster for people who may have been wrongfully convicted to have their cases reviewed. The bill is dubbed "Da...