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Alberta doctors say province's attempt to save on COVID shots could cost more
EDMONTON - Alberta doctors say the province's effort to save money on COVID-19 vaccines could end up costing taxpayers far more in public health-care costs. Dr. Brian Wirzba, head of the Alberta Medic...
Oct 22, 2025
Health-care workers highlight 'critical' issues in emergency rooms across Sask.
About 450 health-care workers signed a letter asking the provincial government to address the worsening conditions in emergency departments, according to the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (SUN) social ...
Oct 22, 2025 President of the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses, Bryce Boynton, said he’s disappointed in the goverment’s response because it fails to address the real issues. "It reflects on those 109 beds that we talked about that are not actually new. It reflects on an urgent care center that isn't fully operational in Regina, and can't even be properly staffed,” he said. (Marija Robinson/650 CKOM)
Rustad denies raising mental health as an issue with MLA who quit Conservatives
British Columbia's Opposition Leader says he "didn't talk about mental health" as he discussed the defection of one of his caucus members this week. John Rustad says it was a reporter who asked about ...
Oct 21, 2025
N.B. government warns of economic headwinds, presents plan to boost growth
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick's government is warning of tough economic times ahead because of U.S. tariffs, but says its plan to exploit critical minerals and diversify markets will help the province g...
Oct 21, 2025
Indigenous Services failing to improve critical First Nations services, audit says
OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty defended her department Tuesday after a damning auditor general's report said it's falling far behind on addressing long-standing health and infr...
Oct 21, 2025
Canada's scientific study of oceans may be vulnerable to foreign adversaries: report
OTTAWA - Canadian ocean research is among the scientific fields that could be vulnerable to foreign espionage, theft or misuse because people overlook its value to adversaries, says a report commissio...
Oct 21, 2025 This 5,500-kilogram weather buoy will be used to record and transmit meteorological and oceanographic using sensors to continuously gather and transmit live data about wind speed and behaviour to researchers. The buoy is locally designed and manufactured and the first of its kind in B.C. waters part of a unique University of Victoria project to help remote B.C. coastal communities replace or reduce their diesel requirements. The unveiling took place at Port Hope Maritime shipyard in Victoria, B.C., on Wednesday, November 10, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
How common is severe climate change anxiety in Canada? Study offers a glimpse
David Toro was taken aback by the turnout at a climate change anxiety peer-support group. After all, his feelings of dread and powerlessness when he thought about climate change could be isolating. Th...
Oct 21, 2025
Auditor finds gaps in federal government's cybersecurity shield as threats multiply
OTTAWA - The federal auditor found "significant gaps" in the government's cybersecurity services, monitoring efforts and responses to active attacks on information systems. In a report tabled in Parli...
Oct 21, 2025
N.B. premier planned to spend first year on health care, education. Then tariffs hit.
FREDERICTON - Instead of focusing on health care, education and housing, New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt was forced in her first year in office to divert her attention to the effects of U.S. tariffs....
Oct 20, 2025
B.C. to add unpaid leave for 'catastrophic' illness, injury: Eby
The British Columbia government has proposed changes to the province's Employment Standards Act to allow up to 27 weeks of unpaid leave each year for people facing a "catastrophic" illness or injury. ...
Oct 20, 2025
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