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B.C. to open 13 new First Nation primary care clinics, 10 to open this fall
WEST VANCOUVER, B.C. - British Columbia is moving ahead with 13 new First Nations primary care centres in the province, with 10 scheduled to start operating this fall. The province's First Nations Hea...
Sep 03, 2024
Alberta to pursue legislation this fall on opt-in sex education in schools
EDMONTON - The Alberta government says it's moving ahead this fall with legislation that would require parents to proactively sign up to have their children opt-in, rather than the usual practice of o...
Sep 03, 2024
Manitoba's NDP government caught in fiscal squeeze during first year
WINNIPEG - Manitoba's NDP government, approaching the first anniversary of its election victory, is facing a fiscal squeeze as it tries to fulfil promises to cut living costs, give more money to publi...
Sep 02, 2024
By-the-numbers: How federal and provincial health funding stack up
OTTAWA - A look at provincial health spending and federal health transfers between 2005 and 2023. The figures have not been adjusted for inflation. Total provincial spending on health care: 2004-05: $...
Sep 02, 2024
Federal health spending has outpaced provinces, analysis shows
OTTAWA - Despite castigation from provincial premiers over lagging federal contributions to health spending, an analysis of 20 years of health funding data shows that federal transfers have mostly out...
Sep 02, 2024
Some Quebec seniors homes struggle to stay afloat due to regulations, rising costs
MONTREAL - Jacques Marchildon says sprinklers were the nail in the coffin for Villa Marie-Ange, the 14-person seniors residence he co-owns in St-Adelphe, Que. In the coming months, the two-storey buil...
Sep 01, 2024
Son of man who died in N.B. ER says premier using death to score 'political points'
FREDERICTON - The son of a 78-year-old man who died in a Fredericton emergency department after waiting to be seen for nearly seven hours says New Brunswick's premier is using his father's death to sc...
Aug 31, 2024
Health authorities reach tentative deal with 9,000 workers in Nova Scotia
HALIFAX - A tentative contract deal has been reached between Nova Scotia's health authorities and three unions representing about 9,000 health-care workers. In a news release, the Council of Health Un...
Aug 30, 2024
Quebec nurses threaten to stop working overtime as talks continue for new contract
MONTREAL - A Quebec union representing 80,000 health-care workers dismissed the province's latest contract offer Friday and called on its members to refuse to work overtime beginning Sept. 19. Fdratio...
Aug 30, 2024
International student enrolment drops below federal cap: Universities Canada
OTTAWA - Fewer students are coming from abroad to study at Canadian universities this fall, and Universities Canada is warning that the numbers have dropped below the cap the federal government set on...
Aug 30, 2024
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