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Ontario mayors ask for mental-health law reviews in wake of opioid, encampment crisis
Ontario Big City Mayors are asking the province to review mental-health laws and whether to expand the scope of involuntary treatment for people who are addicted to drugs and live on the streets. The ...
Oct 18, 2024
N.B. election: Blaine Higgs says Indigenous people ceded land 'many, many years ago'
MONCTON, N.B. - New Brunswick is "ceded" land, the province's Progressive Conservative leader said Friday on the campaign trail, highlighting his party's position regarding a major lawsuit involving F...
Oct 18, 2024
Manitoba second province to sign onto federal school food deal
WINNIPEG - Manitoba is the second province to sign a deal with the federal Liberals to expand school food programs across the province. Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland and Manitoba Premier Wab...
Oct 18, 2024
Tobacco settlement will not protect future generations from addiction: advocates
The Canadian Cancer Society and other health advocates say a proposed settlement that may see tobacco companies pay out billions of dollars would do little to prevent future generations from becoming ...
Oct 18, 2024
Quebec nurses union votes in favour of new collective agreement
MONTREAL - Quebec's largest nurses union has reached a deal with the provincial government more than a year and a half after their collective agreement expired in March 2023. Fdration interprofessionn...
Oct 18, 2024
B.C. faces a rain-soaked election day after a campaign drenched in negativity
VANCOUVER - British Columbians go to the polls on Saturday after a too-close-to-call campaign that saw David Eby's New Democrats and John Rustad's B.C. Conservatives tangle over housing, health care a...
Oct 18, 2024
Alberta government: Uber analogy for continuing care does not mean more privatization
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her plan to "Uber-ize" and replace the province's online continuing care directory is aimed at making it easier for patients to navigate spaces, and the ...
Oct 17, 2024
NDP's Beck receives endorsement from former Saskatchewan Party government members
REGINA - Two former Saskatchewan Party government members say they are voting for the NDP's Carla Beck in the provincial election on Oct. 28. Mark Docherty, who retired from Premier Scott Moe's govern...
Oct 17, 2024
Saskatchewan political leaders back on campaign trail after election debate
REGINA - Saskatchewan's main political leaders are back on the campaign trail today after hammering each other in a televised debate. Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe is set to make an announcement...
Oct 17, 2024
N.B. Liberal leader Holt bills herself as 'stark contrast' to Tory incumbent Higgs
Within days, Susan Holt could become the next premier of New Brunswick - and the first woman ever to lead the province. The latest opinion surveys suggest a tight election race between Holt's Liberals...
Oct 17, 2024
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