N.L. politicians remember former provincial and federal cabinet minister John...
Flags at government buildings in Newfoundland and Labrador will be flying at half-mast following the death of former provincial and federal cabinet minister John Efford, who died today at the age of...
View ArticleMajor Quebec hospital postpones half of surgeries, appointments due to...
Quebec City’s main hospital network says it will postpone half of its surgeries and medical appointments starting Wednesday. The announcement from CHU de Québec-Université Laval comes as the province...
View ArticleCanada unveils $40 billion First Nations child-welfare settlement
An agreement in principle has been signed between the government of Canada and First Nations partners to compensate children harmed by Ottawa’s underfunding of the child welfare system. Canada’s...
View ArticleTrudeau and Horgan speak on health payments, flood response
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has spoken with B.C. Premier John Horgan about how provinces and territories can deal with the surge of cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19. Horgan chairs the Council...
View ArticleMore rapid tests coming to provinces as Omicron surges in Canada, says PM
With the Omicron variant of COVID-19 continuing to spread rapidly across Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is promising to equip provinces with more tools to fight the pandemic. As many communities...
View ArticleCanada’s vaccine rollout for kids 5-11 not fast enough, says doctor
Health Canada says 39 per cent of children between the ages of five and 11 in this country have received a first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, but one expert says the effort needs to be sped up....
View ArticleSelf-employed Canadians speak out about gaps in COVID-19 support programs
Some self-employed Canadians are falling through the cracks when it comes to receiving pandemic support from the federal government, according to locals operating home businesses. Lawana Quest and...
View ArticleSurvey finds oilsands environmental monitoring ineffective after 10 years
Alberta doesn’t have a good grasp of the overall environmental impacts of the oilsands a decade after implementing monitoring that was supposed to provide it, internal government documents suggest. In...
View ArticleNot even a pandemic can stop escalating CEO riches
In today’s Big Story podcast, a fresh annual report shows that by January fourth the average CEO of a top-100 Canadian company had already made the annual salary of the average Canadian worker. This...
View ArticleBlue Jays hire first female coach as Jamie Vieira joins minor-league staff
TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays have hired Jamie Vieira as a minor-league hitting coach, making the Georgetown, Ont., native the first woman to coach in the organization. Vieira, a former softball...
View ArticleHockey Canada announces women’s team roster for 2022 Olympics
Marie-Philip Poulin and Rebecca Johnston will represent Canada in Olympic women’s hockey for a fourth time in their careers after winning gold in both 2010 and 2014, and silver in 2018. The two...
View ArticleCanadians more stressed in 2022 due to COVID-19, financial pressure: survey
Canadians are reporting more stress and anxiety now than they did at the onset of the pandemic, according to a new survey. Financial pressures and COVID-19-related concerns topped the list of things...
View ArticleBoosting boosters: experts say fourth doses not yet needed for general...
Many jurisdictions in the country have extended fourth-dose boosters to their most vulnerable populations, but some are wondering whether we might all need another shot to protect against the...
View ArticleCanada not changing border COVID testing rules, despite PCR shortage
Even though PCR COVID-19 testing is hard to come by, the federal government says it is not planning to change its border testing rules for travellers. Right now, it’s difficult to get a PCR test or...
View ArticleIndigenous inmates in Canada face high rates of COVID-19 in federal prisons
Indigenous federal inmates are infected with COVID-19 at disproportionately high rates. Correctional Service Canada said Wednesday that as of Jan. 10, there are 207 active COVID-19 cases among inmates...
View ArticleFeds not backing down on vaccine mandate for Canadian truckers
The Canadian government is standing by its vaccine mandate for truckers, despite a report Wednesday evening that it made a last-minute reversal on the policy. The feds say “information shared yesterday...
View ArticleSome nurses still don’t have proper COVID-19 personal protective equipment:...
When news of the first cases of COVID-19 began cropping up in Canada in early 2020, Linda Silas was one of the first to ring alarm bells about the lack of proper personal protective equipment for...
View ArticleNew federal modelling shows COVID-19 hospitalizations reaching ‘extremely...
Canada may be approaching the peak of the Omicron wave of COVID-19, but federal health experts still expect the high number of cases to drive a surge in daily hospitalizations in coming weeks. New...
View ArticleDeadline extended for public submissions for Canada emissions reduction plan
The deadline to have your say about how Canada should drastically reduce its climate emissions has been extended after environmental groups spoke out against the lack of awareness of the public...
View ArticleOnline workshops help Canadians talk to vaccine hesitant family, friends
Free, online workshops with the aim of teaching Canadians how to talk to friends or loved ones who are reluctant to get the COVID-19 vaccine have ramped up this month. Immunologist Dr. Yanet Valdez...
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