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Alberta names new interim chief medical officer of health
EDMONTON - The Alberta government has announced the appointment of a new interim chief medical officer of health, days after the previous one's contract expired. Officials say Dr. Sunil Sookram is to ...
Apr 17, 2025
Former Alberta minister details allegation Premier Smith purposely misled cabinet
EDMONTON - An outspoken member of Alberta's legislature, booted from the United Conservative Party caucus, is airing more detailed allegations of what he calls government deception over a health-care ...
Apr 17, 2025
Vancouver Park Board preparing for 'unpermitted' cannabis events on 4-20
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Park Board says it's gearing up for "unpermitted" events on April 20 including on Sunset Beach, where thousands of people gathered in recent years to smoke cannabis to the ch...
Apr 17, 2025
Alberta UCP boots former cabinet minister from caucus for health scandal criticism
EDMONTON - Alberta's United Conservative Party has expelled its former infrastructure minister from caucus over his repeated criticism of the government's handling of the health-care contract scandal....
Apr 16, 2025
BC Health Coalition urges province to end contract with U.S. owner of LifeLabs
VICTORIA - A public health advocacy group is urging the British Columbia government to end a contract with an American company that owns LifeLabs, the province's main provider of outpatient lab servic...
Apr 16, 2025
Sask. health minister, NDP battle over claims about Regina's NICU
The provincial government says reports of specific problems in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at the Regina General Hospital aren't true. The Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (SUN) claimed there ...
Apr 16, 2025 Health Minister Jeremy Cockrill (R) claims the NDP has been sowing fear with expectant mothers, while the NDP’s Meara Conway (L) says there’s no doubt there’s a crisis in the Regina General Hospital NICU. Apr. 15, 2025 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Carney, Poilievre align on pipelines as Trump and trade loom over French debate
OTTAWA - Liberal Leader Mark Carney and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre aligned on support for new oil and gas pipelines as a matter of national security during the French language election debat...
Apr 16, 2025
Smith's Alberta government unveils promised mandatory addiction treatment law
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's government has introduced promised legislation to allow for people to be forced into addiction treatment facilities. If the bill passes, parents, family mem...
Apr 15, 2025
Party leaders make promises on job training, seniors scam protection, capital gains tax
OTTAWA - The main federal parties campaigned in the Montreal area Tuesday, with the Liberals pitching a new training benefit for mid-career workers and the Conservatives promising to protect seniors f...
Apr 15, 2025 This composite image made from five file photos shows, from left: Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, Liberal Leader Mark Carney, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and co-leader of the Green party Jonathan Pedneault. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot, Chris Young, Sean Kilpatrick, Spencer Colby, Mathieu Catafard)
Alberta's chief medical officer out as contract ends, province looking for successor
EDMONTON - Alberta is seeking a new chief medical officer of health as the government says Dr. Mark Joffe's contract has expired. Health Minister Adriana LaGrange's office said in an email Tuesday tha...
Apr 15, 2025
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