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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
B.C. accepting only 1,100 new immigrant applications, nominations to focus on health
The odds of new applications from immigrants being accepted into British Columbia's nominee program this year have dropped to near zero for anyone other than health workers or entrepreneurs. The provi...
Apr 15, 2025
Saskatchewan health minister quashes claim of babies going to U.S. for medical care
REGINA - Saskatchewan's health minister has rejected accusations from a nurses union and the Opposition NDP that some babies from Regina's neonatal intensive care unit were sent to North Dakota for ca...
Apr 15, 2025
New facility to house asylum seekers in Toronto with mental health services on site
TORONTO - A new facility designed to house and support refugees and asylum seekers in Toronto is set to open next month with a focus on addressing mental health issues. The Canadian Mental Health Asso...
Apr 15, 2025
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