Canada

Canadian with parents in Gaza fears illness might kill them amid terrible conditions

Ahmed Abudaya worries that even if near-constant airstrikes don't kill his parents, the respiratory and bacterial infections spreading rapidly among displaced civilians in Gaza just might. The Alberta...

Dec 20, 2023

Pharmacare not the top health priority for most Canadians: survey

OTTAWA - As Liberals and New Democrats negotiate what a future national drug plan should look like, a new survey suggests pharmacare is not at the top of the priority list for most Canadians. The surv...

Dec 20, 2023

'A front row to our funeral': Canadian local news coverage erodes in 2023

Jessica Wallace stood in Ottawa's Rideau Hall in June as she and her co-workers at the British Columbia newspaper Kamloops This Week were recognized as finalists for the Michener Award, a top journali...

Dec 20, 2023

B.C. secures largest civil forfeiture of its kind at $10 million

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says its civil forfeiture office has secured $10 million from a company that provided payment processing services for people found guilty or who are alleged ...

Dec 19, 2023

Quebec health minister asks public to avoid emergency rooms amid overcrowding

MONTREAL - Quebec Health Minister Christian Dub is asking the public to avoid the province's overcrowded emergency rooms. He says people who don't need urgent care should seek help from clinics staffe...

Dec 19, 2023

McGill announces $3K award to offset tuition hike for most out-of-province students

MONTREAL - McGill University says it will offer a $3,000 annual award to new undergraduate students from other provinces to offset a tuition hike imposed by the provincial government. The university s...

Dec 19, 2023

Prince Edward Island second province to sign health-care funding deal with Ottawa

OTTAWA - Prince Edward Island signed a $94-million deal with the federal government to fund improvements to the province's health-care system. This makes P.E.I the second province to come to an agreem...

Dec 19, 2023

Do more to address hate, Jewish groups say, as Ottawa youth faces explosives charges

OTTAWA - Jewish groups are calling for more to be done to address hate after the arrest of an Ottawa youth in an alleged plot against the Jewish community. The RCMP confirms the youth arrested last we...

Dec 19, 2023

Welding led to deadly explosion at Quebec propane company last January: safety board

JOLIETTE, Que. - Quebec's workplace safety board says a fatal explosion earlier this year at a fuel distributor might have been avoided had proper safety procedures been followed. The board, known as ...

Dec 19, 2023

Bombardier won't contest Ottawa's sole-source deal on new Boeing military planes

MONTREAL - Bombardier Inc. says it won't contest the federal government's decision to replace the military's aging patrol planes with aircraft from U.S. rival Boeing Co. The government announced last ...

Dec 19, 2023