Canada

Billed as remedy for doctor shortage, virtual medicine in N.S. hits bottleneck

HALIFAX - Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, virtual medicine offered a novel way for patients to see doctors during a lockdown and hope that technology could alleviate chronic pressure on a strained hea...

Dec 07, 2022

B.C. Premier David Eby to reveal new cabinet with health, safety, housing priorities

VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby will appoint a new cabinet today in a move pundits are saying will be a blend of old and new faces, and could also start the countdown towards an early el...

Dec 07, 2022

As Georgia runoff wraps, Supreme Court considers who wields America's election power

WASHINGTON - Another day, another interesting intersection for modern American democracy - this one between the 2022 campaign trail, the perennial search for election integrity, and the road to the hi...

Dec 07, 2022

Quebec Press Council upholds complaint over question to Blanchet at leaders debate

MONTREAL - The Quebec Press Council has upheld a complaint regarding a question the moderator asked Bloc Qubcois Leader Yves-Franois Blanchet during the English-language federal leaders debate last ye...

Dec 06, 2022

Winnipeg police defend decision to not search landfill for women's remains

Winnipeg police have released more details of their decision to not search a landfill for the remains of two Indigenous women believed to have been the victims of a serial killer. Police believe the r...

Dec 06, 2022

Eby's new B.C. cabinet builds speculation about early election call, says expert

VICTORIA - Political pundits are expecting Premier David Eby to appoint new cabinet ministers who have fire in their bellies for the challenging jobs ahead, and the possibility of an early election ca...

Dec 06, 2022

Kamloops, B.C., company slays industry giants to win acoustic guitar of the year

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - A small guitar company from Kamloops, B.C., has triumphed over industry giants to have one of its models named acoustic guitar of the year. Riversong Guitars and its River Pacific des...

Dec 06, 2022

Military faces calls to return general to duty after sexual assault acquittal

OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces is facing calls to return Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin to duty after the senior officer, who previously oversaw the Canada's COVID-19 vaccine rollout, was acquitted of sexu...

Dec 06, 2022

No legal obligation to bring Canadians home from Syria, federal lawyer tells court

OTTAWA - A government lawyer is telling a Federal Court hearing that the Charter of Rights and Freedoms does not obligate Ottawa to repatriate Canadians held in Syrian camps. Family members of 23 deta...

Dec 06, 2022

Daughters of murder victim call on feds to act in light of Winnipeg killings

OTTAWA - The daughters of an Indigenous woman police believe to have been the victim of a serial killer were on Parliament Hill this morning, calling on the federal government to take action. Police b...

Dec 06, 2022