Canada

'People will suffer and will die': Emergency doctor says some health triage has begun

EDMONTON - The head of emergency medicine for the Alberta Medical Association says major components of triage have already begun in Alberta. Dr. Paul Parks said that in recent days some critically ill...

Sep 24, 2021

School disruption, 'long COVID,' all factors in choice to vaccinate young kids: Tam

OTTAWA - Canada's top doctor says safety data won't be the only factor public health officials and parents will have to consider when deciding whether or not to vaccinate young kids against COVID-19. ...

Sep 24, 2021

Alberta's COVID crisis and calls for a new defence minister: In The News for Sept. 24

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Sept. 24 ... What we are watching in Canada .....

Sep 24, 2021

Federal deficit hit $48.5 billion over first four months of fiscal year

OTTAWA - The federal government ran a deficit of more than $48 billion over the first four months of its fiscal year, about $100 billion less than the treasury pumped out during the same period one ye...

Sep 24, 2021

Huawei CFO's surprise court date in New York thickens plot in Meng Wanzhou saga

WASHINGTON - Meng Wanzhou is expected to dial in to a surprise court hearing today in New York, fuelling reports of a long-awaited breakthrough in the case of the Huawei Technologies executive. Meng, ...

Sep 24, 2021

Premiers urge Trudeau to meet with them ASAP on health-care funding

CHILLIWACK - Canada's premiers are urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to meet with them at his earliest opportunity to discuss long-term, predictable funding for health care. Premiers from all the p...

Sep 23, 2021

Massive B.C. wildfire causes $77 million in insurance damage

VANCOUVER - A wildfire that began on Aug. 2 in British Columbia and grew to more than 833 square kilometres is now estimated to have caused $77 million in insurance damage. The cost estimate from the ...

Sep 23, 2021

Feds to provide Red Cross, Armed Forces help as COVID-19 swamps Alberta's hospitals

EDMONTON - The federal government says it will come to Alberta's aid as the province's hospitals face an overwhelming wave of COVID-19 patients. Bill Blair, the federal minister of public safety and e...

Sep 23, 2021

Premiers push for more unconditional health-care funding from feds

OTTAWA - Canada's premiers are pushing the newly re-elected federal government for more unconditional health-care funding as their top priority. The provincial and territorial leaders held a teleconfe...

Sep 23, 2021

Feds need to put more cash into long-term care to legislate safety: experts

OTTAWA - Experts warn the Liberals' promise to legislate safety in long-term care would likely have to come with more money if newly drafted national care standards are going to fix what's broken in t...

Sep 23, 2021