Health

Months after B.C. ostrich cull, why does protest movement persist?

Melody Leinweber's latest tattoo is a stylized portrait of an ostrich with a colourful beak, pink and turquoise stars around its head and a twinkle in its eyes. The mother of four from West Kelowna, B...

The Canadian Press Jan 29, 2026

Annette, the harbour seal, rescued from netting around her neck in West Vancouver

VANCOUVER - A young harbour seal is recovering after being rescued from a life-threatening gillnet entanglement in West Vancouver. Dr. Martin Haulena, the head veterinarian at the Vancouver Aquarium M...

The Canadian Press Jan 28, 2026

Food inspection agency to cut more than 1,300 jobs, says union

OTTAWA - The union representing employees at the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said staff have been told 1,371 agency jobs will be cut as part of the government's cost-cutting exercise. The Agricult...

The Canadian Press Jan 28, 2026

Patients detail 'disaster' inside Alberta emergency departments

Sick with pneumonia and a blood infection, Paula Krawiec said her 77-year-old mother waited 24 hours to see a doctor in the emergency department at an Edmonton-area hospital last month. Over in Calgar...

The Canadian Press Jan 28, 2026

B.C. paramedics and emergency dispatchers set February date for strike vote

VANCOUVER - The union representing ambulance paramedics and emergency dispatchers in British Columbia says its more than 6,000 members will be taking a strike vote in early February. Ambulance Paramed...