Category Archives: Canada
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
The Canadian Press Newsmaker of the Year: from 1946 to 2023
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is The Canadian Press 2023 Newsmaker of the Year. Here is a list of who has had the title in the past, as chosen in an annual survey of senior editors in ...
Dec 19, 2023
