Late last month, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith sent a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, stating that Alberta would pull out of the federal government’s dental care plan by 2026. Instead, the province would seek a negotiation to secure Alberta’s share of federal funding to reshape dental care coverage as it sees fit. The Canadian…
With three weeks to go until the Paris Olympics, organizers are making contingency plans as questions remain about the safety of the River Seine that is due to host open-water swimming events during the summer Games. The latest testing results from monitoring group Eau de Paris released on Thursday raised some hopes, showing that water…
Montreal’s Olympic Stadium needs its roof replaced — and the group that manages the stadium has launched a competition to make the most of the old one. Source link
The Labour Party, led by Keir Starmer, swept the polls in the United Kingdom this week while Canada is set to get its first female chief of defence staff. And who is Count Binface, the “intergalactic space warrior” who ran against ex-British prime minister Rishi Sunak? Here were some of the top stories this week….
The email from national caucus chair Brenda Shanahan rejecting calls for an early in-person Liberal caucus meeting landed in members’ inboxes around 5 p.m. on the fourth of July. Citing “scheduling logistics,” Shanahan officially dismissed public demands from Liberal MPs for an urgent gathering to discuss the fallout from the byelection loss in Toronto-St. Paul’s. In…
LCBO workers are on strike for the first time in Ontario’s history, with the union representing those workers declaring a “dry summer has begun.” Talks between the Crown agency and the Ontario Public Sector Employees Union (OPSEU) broke down, with the sale of pre-mixed drinks at corner and grocery stores a key sticking point between…
Parents who steal a moment of calm by handing over a smartphone or tablet to a fussy toddler could set off a cycle of poor anger management and other problems, according to a recent study. Research published last week in the journal Frontiers in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry says using such devices for emotional regulation “can be effective…
Time to dust off your cowboy boots and hats, Calgary. Stampede season is here and will kick off with Parade Day on Friday. The parade will begin just before 9 a.m. and will start at the intersection of Ninth Avenue and Third Street Southeast. More than 100 entries entries will participate in the parade this…
Charles Evans’s cabin at Gun Lake was once an old mining office, according to what the Penticton man was told. It dated back to the 1950s, was dragged across the frozen lake during winter decades ago, and plopped onto the property he purchased in 2019 in B.C.’s Sea-to-Sky region. It and over 50 other properties were…
Huron OPP are in the early stages of an investigation into the death of a person from Central Huron. Residents in the area can expect to see a large police presence. Source link
