WARNING: This article may affect those who have experienced sexual violence or know someone affected by it. The Manitoba Inuit Association (MIA) has appointed an interim CEO, it announced late Friday afternoon. It comes as a petition with more than 1,200 signatures circulates calling on the non-profit to look into allegations of sexual and physical…
Quebec residents paid more than $10 million out of pocket to receive health care in other provinces last year. Unlike other provinces, Quebec has opted not to adopt reciprocal billing agreements with other jurisdictions for most medical services. That means Quebecers travelling outside the province have to pay for health care upfront and then submit their expenses to…
For more than 24 hours, Guy Pollock lay in a hospital bed in the hallway of Saskatoon’s Royal University Hospital. The 71-year-old estimates more than 2,000 people walked past him as he was treated for pneumonia. Pollock lives with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, and is immunocompromised. In an interview on Thursday, he…
Elections Calgary has confirmed it will be conducting a recount of Monday’s election results in Ward 12, while a similar request in Ward 9 was denied. The Ward 12 recount will start Thursday morning at 9 a.m., Elections Calgary said in a press release late Wednesday. “On examination of the unofficial results, there were sufficient…
As confetti fell and Frank Sinatra’s “New York, New York” blared through the arena, the New York Liberty celebrated the end of a long odyssey. The team that always fell short, starting from their days in Madison Square Garden, through detours to Radio City Music Hall and Westchester County Center, finally found their way to…
The Parti Québécois (PQ) says holding another referendum on Quebec sovereignty is essential for maintaining social peace — even as a new survey shows most Quebecers oppose the idea. Despite 65 per cent of Quebecers indicating they would vote “No” in a sovereignty vote, PQ Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon is pushing forward with the promise…
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has spoken about how at age 11, she was so depressed about climate change she stopped talking and eating and lost 10 kilograms in two months. Here in Canada, a mother of two children in Salmon Arm, B.C., says her anxiety about the climate her kids will experience “becomes so…
OneBC party leader and Vancouver-Quilchena MLA Dallas Brodie is defending herself and doubling down after a photo of her denying the deaths of children at Canada’s residential schools was circulated on social media. The image, taken in front of a sign in Penticton that references the 215 suspected unmarked graves at the former Kamloops Residential…
CBC’s visual investigations unit uncovers the location of an MMA tournament held by the white nationalist men’s group Second Sons over Labour Day weekend in the small town of Caledonia, Ont. Source link
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A popular Calgary petting zoo and farm has had to close its doors temporarily after Alberta Health Services confirmed nine cases of avian flu in poultry. According to the agency, Primary Care Alberta was notified on Thursday of nine poultry cases of the avian flu at Butterfield…
