Category Archives: Prairies/BC
Manitoba budget will include money to fight COVID-19 pandemic: finance minister
WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government is promising to include more money to fight the COVID-19 pandemic in its annual budget Wednesday. The fiscal plan is to include $1.2 billion for items such as protective equipment, increased testing and support for sc...
B.C. will catch up to Ontario on COVID-19 variant cases: Henry
VANCOUVER — British Columbia's provincial health officer says she expects the province to catch up to Ontario in the proportion of COVID-19 cases from the variant first identified in the United Kingdom. Dr. Bonnie Henry said about a third of B.C.'s
Province rejects funding despite advice drug consumption sites save lives: notes
Documents show that Saskatchewan health officials who were considering a proposal for the province's first supervised drug consumption site found such spaces save lives and money without risking public safety. The information is contained in briefing n...
Alberta Brazilian COVID-19 variant outbreaks linked to workplaces: top doctor
EDMONTON — An outbreak of the COVID-19 variant first found in Brazil appears to be linked to a large employer with multiple sites across Western Canada, Alberta's top doctor said Monday. Chief medical officer of health, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, said it's
Record-setting number of one-day COVID-19 cases as B.C. officials warn against travel
VICTORIA — Health officials are urging British Columbia residents not to travel outside their community as the province set back-to-back records for the number of new COVID-19 cases recorded in a single day. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry a...
Fighting human trafficking ‘more urgent’ amid pandemic: country star Paul Brandt
CALGARY — Advocates in the fight against human trafficking say the financial hardship and isolation of the COVID-19 pandemic have helped perpetrators find new targets. "Traffickers are taking advantage of this time where vulnerable people are at home a...
B.C. applying for stay in court ruling on auto injury claims: Eby
VICTORIA — British Columbia is applying for a partial stay in a recent B.C. Supreme Court ruling about jurisdiction over motor vehicle injury disputes, pending its appeal of the same decision, Attorney General David Eby said this week. The March 2
Kenney stays course on COVID-19 health rules, pleads with Albertans to follow them
EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says the province will stay the course on its current COVID-19 heath restrictions, despite rising case numbers and more variants of concern. But Kenney, in a news conference Thursday, pleaded with Albertans to fo...
Regina extends online learning as COVID-19 hot spots make tough choices on schools
REGINA — Students across the country will face different learning environments following Easter break as communities that are hot spots for COVID-19 variants make tough decisions about whether to keep kids home. Remote learning is being extended by tw...
Indigenous leader says Vancouver Island hospital project turns fear to healing
NORTH COWICHAN, B.C. — A new hospital will become a place of healing for members of a British Columbia Indigenous nation after decades of fear associated with the current institution, a tribal leader said Thursday. The planned 201-bed, $887 million ho...
