Category Archives: Prairies/BC
‘Seeds of division:’ Indigenous leaders criticize Brian Pallister’s vaccine comments
WINNIPEG — Manitoba's premier is facing backlash from Indigenous leaders for comments criticizing Ottawa's planning for COVID-19 vaccine distribution among First Nations.“Instead of uniting Manitobans during a health crisis, Brian Pallister is purposef...
‘Seeds of division:’ Indigenous leaders criticize Brian Pallister’s vaccine comments
WINNIPEG — Manitoba's premier is facing backlash from Indigenous leaders for comments criticizing Ottawa's planning for COVID-19 vaccine distribution among First Nations.“Instead of uniting Manitobans during a health crisis, Brian Pallister is purposef...
Alberta offers Rocky Mountain coal leases after rescinding protection policy
EDMONTON — Alberta is offering more of its Rocky Mountain landscapes to coal mining after rescinding a decades-old policy that protected them. In documents released earlier this week, Alberta Energy is giving miners until Dec. 15 to bid on nearly 2,00...
Top doc says rural COVID-19 rising, but Kenney says cities focus of any new rules
EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says tougher health restrictions likely to be aimed at Calgary and Edmonton are coming if current public-health orders don’t bend the curve down on COVID-19. Kenney, taking questions on a Facebook town-hall meeti...
Federal-provincial cost-sharing deal aids B.C. public transit services in pandemic
VANCOUVER — B.C. Transit, TransLink and BC Ferries will get more than $1 billion in pandemic relief funds under details of an agreement that were finalized on Friday by the federal and provincial governments. Joyce Murray, the federal digital governmen...
Alberta tops 1,800 new daily COVID cases, chief doctor warns rural rates rising
EDMONTON — As Alberta recorded another daily record of COVID-19 cases Thursday, its chief medical officer of health warned that rural areas are feeling the effects. “While infection rates in Edmonton and Calgary make up the majority of cases in the
High-risk seniors to get COVID-19 vaccine first in B.C.: provincial health officer
VICTORIA — Seniors in British Columbia's long-term care homes and hospitals will be the first to get immunized against COVID-19 starting in the first week of January with two vaccines, the province's top doctor says. Dr. Bonnie Henry said Thursday that...
Report finds no obvious cause of Old Fort landslide in northeastern B.C.
VICTORIA — A report from British Columbia's chief inspector of mines says the cause of a slow-moving landslide that has threatened a tiny B.C. community may never be determined. The steep slope above Old Fort slumped over several days in 2018,
Winnipeg church to find out Saturday if it can hold drive-in services during pandemic
WINNIPEG — A Manitoba judge has agreed to hold a special hearing Saturday to determine whether a Winnipeg church can hold drive-in services despite a ban under the province's COVID-19 restrictions. Springs Church and two of its pastors have already bee...
Moe hopes for holiday visits as Saskatchewan’s COVID-19 cases forecast to double
REGINA — Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe isn't committing to a threshold suggested by his chief medical health officer for granting more people the right to gather at Christmas. Dr. Saqib Shahab said Wednesday that any decision to relax COVID-19 public-...
