Category Archives: Prairies/BC
COVID-19 numbers jump in Manitoba with three more deaths tied to care homes
WINNIPEG — Three more Manitobans have died after COVID-19 outbreaks at two Winnipeg long-term care homes. Health officials say a woman in her 80s and a woman in her 70s have died in connection with an outbreak at Parkview Place, while
Manitoba government and Métis federation battling over moose hunt restrictions
WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government and the Manitoba Métis Federation appear headed to a showdown over moose hunting that the federation says could end up in the country's highest court. The government announced Friday that it is cancelling a short-term...
Saskatchewan New Democrats pledge funding for health, education in election platform
SASKATOON — The Saskatchewan NDP is promising funds to hire teachers and doctors while removing the provincial sales tax from construction labour and lowering car insurance rates if elected Oct. 26. The party has released its platform, which focu...
Vancouver council accepts $30 million plan to house, help, those without shelter
Vancouver city council has unanimously approved an emergency fund of up to $30 million to help hundreds of homeless residents. The money will be used to buy or lease vacant hotels, apartments and single-room occupancy buildings and to provide other ser...
Provincial election: Saskatchewan Party outlines $800M four-year plan
SASKATOON — The Saskatchewan Party is promising to spend more than $800 million on new programs and rebates over the next four years if it is re-elected. Leader Scott Moe outlined the party's platform in Saskatoon today as the campaign for
Saskatchewan leaders release election platforms, launch attacks over deficit plans
SASKATOON — The leaders of Saskatchewan's two contending political parties may have been a stone's throw from each other as they released their election platforms Friday, but they were quick to emphasize the distance between their policies. Standing in...
Follow the party leaders in Saskatchewan’s provincial election campaign
Where the leaders are on the campaign trail Friday for the Oct. 26 Saskatchewan election: Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe SASKATOON — Releases his party's platform (10 a.m., Remai Riverview Room, 102 Spadina Cres. E.) SASKATOON — Makes a camp...
Seeing ‘essential’ role of child care may be pandemic’s silver lining: advocates
VANCOUVER — The British Columbia Liberal Party promised Friday to deliver daycare at $10 a day for low-income families if elected. The announcement means all three of British Columbia's major political parties have now made campaign pledges of fr...
B.C.’s public health officer urges businesses to ensure proper measures in place
VICTORIA — British Columbia's provincial health officer is urging businesses to ensure they are in compliance with health and safety standards to protect employees from COVID-19. Dr. Bonnie Henry says public health teams would provide guidance if a wor...
Manitoba premier says new testing sites, staff will cut COVID-19 testing lineups
WINNIPEG — Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister promised Thursday to open more COVID-19 testing sites and train more staff in an attempt to cut long waiting lines that have left many people frustrated or simply turned away. "I have never found it
