Category Archives: Prairies/BC
Alberta’s debt will continue to rise as economy struggles: premier
EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is painting a dark picture ahead of this week's financial update. The Alberta legislature is to convene Thursday for the United Conservative government's release of first-quarter numbers for the 2020-21 fisc...
Alberta gets new justice, economy ministers in cabinet ‘reset’
EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has announced a "limited reset" of his cabinet to accommodate a renamed portfolio for jobs, the economy and innovation. But Kenney rebuffed calls by both doctors and the Opposition to move Health M...
Latest COVID-19 death in Manitoba tied to Steinbach nursing home
WINNIPEG — Manitoba health officials say the province's latest COVID-19 death is linked to a previously reported outbreak at a nursing home. A woman in her 90's has become the province's 13th death related to COVID-19. The government says this was...
B.C. reaches highest 1-day total of COVID-19 cases as police hand out more fines
VICTORIA — British Columbia has hit its highest number of daily COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic, with 109 people testing positive for the disease. The milestone was reached between Friday and Saturday, surpassing the 100 cases reported o...
Alberta health minister still talking with doctors over draft pay agreement
CALGARY — Alberta's health minister says he hasn't given up on resolving a bitter dispute with the province's doctors that developed after he tore up their master pay agreement. Tyler Shandro said Monday that he is happy to continue talking with t...
Alberta the third province to offer promising leukemia and lymphoma treatment
CALGARY — Alberta has become the third province in Canada to offer a promising treatment for individuals with specific types of leukemia and lymphoma. The provincial government, in partnership with the Alberta Cancer Foundation, has earmarked...
B.C. announces children’s complex care transition facility in Vancouver
VICTORIA — Children in British Columbia with extraordinary health needs that require complex care are to receive support at a single site set to open in Vancouver. Health Minister Adrian Dix said Monday the current Sunny Hill Health Centre fo...
Manitoba mandates more mask use, COVID-19 numbers continue to grow
WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government is requiring more people to use masks as COVID-19 numbers continue to rise. Starting Sept. 1, all visitors to health-care facilities will be required to wear non-medical masks upon entering. "As we move towards t...
Manitoba sets record for new cases of COVID-19, most from communal-living settings
WINNIPEG — Manitoba shattered its single-day record for new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, most of which health officials said were from communal-living settings. But authorites stress that people shouldn't be too focused on the numbers. Seventy-two ne...
Canada Post worker tests positive for COVID-19, Edmonton processing plant shut
EDMONTON — Canada Post has closed a mail processing plant in Edmonton after an employee tested positive for COVID-19. The Crown corporation says the worker was exposed to the virus outside the workplace and has not worked since Aug. 16. It says th...
