Category Archives: Prairies/BC
Alberta UCP nominate Kenney critic Brian Jean as candidate in upcoming byelection
EDMONTON — United Conservative Party byelection candidate Brian Jean says he expects Alberta Premier Jason Kenney to follow up on a promise to sign his nomination papers. That's despite the fact Jean's stated mission is to get Kenney fired as party
B.C. organizations deliver food donations to Indigenous communities after floods
VANCOUVER — Organizations in British Columbia are rallying together to deliver food to Indigenous communities affected by flooding and landslides last month. The sustainability manager for SPUD, a B.C. grocery delivery service, says the company was ins...
Mayor of Surrey, B.C., charged with public mischief over claim of being run over
VICTORIA — A public mischief charge has been approved by a special prosecutor against the mayor of Surrey, B.C. The BC Prosecution Service says the charge comes after Mayor Doug McCallum complained to the RCMP that he was verbally assaulted and
RCMP investigating highway crash in northern Manitoba that killed NDP MLA
WINNIPEG — RCMP are investigating a deadly crash in northern Manitoba involving the NDP legislature member for Thompson. Mounties say in a release that the two-vehicle collision happened Thursday about 50 kilometres south of Ponton. They say an initia...
Decision reserved: Losing candidate asks judge to toss Manitoba Tory leader result
WINNIPEG — A judge has reserved his decision in Shelly Glover's court challenge of the vote that saw Heather Stefanson become leader of Manitoba's governing Progressive Conservatives. Justice James Edmond of Court of Queen's Bench said Friday he hoped...
NDP member of the Manitoba legislature Danielle Adams dies in car crash: NDP
WINNIPEG — The NDP member of the Manitoba legislature for Thompson has died. The party says in a release that Danielle Adams was killed Thursday in a car accident near the northern Manitoba city. NDP Leader Wab Kinew says her death is
Alberta UCP sets one-day confidence vote in April on Premier Kenney’s leadership
EDMONTON — Alberta's United Conservative Party says it will hold a one-day special meeting in April for a confidence vote on the leadership of Premier Jason Kenney. The move comes after a number of UCP constituency associations asked last month for
Alberta says surgery backlog has stabilized at 81,600 following latest COVID outbreak
EDMONTON — Alberta’s health minister says the province's backlog of surgeries has stabilized and the government will focus on reducing it over the coming months. Jason Copping says the wait list stood at 68,000 cases before the pandemic began and has
B.C. cabinet minister hurt in assault near legislature, say police
VICTORIA — Police are investigating an assault near the British Columbia legislature where a cabinet minister was knocked to the ground by a person. Victoria police say they are looking for witnesses and information following a report that Katrine Conr...
Saskatchewan privatizing some surgeries to reduce growing backlog from COVID-19
REGINA — Saskatchewan announced a plan Thursday to reduce its backlog of surgeries by privatizing certain procedures. Health Minister Paul Merriman said the goal is to eliminate the backlog by achieving a three-month wait time by 2030. There are 35,000...
