Category Archives: Prairies/BC
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...
Manitoba needs to do more to address service gaps for children: youth advocate
WINNIPEG — Manitoba's acting advocate for children and youth says the government is not doing enough to address gaps in support for young people dealing with mental health and substance use challenges. In her annual report released Thursday, Ainsley Kr...
Seniors advocate calls for reporting line for abuse and neglect amid rising reports
VICTORIA — British Columbia's needs a provincewide approach for reporting seniors abuse amid complaints that are "significantly rising," says the provincial advocate for seniors. Isobel Mackenzie says there is a clear five-year pattern of increasing ...
Kenney touts ‘Alberta is back’ in first speech to Calgary Chamber since 2019
CALGARY — Premier Jason Kenney used his first address to the Calgary Chamber of Commerce since the start of the pandemic to tout the recovery of Alberta's economy amid high energy prices. Saying that 'Alberta is back', he noted that in