Category Archives: Prairies/BC
B.C. regional district cancels wastewater treatment plant deal after delays
VANCOUVER — The head of the Metro Vancouver Regional District says it has lost confidence in the contractor hired to build a wastewater treatment plant in North Vancouver, B.C., and has terminated its contract with the company. Jerry Dobrovolny, chief ...
Saskatchewan asks other provinces if they can spare ICU staff amid COVID-19 crisis
REGINA — Saskatchewan is asking other provinces if they have health-care workers they could send if needed in the coming days to help its struggling intensive care units. Marlo Pritchard, head of the government's emergency operations centre, says half ...
Two B.C. women file constitutional challenge of vaccine card
VANCOUVER — Two British Columbia women who say doctors advised them against getting COVID-19 vaccines have filed a constitutional challenge of the province's vaccine passport. A petition filed in B.C. Supreme Court says 39-year-old Sarah Webb, who live...
Lawyer for Calgary city councillor charged with fraud gets three-week adjournment
CALGARY — A Calgary city councillor who is running for re-election next week was represented by a lawyer at his first court date on charges of fraud and breach of trust. RCMP have said a "complex investigation" was done into the
Manitoba legislature will not resume until the governing Tories pick a new leader
WINNIPEG — The Manitoba legislature has wrapped up a brief fall sitting and is now on break while the governing Progressive Conservatives pick a new leader. Politicians sat well into the evening Thursday as bills were passed to implement the spring
Alberta says 14-year-old’s death not COVID-related, will change reporting process
EDMONTON — Alberta has reversed an earlier announcement that a 14-year-old died from COVID-19 and will change how it reports future COVID-related deaths of minors. Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta's chief medical health officer, said initial information on t...
Saskatchewan health minister says province’s low COVID-19 vaccination rate is skewed
REGINA — Saskatchewan's Minister of Health Paul Merriman says the province's low COVID-19 vaccination rate is an underestimation, despite data from the Public Health Agency of Canada showing otherwise. The most recent data compiled by the federal agenc...
Saskatchewan looking to send COVID-19 patients to Manitoba as ICUs overwhelmed
REGINA — Saskatchewan is exploring the possibility of sending COVID-19 patients to Manitoba, a day after it announced plans to send those sick with the virus to Ontario. Health Minister Paul Merriman said Thursday that Saskatchewan officials have reac...
Government-funded iPhones to connect B.C.’s youth in care to services, technology
VICTORIA — Thousands of youth in care across British Columbia will receive an Apple iPhone to better connect them to friends, family and available technology. A statement from the Ministry of Children and Family Development says nearly 4,000 iPhones wi...
Tofino, B.C., hospital the latest to declare a COVID-19 outbreak
VICTORIA — Tofino General Hospital on Vancouver Island has joined the list of 19 acute care, long-term care or assisted-living facilities in B.C. with a COVID-19 outbreak. A statement from the Health Ministry says there have been 605 new cases diagnos...
