Category Archives: Prairies/BC
Saskatchewan premier says province could have acted sooner on renewed COVID-19 rules
REGINA — On the day Saskatchewan asked the federal government for help to deal with surging COVID-19 hospitalizations, Premier Scott Moe granted the province could have acted sooner on a renewed mask mandate or proof-of-vaccination policy. Health offic...
‘We have made the impossible possible’: Calgary, Edmonton celebrate mayoral firsts
Alberta's two major cities are set to make history in their mayoral races after Monday's municipal elections across the province. Jyoti Gondek is to become Calgary's first female mayor and Edmonton voters appear to have elected the city's first person ...
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...
