Category Archives: Prairies/BC
B.C. teachers urged to get vaccinated as union calls for provincial mandate
VANCOUVER — The B.C. Teachers Federation is urging members to get vaccinated as it calls for a government mandate to ensure an equitable policy across the province, where some of the largest employers are requiring staff to be protected against
Manitoba Tory election ad did not break campaign law: elections commissioner
WINNIPEG — Manitoba's elections commissioner says the governing Progressive Conservatives did not violate campaign rules when they filmed part of an ad inside the premier's office. The complaint came from the Opposition New Democrats and concerned an a...
B.C. leads in job creation numbers, but more work ahead, says recovery minister
VICTORIA — British Columbia posted the top job recovery rate in Canada last month and the province's unemployment rate has dropped below six per cent, but there's more work ahead, says Economic Recovery Minister Ravi Kahlon. Statistics Canada reported ...
Manitoba premier says he’s willing to consider proposal to stop protests at hospitals
WINNIPEG — Manitoba Premier Kelvin Goertzen says he's willing to consider ways to ban protests that block access to hospitals and other health centres. Goertzen says he will take a look at a private member's bill from the Opposition New Democrats
‘Do what you need to do:’ Leader of military nurses in Alberta hospital stays focused
EDMONTON, United Kingdom — A senior military nurse who has been deployed to Alberta to help overworked hospital staff caring for COVID-19 patients says she hopes to see the day when people's smiling faces will replace masks and family and
Letter signed by 200 leaders seeks protection for B.C.’s old-growth forests
VANCOUVER — More than 200 people including scientists, Indigenous leaders, politicians, actors and artists, have signed a letter calling on British Columbia Premier John Horgan to halt old-growth logging, a Vancouver-based environmental group says. Ca...
B.C. reaches $65M funding deal with First Nation after Supreme Court ruling
VANCOUVER — The B.C. government has signed an agreement with a First Nation to provide $65 million in funding to support land restoration and cultural programs, four months after a court ruled the province had breached the nation's rights. Indigenous R...
Opposition Liberals grill New Democrat responses to wildfire recovery, heat wave
VICTORIA — The plight of the residents of the British Columbia village of Lytton that was all but destroyed in a wildfire this summer gained political focus Thursday in the provincial legislature. Jackie Tegart, the Liberal member for Fraser-Nicola,...
Manitoba elections commissioner investigating concerns around Tory membership sales
WINNIPEG — Manitoba's elections commissioner is investigating sales of Progressive Conservative memberships during the party's leadership race. The Opposition New Democrats have filed a complaint about social media posts last month that offered to buy ...
Alberta introduces more cash, new fines in its COVID-19 vaccine passport program
EDMONTON — Alberta is adding more money and doubling fines to help businesses implement and enforce its version of a COVID-19 vaccine passport. Small and medium-sized businesses that adopt the passport, known in Alberta as a restriction exemption, will...
