Category Archives: Prairies/BC
Saskatchewan MLA resigns from government caucus over vaccination status
REGINA — The Saskatchewan Party caucus says Premier Scott Moe has accepted the resignation of a member for ''misrepresenting her vaccination status" for COVID-19. Nadine Wilson has held the seat for the constituency of Saskatchewan Rivers since 2007. W...
‘It’s really scary:’ Alberta physicians face more aggressive, misinformed patients
EDMONTON — Some family physicians in Alberta say they are dealing with an increasing number of aggressive, misinformed and untrusting patients who want a note exempting them from getting a COVID-19 vaccine. Two of three Calgary doctors who spoke to The...
B.C. parents, teachers, unions calls on school districts to announce mask mandates
VANCOUVER — The Vancouver School District's extension of a mask mandate that will include kindergarten to Grade 3 students starting Monday has prompted calls for more districts in British Columbia to follow suit in the absence of a provincewide public
‘Laundry list of facts’: Alberta teachers group revives school curriculum criticism
EDMONTON — The Alberta Teachers' Association is inviting the minister of education to meet and go over a new report that has rekindled fierce opposition to the government's proposed curriculum for kindergarten to Grade 6 students. Association president...
Two candidates vying to become Manitoba’s next premier debate health care and more
WINNIPEG — The two women campaigning to become Manitoba's next premier squared off Tuesday night, both promising to revive a Progressive Conservative government that is running low in opinion polls. Shelly Glover, a former Conservative member of Parlia...
B.C. government lays out $260-million, five-year plan to move away from fossil fuels
VANCOUVER — BC Hydro and the provincial government have announced a new five-year plan for the Crown corporation that provides incentives for people to switch from fossil fuels to electricity to power their homes, businesses and vehicles. Under the pl...
Vancouver school trustees vote in favour of masks for students in K-3 grades
VANCOUVER — School trustees in Vancouver have voted unanimously in favour of requiring masks to be worn by students in kindergarten to Grade 3. Mask mandates set by British Columbia's provincial health officer exempt youngsters in primary grades from w...
Validated count widens margin of victory for federal Conservatives in west Winnipeg
WINNIPEG — The federal Liberal candidate in a tight election race in west Winnipeg has conceded defeat. Unofficial election results from Sept. 20 were very close in Charleswood-St. James-Headingley-Assiniboia, with just 24 votes between Conservative Ma...
Unanimous approval for ban on feeding any wild animals in Vancouver parks
VANCOUVER — Tossing bread crusts to geese or the remains of a sandwich to a raccoon will soon be an offence in any Vancouver park, punishable by a hefty fine. Vancouver park board commissioners have voted unanimously to amend park bylaws
Former cabinet minister faces pointed questions during Liberal leadership debate
VICTORIA — The first debate in British Columbia's Liberal leadership race saw candidates take aim at a former cabinet minister who left politics a decade ago, but now is seeking the party's top job. Kevin Falcon, a former minister of finance,
