Canada

Fix health-care backlogs, save money and ease health-worker burnout? There is a way.

OTTAWA - COVID-19 has thrown Canada's already struggling health-care system into chaos, forcing impossible choices when it comes to how to rebuild once the pandemic has ebbed. Hospitals were forced to...

Dec 12, 2021

Liberals under pressure to balance competing asks in budget and economic update

OTTAWA - The Trudeau Liberals are set to unveil an update on the health of federal finances and its outlook for the economy while facing competing demands on benefits, taxes and economic growth. It's ...

Dec 12, 2021

Damaged parks, reduced holiday travel among impacts of flood on B.C. tourism

VANCOUVER - Parts of British Columbia's tourism industry are facing another uphill battle with an uncertain recovery horizon after this year's damaging storms. Some attractions and landmarks were seri...

Dec 12, 2021

Outspoken former Toronto mayor Mel Lastman dies at age 88, premier says

TORONTO - Ontario's premier says Mel Lastman, the long-serving, often controversial former mayor of Toronto, has died. He was 88. Premier Doug Ford confirmed the news in a tweet on Saturday night. He ...

Dec 11, 2021

Volunteers join forces to help clean up after unprecedented flooding in B.C.

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - Caroline and Paul Mostertman have become accustomed to seeing their belongings floating by outside their flood-ravaged farm in Abbotsford, B.C., but it's the kindness of strangers s...

Dec 11, 2021

Traveller confusion reigns amid shifting advice and variants

Confusion is now the defining state for many Canadians considering travel this month amid shifting advice, COVID-19 variants and layers of testing and quarantine rules. Marty Firestone, who heads a tr...

Aaron Schulze Dec 11, 2021

'Scope' and cost of software fix to naval helicopters expected in spring 2022

HALIFAX - The scope and cost of changes needed to remedy a software issue that was a cause of a naval helicopter crash off Greece resulting in six deaths won't be known until next spring. A Defence De...

Dec 11, 2021

'It's like Christmas': Companies, environmentalists eager to open coal mining reports

This year, Albertans won't find out if there's coal in their stockings until after Christmas. Sometime early in 2022 - the government won't say exactly when - Energy Minister Sonya Savage is to releas...

Dec 11, 2021

Canada looks to retool EV rebate program to include more expensive SUVs, pickups

OTTAWA - The federal government wants to overhaul the rebate program for electric vehicles so that it more closely aligns with the kinds of cars Canadians want to buy, says Transport Minister Omar Alg...

Aaron Schulze Dec 11, 2021

B.C. businessman Frank Giustra's lawsuit against Twitter can proceed, court rules

VANCOUVER - British Columbia's highest court has upheld a lower-court ruling allowing a prominent businessman and philanthropist's defamation lawsuit against Twitter Inc. to proceed in the province. T...

Dec 10, 2021