Canada

Provincial health plans to cover primary care by nurse practitioners: health minister

TORONTO - Federal Health Minister Mark Holland says provincial and territorial health plans will cover primary care provided by nurse practitioners, pharmacists and midwives. Holland says regulated he...

Jan 10, 2025

How to improve climate predictions? McGill researchers turn to 19th century letters

A team led by McGill University researchers came up with a method they hope could improve climate models over Africa by combining them with 19th century missionary records, refashioning dubious docume...

Jan 10, 2025

Civil society groups push to ensure effectiveness of coming border agency watchdog

OTTAWA - The fight for an independent review body to keep an eye on Canada's border agency may be over, but there are lingering concerns in civil society circles about how much bite the new watchdog w...

Jan 10, 2025

Liberals will remove 'fraudulent' memberships, as some register their pets to vote

OTTAWA - A federal Liberal spokesman says the party can and will remove "fraudulent profiles" from its list of electors eligible to vote for its next leader. Parker Lund's comment comes after multiple...

Jan 09, 2025

CRTC to hold hearing on impact of global streamers on Canadian broadcasting

OTTAWA - The CRTC is looking at how the Canadian broadcasting system can survive the shift away from traditional TV to international streamers. The regulator is opening a public consultation on market...

Jan 09, 2025

Poilievre says the next Canadian election will be about the carbon price

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says his focus in the next federal election will be on ending the carbon price, even with the threat of tariffs from the incoming Trump administration. Po...

Jan 09, 2025

U.S. Capitol rioter arrested in B.C. ski resort after claiming political asylum

WHISTLER, B.C. - An American man convicted for his part in the riot on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 has been arrested in the ski resort of Whistler, B.C. The Canada Border Services Agency says in a stat...

Jan 09, 2025

Ukrainian-Canadians urge ongoing support for country amid political shifts

OTTAWA - The Liberal party's political upheaval and Donald Trump's return to the White House have Ukrainian-Canadians hoping Ottawa's support for Ukraine remains firm. "We think that Canada is at its ...

Jan 09, 2025

Section of Rideau Canal Skateway to open Saturday

OTTAWA - The National Capital Commission says Ottawa's Rideau Canal will open to skaters Saturday morning. It is the earliest the canal has opened since the 2018-19 season after two years of warmer th...

Jan 09, 2025

Hajdu says failing to pass First Nations water bill would be 'deep disappointment'

OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu says it will be a "deep disappointment" if a First Nations drinking water bill dies completely before the next election. The bill is a landmark change...

Jan 09, 2025