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B.C. to launch website to book appointments with pharmacists to treat minor ailments

B.C. to launch website to book appointments with pharmacists to treat minor ailments

VANCOUVER — In an attempt to ease some of the pressure on British Columbia's health-care system, Premier David Eby says the province will become the first in Canada to offer online booking for residents to visit pharmacists for treatment of minor ail
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Meteorologists don't expect significant rainfall in Quebec fire hot spots this week

Meteorologists don't expect significant rainfall in Quebec fire hot spots this week

MONTREAL — Wildfires in northern Quebec continue to rage despite recent rainfall, and the coming days will bring a risk of lightning, which could spark more fires if strikes hit dry ground, Environment and Climate Change Canada says.
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Poor air quality from wildfires upends summer activities new reality sets in

Poor air quality from wildfires upends summer activities new reality sets in

Canadian wildfires triggered dangerous plumes of smoke and air pollution in parts of the country Wednesday, forcing many people to avoid the outdoors as poor air quality warnings cancelled some mail deliveries and curbed school recesses and sports tr
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Federal minister LeBlanc calls changes to N.B.'s LGBTQ school policy a 'mistake'

Federal minister LeBlanc calls changes to N.B.'s LGBTQ school policy a 'mistake'

FREDERICTON — The recent changes to New Brunswick's policy on sexual orientation and gender identity in schools were a mistake, a federal minister said Wednesday, a day after Premier Blaine Higgs was forced to shuffle his cabinet over the issue.
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Eby 'profoundly worried' as B.C. port union issues strike notice covering 7,400 staff

Eby 'profoundly worried' as B.C. port union issues strike notice covering 7,400 staff

VANCOUVER — Federal ministers and British Columbia Premier David Eby are urging the province's port workers and employers to find a way to avert job action after the workers' union issued a 72-hour strike notice and said its members were ready to wal
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Trudeau announces child-care infrastructure funding to create more spaces

Trudeau announces child-care infrastructure funding to create more spaces

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced plans Wednesday to spend $625 million to help provinces and territories build child-care infrastructure.
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Ottawa urged to back U.S., not TC Energy, in $15B lawsuit over demise of Keystone XL

Ottawa urged to back U.S., not TC Energy, in $15B lawsuit over demise of Keystone XL

WASHINGTON — A progressive public policy think tank is urging the federal government to side against oil and gas transmission giant TC Energy in its ongoing dispute with the United States over the ill-fated Keystone XL project.
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Mounties in Nanaimo, B.C., probe theft of German shepherd puppies

Mounties in Nanaimo, B.C., probe theft of German shepherd puppies

NANAIMO, B.C. — The RCMP are investigating the theft of 10 German shepherd puppies from a backyard kennel in Nanaimo, B.C. Police say the theft occurred around 3 a.m. Monday morning.
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Dental care to cost $3B less than budgeted unless provinces drop coverage, PBO says

Dental care to cost $3B less than budgeted unless provinces drop coverage, PBO says

OTTAWA — The Parliamentary Budget Officer estimates the promised federal dental insurance plan will cost $2.9 billion less than the government budgeted, assuming provincial governments don't drop their coverage.
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Canada welcomes largest number of immigrants in first quarter since at least 1972

Canada welcomes largest number of immigrants in first quarter since at least 1972

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says the country welcomed more than 145,000 immigrants during the first three months of the year. That's the highest number for a single quarter on record, since comparable data became available in 1972.
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