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New payment model sees 16.5% jump in B.C. family doctors, but more needed: minister

New payment model sees 16.5% jump in B.C. family doctors, but more needed: minister

VANCOUVER — Health Minister Adrian Dix says the number of family doctors in British Columbia is increasing, but there are still almost 900,000 people without a primary care provider.
Saskatchewan changing how it procures hotels for those on social assistance

Saskatchewan changing how it procures hotels for those on social assistance

REGINA — The Saskatchewan government says it's changing how it procures hotels for those on social assistance after a motel owned by a legislature member raised rates when the province paid.
Poll worker nun triggered some residents at Manitoba Indigenous seniors' home: report

Poll worker nun triggered some residents at Manitoba Indigenous seniors' home: report

WINNIPEG — The hiring of a nun to run a mobile voting poll at an Indigenous seniors' centre during Manitoba's provincial election did not violate any laws, an investigation by the province's elections commissioner has determined.
AP Decision Notes: What to expect in the latest Pennsylvania House special election

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in the latest Pennsylvania House special election

WASHINGTON (AP) — Control of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives hangs in the balance in a special election on Tuesday in the Philadelphia suburbs .
Telus says no immediate plan to cut spending, raise rates as it monitors CRTC rulings

Telus says no immediate plan to cut spending, raise rates as it monitors CRTC rulings

Telus Corp.
Toby Keith wrote all kinds of country songs. His legacy might be post-9/11 American anger

Toby Keith wrote all kinds of country songs. His legacy might be post-9/11 American anger

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Toby Keith’s songs accomplished, for some, what great art is intended to: They sustained people in challenging times, particularly U.S. service members and their families during the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq after 9/11.
Canadians won't be fooled by Putin propaganda on Ukraine, Trudeau says

Canadians won't be fooled by Putin propaganda on Ukraine, Trudeau says

OTTAWA — Canadians are too smart to fall for Russian propaganda about the war in Ukraine, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday.
Harris slams 'politically motivated' report as Biden to name task force to protect classified docs

Harris slams 'politically motivated' report as Biden to name task force to protect classified docs

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday slammed the report by a Justice Department special counsel into Joe Biden's mishandling of classified documents that raised questions about the president's memory, calling it “politically motiv
DNC files federal complaint alleging RFK Jr.'s super PAC is working too closely with his campaign

DNC files federal complaint alleging RFK Jr.'s super PAC is working too closely with his campaign

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic National Committee on Friday filed a complaint with the Federal Elections Commission, accusing presidential candidate Robert Kennedy Jr.
Federal government signs $3.1-billion health accord deal with Ontario

Federal government signs $3.1-billion health accord deal with Ontario

Ontario will spend $3.