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New legal structure of Alberta health system in place, Premier Smith now eyes results
By Canadian Press on December 30th, 2025
CALGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA — The Alberta government in 2025 completed the final legal foundations of its new health-care system — and Premier Danielle Smith says she’s working in 2026 to prove it was worth it. The massive reorganization saw Smith dismantle Alberta Health Services as the provincial health authority and relegate it to a hospital ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Minister not promising source water protection in new First Nations clean water bill
By Canadian Press on December 30th, 2025
OTTAWA — With her government under pressure to finally eliminate boil-water advisories in First Nations communities, the federal minister responsible for Indigenous services isn’t committing to bringing back a defunct clean water bill in the new year as written — after two provinces objected to it. That bill, which died when the last federal election ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!9.0 quake in B.C. could kill thousands and cost $128 billion, report foresees
By Canadian Press on December 29th, 2025
VICTORIA — Minutes after a massive 9.0 magnitude earthquake strikes off Vancouver Island one summer’s day, thousands of British Columbians are dead or injured in the wreckage — then comes the tsunami, aftershocks and chaos. Distraught survivors overwhelm hospitals as they search for loved ones. Road and rail links are damaged by the quake, then ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Whitecaps FC to settle class-action lawsuit with fans over Messi no-show in Vancouver
By Canadian Press on December 29th, 2025
VANCOUVER — When soccer superstar Lionel Messi was a no-show for Inter Miami’s match with the Whitecaps in Vancouver in May 2024, they let their feelings be known with chants of “Where is Messi?” But some in the crowd of more than 51,000 went further — they took the matter out of BC Place stadium ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!9.0 quake in B.C. would kill thousands and cost $128 billion, report foresees
By Canadian Press on December 29th, 2025
VICTORIA — A British Columbia government report foresees more than 3,400 fatalities and more than 10,000 injuries if an earthquake with a magnitude of 9.0 strikes off Vancouver Island. The scenario of such a “megathrust” quake also describes costs of $128 billion, the destruction of 18,000 buildings and extensive damage to 10,000. The analysis is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Anand affirms Canada’s view that Ukraine must control decisions about its sovereignty
By Canadian Press on December 29th, 2025
OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says she told her Ukrainian counterpart today that decisions about Ukraine’s sovereignty must be made by Kyiv itself. Anand’s conversation with Andrii Sybiha, Ukraine’s foreign minister, followed Canada’s recent commitment of an additional $2.5 billion in economic assistance to the country as it fights Russia’s invasion. Anand said ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Whitecaps FC to settle class-action lawsuit with fans over Lionel Messi no-show
By Canadian Press on December 29th, 2025
VANCOUVER — A proposed settlement has been reached in a class-action lawsuit over the non-appearance of soccer superstar Lionel Messi and other Inter Miami players in a match against Vancouver Whitecaps FC last year. The lawsuit stems from a May 25, 2024, match at BC Place Stadium that drew a crowd of more than 51,000 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. wildfire season scorched more than 8,800 square kilometres
By Canadian Press on December 29th, 2025
VICTORIA — British Columbia’s 2025 wildfire season was about a third as destructive as the record-setting season two years earlier. The Ministry of Forests says in a statement that 8,864 square kilometres of land was scorched by more than 1,350 blazes since April 1. The area burned was close to the 10-year average of about ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Organizers of West Bank delegation blocked by Israel call for steeper sanctions
By Canadian Press on December 29th, 2025
OTTAWA — Members of a Canadian delegation that was denied entry to the West Bank earlier this month are calling on Ottawa to tighten sanctions targeting new Israeli settlements in occupied territory. A group that included six Canadian MPs on a mission to meet with displaced Palestinians was turned away at the Allenby border crossing ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sharp rise in 911 calls in Montreal as wintry weather hits Eastern Canada
By Canadian Press on December 29th, 2025
MONTREAL — A Montreal-area ambulance service reported receiving more than one hundred 911 calls per hour on Monday, as parts of Eastern Canada were hit by freezing rain, blowing snow and strong winds. Urgences-santé said most of the calls involved people who had fallen and hurt themselves, with ice coating roads and sidewalks. Spokesperson Valérie ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Treasury Board minister silent on details of plan to shrink federal public service
By Canadian Press on December 29th, 2025
OTTAWA — Treasury Board President Shafqat Ali says the federal government hasn’t worked out details of planned public service cuts and efforts to boost the amount of time public servants spend in the office. Ali said in a recent interview with The Canadian Press the government is still finalizing the workforce adjustment and return-to-office plans. ... Read More »
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