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Province to aid EMS response times with new action plan
EDMONTON, AB - An action plan from the Alberta Government will attempt to lessen Emergency Response Times.The government statement reads:"In response to growing demand for EMS services across Alberta,...
Jan 24, 2022

Kids vaccine rate still low despite rampant spread of Omicron variant
OTTAWA - One member of the COVID-19 Immunity Task Force says the timing of the Omicron outbreak in Canada may have hurt the uptake of pediatric vaccines, just when kids need them most. Child-sized dos...
Jan 24, 2022

Trucker convoy raises millions in funds
A group of truckers is garnering millions in fundraising dollars as it drives across the country to protest vaccine mandates, despite the vast majority of big-riggers having been jabbed.Setting off fr...
Jan 24, 2022

Business groups says slow down vaccine rule as PM, Tories trade barbs
OTTAWA - Business leaders are urging Ottawa to ease vaccine mandates for cross-border truckers to relieve the congested supply chain with the United States. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau defended Mond...
Jan 24, 2022

Breach of trust trial begins for former B.C. legislature clerk Craig James
VANCOUVER - A special prosecutor says the former clerk of the British Columbia legislature took advantage of his position as one of province's most senior public officials to allegedly use government ...
Jan 24, 2022

New space telescope reaches final stop million miles out
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The world's biggest, most powerful space telescope reached its final destination 1 million miles from Earth on Monday, a month after it lifted off on a quest to behold the ...
Jan 24, 2022

B.C. driver curious about speed of mother's car faces fines: police
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - A novice British Columbia driver faces numerous tickets and nine penalty points after police allege he was travelling in excess of 200 kilometres per hour in his mother's car. Polic...
Jan 24, 2022

Teen dies, two others critically injured in collision in northern Alberta
FORT MCMURRAY, AB - RCMP in northern Alberta are investigating a three-vehicle collision in which a 16-year-old girl died and two other teens were critically injured.Wood Buffalo RCMP says the crash h...
Jan 24, 2022

Ont. back-to-school effort roiled by absences, Que. looks to incentivize vaccination
New data out of Ontario shows many of its schools were hit by high rates of absences when in-person classes resumed last week, and Quebec has begun rolling out the next step in its efforts to boost CO...
Jan 24, 2022

Hope seen once the omicron wave increases global immunity
World health officials are offering hope that the ebbing of the omicron wave could give way to a new, more manageable phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, even as they warn of difficult weeks ahead and the...
Jan 24, 2022