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NDP health critic holding out hope pharmacare bill could be tabled in next five days
OTTAWA - Time is running out for the Liberal government to table pharmacare legislation before the end of the year, but the NDP's health critic says almost-daily phone calls are still giving him hope....
Dec 11, 2023
Forced-labour watchdog opens probe against Guess over possible Uyghur slave labour
OTTAWA - Canada's corporate watchdog is launching a probe against the company Guess over possible ties to Uyghur forced labour in China. The ombudsperson for responsible enterprise, Sheri Meyerhoffer,...
Dec 11, 2023
Critics pan draft text at UN climate talks as watered down as COP28 nears its finale in Dubai
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Countries moved closer to reaching what critics called a watered-down final deal Monday, avoiding calls from more than 100 nations to phase out planet-warming fossil...
Dec 11, 2023
Alberta finance minister says he has not ‘flip-flopped’ on proposed pension change
EDMONTON, AB - Finance Minister Nate Horner - after promising any stand-alone Alberta pension plan would not follow the contentious Quebec model, then saying it might, then saying it won't - told repo...
Dec 11, 2023
Medicine Hat mayor recall petition fails, gets one-third of required signatures
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Mayor Linnsie Clark will keep her job after a recall petition fell short of the required number of signatures, petition organizers told Pattison Media on Sunday, December 10, 2023.T...
Dec 11, 2023
Alberta fuel tax to partially return in 2024
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Drivers could see themselves paying slightly more at the pump as of the new year.The Government of Alberta has confirmed to Pattison Media that it is set to "return to its permanent f...
Dec 11, 2023
In the news today: Details of new federal dental insurance plan to be released today
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Federal government to announce dental-care plan Several government ministers ar...
Dec 11, 2023
Climate change battering municipal finances across Canada
MONTREAL - The hamlet of Gore, Que., had the foresight to start preparing for more intense annual flooding due to climate change a decade ago. That's when the rural township 60 kilometres northwest of...
Dec 11, 2023
Advocates, victims' families oppose destroying Robert Pickton evidence
VANCOUVER - Advocates and families of victims who were murdered by serial killer Robert Pickton say they are opposed to recent applications filed by the B.C. RCMP to destroy or return thousands of pie...
Dec 11, 2023
Nurses, health workers set to join other Quebec public sector workers on picket lines
MONTREAL - About 80,000 unionized Quebec nurses and other health-care workers will be joining fellow public sector workers already on strike since last week. The health workers are members of the FIQ,...
Dec 11, 2023