For Osob Mohamed, finishing her final semester at Simon Fraser University is bittersweet. Despite feeling the accomplishment of completing her health sciences degree, she’s apprehensive what’s next for her during the COVID-19 pandemic. “It is feeling a little more bleak, I think, than anything,” said the Surrey, B.C., resident. “ItRead More

Alberta is to join three other provinces to explore the feasibility of small modular nuclear reactors as a clean energy option. Premier Jason Kenney will join Ontario Premier Doug Ford, Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe and New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs in signing a memorandum of understanding today related to exploringRead More

People living in several provinces — including Alberta, Ontario and broad swaths of Quebec — are facing tighter public health restrictions as officials raise the alarm about more transmissible coronavirus variants and growing pressure on hospitals. Ontario Premier Doug Ford is expected to make an announcement later Wednesday, with sourcesRead More

With several washed-out roads and widespread power outages, Cape Breton has taken the brunt of a freezing rain storm that swept through the province Saturday night and into Sunday. “It’s significant damage, for sure,” said Bonnie MacIsaac, deputy warden of the Municipality of the County of Inverness. “We have aRead More

With a record number of COVID-19 patients in Ontario’s intensive care units and its highest-ever rate of new cases in schools, multiple sources say Premier Doug Ford will on Thursday announce plans to move the whole province into what the government describes as “shutdown” measures. The provincial government’s COVID-19 scientificRead More

Infrastructure Minister Catherine McKenna says new dedicated transit funding for rural communities could be used for on-demand services, not just traditional systems. The Liberals are setting aside $250 million over five years in a dedicated fund for rural transit. Federal infrastructure programs that help build or update transit systems haveRead More

The Liberal Party has the people’s approval to form the next government of Newfoundland and Labrador, winning 22 of the legislature’s 40 seats after 10 weeks of electoral tumult. The long-overdue results, released all at once after weeks of ballot counting, hand the reins back to incumbent Premier Andrew Furey.Read More

Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said today the federal government plans to provide a one-time payment of $7 billion to provinces, territories, cities and First Nations communities to help them cover the cost of health services, COVID-19 vaccination campaigns and infrastructure projects. The cash injection is detailed in a newRead More

New Delhi, March 24 Despite the recent acrimony that was interspersed by India supplying vaccines to Canada, the two sides held Foreign Office Consultations (FOC) on Wednesday in the virtual mode. Riva Ganguly Das, Secretary (East) in the Ministry of External Affairs and Marta Morgan, Deputy Minister of Foreign AffairsRead More

British Columbia’s top doctor is again calling on people to follow the current guidelines and not gather inside, pointing to the increased transmissibility of the B117 variant and saying it is “much easier to spread it with even minimal contact in indoor settings.” As of Monday evening, a tracking siteRead More