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'Never losing hope:' Former national chief says apology reflects decades-long fight
ROME - Phil Fontaine says he had hoped a long-sought apology would finally come this week when an Indigenous delegation met with Pope Francis at the Vatican. But the former national chief says he was ...
Apr 01, 2022
Public health notice warns of norovirus outbreak linked to B.C. oysters
VANCOUVER - The Public Health Agency of Canada says raw oysters from British Columbia have been linked to hundreds of cases of norovirus in B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ontario. The agency has issu...
Apr 01, 2022
COVID-19 asylum limits at US-Mexico border to end May 23
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Centers for Disease Control announced Friday that it is ending a policy that limited asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The use of public health ...
Apr 01, 2022
Grande Prairie records four opioid-related deaths in January
Alberta Health says Grande Prairie recorded four opioid-related deaths in the month of January.The four deaths in the Swan City were related to non-pharmaceutical opioids. Across Alberta, there was a ...
Apr 01, 2022
Future waves of COVID-19 likely as Canada undergoes "period of transition": Tam
OTTAWA - Canada's chief public health officer warned Friday the country is in a period of pandemic transition that might see further waves of COVID-19 cases this year. "We anticipate that progress wil...
Apr 01, 2022
‘I am very sorry:’ A look at the history, hurdles of papal apologies
First Nations, Inuit and Mtis residential school survivors, knowledge keepers, elders, and youth have wrapped up meetings with Pope Francis at the Vatican with a historic apology.The delegation was th...
Apr 01, 2022
Industry looks to budget for help on supply chain problems, domestic production
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals are being asked to muscle space in next week's budget to help Canada become more productive, and lay investments to lure new companies as part of a push to simplify pande...
Apr 01, 2022
Nicole Gladu, Quebec advocate of medical aid in dying, dies of natural causes
MONTREAL - Nicole Gladu, the Quebec woman who fought to expand the right to medical aid in dying, has died of natural causes. A death notice says Gladu, who suffered from an incurable degenerative dis...
Apr 01, 2022
On April Fools', Congress gets serious about clearing way for legal marijuana in U.S.
WASHINGTON - It may be April Fools' Day, but Democrats in Congress are nonetheless getting serious about legalizing marijuana in the United States. The House of Representatives began the day by debati...
Apr 01, 2022
Canadian Olympian Brent Hayden re-retires after solid performance at Tokyo Games
Canadian Olympic swimmer Brent Hayden has retired - again. Swimming Canada made the announcement this morning. Hayden won bronze in the men's 100-metre freestyle at the 2012 London Olympics. The Missi...
Apr 01, 2022