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Women's shelters facing staff shortages amid COVID, high rates of gendered violence
OTTAWA - Women's shelter workers are feeling even more pressure as the latest COVID-19 wave hits Canada, fuelled by the highly transmissible Omicron variant. Lise Martin, executive director of Women's...
Jan 12, 2022
Military struggling with shortage of medical personnel as provinces look for help
OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces says its medical personnel are being stretched to the limit during the pandemic, suggesting it has little to offer provincial health care systems overwhelmed by the ...
Jan 12, 2022
Provincial police identify father, two kids as victims of Quebec house explosion
SAGUENAY, Que. - Quebec provincial police have identified a father and his two young children as the victims of a house explosion on Monday in Saguenay, Que. Police said earlier this week at least two...
Jan 12, 2022
Volunteers sought for Grande Prairie Public Library advocacy/support group
A group that works to help fundraise and advocate for the Grande Prairie Public Library is looking for new members and volunteers. The Champions of the GPPL started just over a year ago and is a non-p...
Jan 12, 2022
Local organizer says July airplane races could be one of the biggest spectator events to come to Grande Prairie
A Grande Prairie man who is among the organizers for a planned airplane race in July says it would be one of the biggest spectator events to come to Grande Prairie.Phil Troyer is on the board of the C...
Jan 12, 2022
Large explosion outside Mogadishu airport, at least 8 killed
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - A large explosion outside the international airport in Somalia's capital killed at least eight people and wounded nine others on Wednesday, a local doctor said. Dr. Abdulkadi...
Jan 12, 2022
National standards for long-term care must balance safety, quality of life
OTTAWA - The expert spearheading new draft national standards for long-term care says they must strike a difficult balance between residents' safety and their quality of life. The pandemic devastated ...
Jan 12, 2022
Correctional Service settles human rights case for prisoners addicted to opioids
VANCOUVER - The federal prison service says it is making several changes to help prisoners addicted to opioids, including getting them faster access to treatment by eliminating a waiting list that is ...
Jan 12, 2022
Canadian Civil Liberties Association calls COVID tax constitutionally vulnerable
With COVID-19 cases putting Canada's hospitals at or near capacity, Quebec's unprecedented plan to tax adult residents who refuse to be vaccinated is coming under fire. The Canadian Civil Liberties As...
Jan 12, 2022
Radiologists warn of growing backlog in medical imaging due to COVID-19 pandemic
Radiologists are warning that Canadian hospitals are in serious need of more equipment and staff to deal with medical imaging backlogs that the country was already facing before the COVID-19 pandemic ...
Jan 12, 2022