March 28th, 2024

National News

Foreign interference inquiry to hear testimony this week about alleged meddling

By The Canadian Press on March 25th, 2024

OTTAWA – A federal inquiry into foreign interference is set to begin hearing testimony Wednesday about meddling allegations and how the government responded to them. The hearings will focus on possible foreign interference by China, India, Russia and others in the last two general elections. The commission of inquiry, led by Quebec judge Marie-Josée Hogue, ... Read More »

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Global Affairs says two more Canadians have died in Ukraine-Russia war

By The Canadian Press on March 25th, 2024

MONTREAL – Global Affairs Canada says two more Canadians have died in the war between Ukraine and Russia, bringing the total number of Canadians killed in that conflict to 11. An obituary for Alain Derasp says the veteran of the Canadian Forces Royal 22nd Regiment and father of four died in Ukraine on Feb. 27. ... Read More »

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Preliminary hearing begins for Quebec man charged with murder in daycare bus crash

By The Canadian Press on March 25th, 2024

SAINT-JÉRÔME, Que. – A preliminary hearing is underway for a Quebec man accused of killing two young children by allegedly driving a city bus into a Montreal-area daycare last year. Pierre Ny St-Amand was arrested after a transit bus crashed into the front of a daycare in the Ste-Rose neighbourhood of Laval, Que., on Feb. ... Read More »

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Holland must sell oral-health providers on dental care plan before coverage begins

By Laura Osman, The Canadian Press on March 25th, 2024

OTTAWA – Health Minister Mark Holland is on tour to sell Canadian dentists and hygienists on the new federal dental care plan as concerns mount about what the government plans to pay providers for their services. The government started enrolling seniors to the dental-coverage plan late last year as part of a new program to ... Read More »

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Man arrested after fatal Quebec strip club brawl north of Montreal

By The Canadian Press on March 25th, 2024

TERREBONNE, Que. – Quebec provincial police say they’ve arrested a 25-year-old man in connection with a fatal brawl at a strip club last week north of Montreal. Police say the suspect was involved in the fight that left one person dead and one person seriously injured at the O’Gascon Gentlemen Club in Terrebonne, Que., on ... Read More »

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Liberal MPs call on finance minister to fund disability benefit in upcoming budget

By The Canadian Press on March 25th, 2024

OTTAWA – Dozens of Liberal members of Parliament are calling on the finance minister to set aside money for the Canada Disability Benefit in next month’s federal budget. In a letter shared on social media, MP Ryan Turnbull says the benefit, which is designed to help keep people with disabilities out of poverty, is a ... Read More »

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Naturopathic doctors aren’t solution to primary care crisis: doctors, health experts

By Nicole Ireland, The Canadian Press on March 25th, 2024

Vancouver naturopathic doctor Vanessa Lindsay has been treating a longtime patient’s high blood pressure through nutrition and exercise. “She’s lost weight. She’s stronger. She’s eating well. She’s hydrated. She’s sleeping better,” said Lindsay. But the patient is still on two blood pressure medications – and because naturopathic doctors in British Columbia are allowed to prescribe ... Read More »

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In the news today: Naturopaths not the answer and Juno Awards celebrated in Halifax

By The Canadian Press on March 25th, 2024

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today… Experts say naturopaths aren’t family doctors Naturopathic doctors say they can be part of the solution to Canada’s primary care crisis. In British Columbia, they have a wide scope of practice ... Read More »

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Stranded orca dies, now there’s an effort to save calf, B.C. marine group

By The Canadian Press on March 24th, 2024

ZABALLOS, BRITISH COLUMBIA – A British Columbia marine research group says a female killer whale died Saturday after being stranded in shallow water near the Village of Zeballos on the west side of Vancouver Island. The Marine Education & Research Society says in a social media post that the animal has been identified as a ... Read More »

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Alberta scientists band together to shift climate change focus to health impacts

By Bob Weber, The Canadian Press on March 24th, 2024

EDMONTON – Bodies and minds are just as affected by climate change as sea ice and forests, says University of Alberta scientist Sherilee Harper. “Climate change impacts everything we care about,” she said. “It’s not just an environmental issue.” That’s why Harper, along with 30 or so colleagues from disciplines as wide-ranging as economics and ... Read More »

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Two daughters, two parents, and echoes of a murder that rocked Indigenous activism

By Darryl Greer, The Canadian Press on March 24th, 2024

VANCOUVER – In Halifax, Denise Pictou Maloney says the trauma and grief from the 1975 murder of her mother, Indigenous activist Anna Mae Aqaush, has never dimmed. Pictou Maloney was nine when she last saw her. In Vancouver, Naneek Graham vividly remembers American FBI agents visiting her family’s home in Yukon in the 1980s to ... Read More »

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