VANCOUVER—Nurses already lacking an adequate supply of personal protective equipment have sometimes been given masks with straps that don’t tie or gowns that don’t fully cover them, the head of the B.C. Nurses’ Union says. Christine Sorensen said Monday the supply issue is affecting nurses in every health authority and has prompted 1,700 complaints to […]
There are tens of thousands of dormant oil and gas wells sitting idle across Alberta — an inventory the province wants to shrink in the coming months with the help of $ 1 billion from the federal government. But as Alberta implements its strategy for cleaning up orphan and inactive wells this week, there are calls for the […]
Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, will no longer be working members of the Royal Family and will, therefore, no longer use their royal titles or taxpayer money, according to a statement from Buckingham Palace released Saturday. “As agreed in this new arrangement, they understand that they are required to step back […]
The federal government is giving Toronto $ 15 million to help address mounting demand on the city’s shelter system as it faces the added pressures of refugee claimants. It’s the latest injection of funding since Ottawa committed $ 11 million last summer. In a news release Friday, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada acknowledged that while affordable temporary […]
I don’t presume it’s a routine practice for Gibby to deliver the lineup card to the umpires before every Blue Jays game – that’s usually a task left to a coach – but I sure hope he does today. This afternoon is going to be his swansong, of course, the last home game of his […]
By Tara DeschampsThe Canadian Press Mon., May 14, 2018 If you took a peek at Nic Capobianco’s calendar over the last few years, you’d find a dizzying number of suit-fittings, bachelor parties, rehearsal dinners and weddings. His busy social calendar centres around a handful of friends and family members who have tied the knot recently, […]
Here’s the best tip we ever got from Joe the Snow Plow Driver: I drive a truck with a big can opener on it, and your car is the can. But we’re sorry to say we won’t be regaling readers this winter with Joe’s amusing observations about the bad driving he witnessed while plowing snow […]
“They’ve upped the amount they seek. They are polite, but consistent, and this gives me a feeling of being harassed. It’s been going on for over six months. “It’s a mental burden when you get the sense that a whole organization is after you. I am thinking of contacting the CRTC and even suing Bell. […]
Polio survivors. People recovering from strokes or brain injuries. Children born with neurodevelopmental disabilities like cerebral palsy. These are just some of the 75,000 people March of Dimes Canada works with each year across the country. “We really are trying to be the voice of people with disabilities, and March of Dimes is in its […]
Stock markets in New York and Toronto recovered slightly from midday losses but still closed significantly lower on Monday, a pullback from a weeks-long rally prompted by the presidency of Donald Trump. The S&P/TSX composite index in Toronto closed down 170.69 points, 1.1 per cent, its worst day since the middle of December. “Global markets have a […]