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The president of New Brunswick's Medical Society said the paperwork requirements contribute to physician burnout and reduce the time they have available to see patients.

The auto club says there's a simple way to remember what to do: if you see an emergency vehicle on the side of the road, reduce your speed by half as you pass them.

New Brunswick only has six school psychologists in the anglophone system and according to education minister Bill Hogan, the shortage is due to a lack of trained candidates.

Alberta's premier stood behind her government's recently announced policies regarding transgender youth, gender-affirming care, sex education and parental notification.

The B.C. government says it is setting 10-year targets to substantially reduce poverty in the province, with a focus on lifting children and seniors above the poverty line.

Manitoba Minister of Education and Child Development Nello Altomare has been conducting consultations on whether cellphones will continue to be permitted in Manitoba classrooms.

The two Maritime provinces are taking a look at how to deal with the use of smartphones in schools following restrictions being imposed in other jurisdictions.

Speaking at the Stationview YMCA Childcare Centre in St. Thomas, Trudeau said over $201 million in funding will go to the province to build more child-care spaces.

The province announced a three-way partnership with the federal government and the Canadian Centre for Child Protection (C3P) on Thursday.

The Ford government announced it is introducing limits on cellphone use in schools and banning vaping devices in a move to help improve learning in the classroom.

Associate medical officer of health says people don't have to show symptoms to have STIs.

A 30-seat mobile education centre called The Tour for Humanity was in the city to teach teens about hate and intolerance in Canada, using the Holocaust as its launching point.

With dozens of wildfires already burning across Alberta, Banff's Fire Department is educating its residents and visitors on how the town is prepared to respond to emergencies.

The 15 available seats for the nurse practitioner program were quickly snapped up and hundreds of people are on a waiting list.

"We are seeing more and more people who are knowingly using fentanyl because that is what is available," said Prairie Harm Reduction (PHR) executive director Kayla DeMong.

The federal government is providing $3 million for green energy efficiency upgrades for the Toba Centre for Children and Youth child advocacy centre in Winnipeg.

A lot of progress has been made since the federal government's $10-a-day child-care plan began rolling out, a new report says. But major roadblocks remain.

A high school in Milk River is slated for demolition, however, residents believe the building could be re-purposed. Sarah Jones reports.

With the Kingston region seeing double the rate of syphilis compared to the rest of the province, a campaign is underway to raise awareness of the disease.

Schools in Chilliwack, Nanaimo-Ladysmith and Nechako Lakes will use existing space as well as district resources and staff to provide care without additional pickups and dropoffs.