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Staffing issues continue to plague Interior Health emergency roomsIn September, emergency departments at Interior Health hospitals closed about 10 times, three just over the weekend.HealthSep 23
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Oil a bike chain, sew a button: Ontario seeks feedback on school lessons for kidsA new survey from the Ontario government is asking parents and others whether kids in Ontario need to learn skills such as how to change a flat or how to hem clothing.CanadaSep 10
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Alberta Medical Association says delayed pay deal will hurt health-care systemHealth Minister Adriana LaGrange recently said the government is committed to getting a fair and sustainable compensation model for primary care physicians.HealthSep 23
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Code red: How more Ontario hospitals are struggling with balancing the booksCritics say the situation at the London Health Sciences Centre speaks to a larger issue, with health experts warning that most Ontario hospitals are projecting a deficit.HealthSep 14
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Israeli strikes on Lebanon kill at least 492 in deadliest day since 2006 warThe Israeli military said it struck 300 targets in Lebanon in one of the most intense barrages of airstrikes in nearly a year of fighting against the Hezbollah militant group.WorldSep 23
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Ontario child-welfare groups housing kids in offices, trailers under probeThe Ontario ombudsman is opening an investigation into safety concerns about the practice of child-welfare agencies housing young children and teens in motels and hotels.CanadaSep 5
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Another wave of device explosions rocks Lebanon a day after fatal pager attackThe exploding devices Wednesday, which appeared to be hand-held radios used by Hezbollah, killed at least nine people and wounded 300 others, Lebanese officials said.WorldSep 18
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BC Rail executives earn $500K to manage railway with no trains and 40km of trackThe B.C. government sold off nearly all of BC Rail 20 years ago, but the Crown corporation still pays its two executives half a million dollars every year.PoliticsAug 30
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Ford government’s Bill 124 backpay cost increases again, closing in on $7BThe payouts come after successive courts deemed that Bill 124, which capped public sector wages, interfered with the constitutional rights of unionized workers.CanadaSep 19
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Montreal wants to move day services from homeless shelter, citing ‘difficult’ cohabitationMaison Benoît Labre, located in the city's St-Henri neighbourhood, serves vulnerable clients who are either unhoused or dealing with addiction issues.CanadaAug 21
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Hezbollah members among 9 dead as exploding pagers wound 2,750 in LebanonParts of Syria were also impacted in what appeared to be a sophisticated, remote attack that Lebanon's health minister said killed at least nine people.WorldSep 17
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Ontario school boards, government advance conflicting plans on social media limitsIn May, the Ford government proposed meeting with social media companies to discuss the problem of classroom distraction. Since then, it has showed few signs of following through.PoliticsSep 6
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‘Humanitarian crisis’: Ontario cities beg province to create new ministry for homelessnessOntario's Big City Mayors are calling on the government to create a co-ordinated response to the province's homelessness crisis, with the creation of a new minister and ministry.PoliticsAug 8
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Ontario moves to ban safe consumption sites near schools, limit new locationsOntario is set to ban consumption and treatment services sites within 200 metres of schools and child care centres, which will lead to the closure of 10 facilities.HealthAug 20
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Dutch elm disease emerges in Edmonton for the first timeThe City of Edmonton identified its first cases of Dutch elm disease during a routine inspection earlier this summer.EnvironmentSep 3
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Ontario cities to demand province address ‘thousands of people living in the streets’The Association of Municipalities of Ontario wants to see a complete social and economic prosperity review from the Ford government as part of a 'new deal.'PoliticsAug 16
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Rally held in Edmonton to call on feds to ‘regularize’ undocumented workersSaturday's rally outside the Federal Building in Alberta's capital drew several dozen protesters.PoliticsSep 14
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Israelis erupt in protest to demand a cease-fire after 6 more hostages die in GazaThe mass outpouring appeared to be the largest such demonstration in 11 months of war and protesters said it felt like a possible turning point, although the country is divided.WorldSep 1
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Quebec to limit temporary foreign workers in Montreal with six-month freezeThe construction and food processing sectors will be exempt from the cap. The freeze won't apply to workers whose salary is higher than $57,000, the median salary in Quebec.CanadaAug 20
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Alberta quadruples school construction funding to $8.6B to address swelling populationAlberta was calling and now the government is working to address one of the consequences of an unprecedented number of people moving to the Prairie province over the past year.PoliticsSep 17