Unpublished Newswire
British Columbia ombudsperson Jay Chalke says he’s satisfied the provincial government has fixed a problem that shortchanged caregivers of children with disabilities by nearly $1.2-million in federal funding.But Chalke said Thursday that B.C. still hasn’t responded to his recommendation from three years ago that it work with Ottawa to fix other systemic inequities in federal legislation.He said the legislation still denies access to some benefits for extended family members looking after children with disabilities through provincial kinship care agreements.
January 23, 2025 - 21:24 | Ashley Joannou | The Globe and Mail
'She was in a relatively vulnerable position. She was hanging from her parachute from a small outcropping of rock, with probably 200 metres below her.'
January 23, 2025 - 21:13 | Simon Little | Global News - Canada
Mounties in Manitoba say six people from multiple countries were caught last week trying to illegally cross into Canada from the United States.
January 23, 2025 - 20:46 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Canada
After a shooting inside Edmonton city hall last year, municipal officials reflect on the changes made inside the government building and how the incident will never be forgotten.
January 23, 2025 - 20:34 | Kabi Moulitharan | Global News - Canada
The utility responsible for water in Halifax is facing questions from its regulator about why customers were issued a boil-water advisory for the second time in seven months this week, in an incident that prompted the cancellation of hundreds of surgeries and clinical procedures.About 200,000 Halifax Water customers were affected Tuesday through to Thursday morning after an electrical failure at Halifax Water’s J.D. Kline Water Supply Plant during a planned power outage. The resulting loss of power meant that for half an hour, treated water was not disinfected with chlorine, prompting...
January 23, 2025 - 20:10 | Lindsay Jones | The Globe and Mail
To build or not to build: the question facing Canadian politicians, oil and gas experts and industry leaders when it comes to domestic pipelines in light of Trump's tariff threat.
January 23, 2025 - 20:06 | Karen Bartko | Global News - Canada
