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[published_date] Albertans who don't qualify for free COVID-19 vaccinations in their home province can  get one in British Columbia. B.C.'s Ministry of Health confirmed that detail in response to a query from CBC News. Canadian residents can get vaccinated due to a reciprocal agreement between all provinces and territories.  "Any publicly funded immunization in B.C. can be provided at no cost…

[published_date] Reported opioids deaths decreased nationally in Canada by 17 per cent last year, federal figures show, but the decreases aren't happening uniformly across the country, according to a new report.  The Public Health Agency of Canada released the most recent data on opioid toxicity deaths showing in 2024, 20 people on average lost their…

[published_date] The court-appointed monitor overseeing Hudson's Bay's creditor protection case says it's against landlords being forced to accept a B.C. billionaire's plan to buy more than two dozen of the retailer's leases. In a new court filing made late Wednesday, Alvarez & Marsal said it does not agree that landlords should have to take on Ruby…

[published_date] Lindsey Coyle of Fort Frances agreed to give up her licence during a disciplinary hearing Thursday by Ontario's governing body for nurses, three years after she pleaded guilty in the 2015 death of an elderly patient.  Coyle was a registered practical nurse at La Verendrye Hospital. She pleaded guilty in 2022 to criminal negligence…

[published_date] Gail Shea, who spent seven years as the Conservative MP for the Prince Edward Island riding of Egmont during the Stephen Harper years, has died at the age of 66. The P.E.I. Premier's Office confirmed the news Thursday afternoon in a statement that did not include details of when and where Shea had died. "Gail…

[published_date] The backpack of a Norwegian trekker has been found near a fast-moving river in a remote coastal area of northern Manitoba that's home to polar bears and wolves. Canadian police have notified the family of Steffen Skjottelvik, 29, that his bag was recovered near the Hayes River, where crews have focused search efforts in recent days — the…

[published_date] What started as a warm, sunny day in Brooks, Alta., on Wednesday quickly took a turn when a nasty hailstorm ripped through, crumpling and knocking over power lines and damaging cars, homes and crops. "All of a sudden, the winds came up, and it came in quick," said Brooks Mayor John Petrie.  He said he watched from inside his…

[published_date] Police in Alberta say the public should mind strangers asking for hugs or sharing sob stories after three people were arrested in a string of distraction thefts across Canada. Edmonton police say officers have received at least 63 reports since May of people having belongings stolen while being distracted by thieves. Three women were charged…

[published_date] When Surinder Takkar and his parents left their home in Punjab, India, for a new life in Mackenzie, B.C., in 1981, there were about 85 other Sikh families living in the small community between the Rocky and Omineca mountain ranges.  Takkar's is now one of the only Sikh families left there. "We try to keep up the gurdwara but…

[published_date] Next week, Montreal tennis star Felix Auger-Aliassime is set to compete in his eighth straight singles main draw at the 2025 U.S. Open Tennis Championships. But despite a lengthy list of accolades, including an Olympic bronze medal and seven singles titles on the ATP Tour, it's his community outreach in his father's home country of Togo that…

[published_date] Sockeye salmon are able to return to historic spawning grounds in B.C.'s Okanagan region for the first time in over a century, thanks to a new fish passageway built by the Syilx Nation in partnership with the City of Penticton, the province and Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO). The Okanagan Dam Fish Passage bypasses a dam in Okanagan…

[published_date] Growing up, Alan Harrington and his sister would sometimes ride on the trunk of their family's Studebaker Silver Hawk, holding onto its tail fins. That type of behaviour is not recommended, Harrington says, "as it can result in a lifelong fascination."  That's what happened to him. The Oakville, Ont., man said the Studebaker his…