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Reaction to the death of Joyce Echaquan, a 37-year-old wife and mother of seven children, was swift. “I can’t believe this happened in our province. I was outraged, I was sickened, I was saddened,” Greg Kelley, (MNA – LIB – Jacques-Cartier) said after watching a video of nurses uttering racial epithets at the Indigenous woman the same day she died in a hospi…
A city committee voted Wednesday to reduce Calgary residential speed limits. Under a proposed bylaw, the unposted speed limit within Calgary would drop to 40 from 50 km/h and apply to residential streets. The city would post signs along collector roads indicating a 50 km/h speed limit. Ward 6 Coun. Jeff Davison said this is a direct response to Calgarians’ c…
As the coronavirus situation intensifies, community workers are urging elected officials to not forget vulnerable populations, and for governments to commit to programs that will ensure people are not left behind and that their needs are top of mind in any post-COVID-19 plan. One group advocates are worried about is the homeless, many of whom lost jobs and i…
A local non-profit group that mainly provides support to homeless women in Kelowna and Vernon has now expanded its services in the midst of the opioid crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic. “We’ve decided to expand into men’s outreach with a few supplies,” said Angie Lohr, HOPE Outreach’s executive director. “Everyone is suffering on our streets so much we felt t…
The chief of the Metepenagiag Mi’kmaq Nation is calling on New Brunswick’s premier to reconsider a decision to have the new minister of Aboriginal affairs oversee three other portfolios at the same time. Arlene Dunn, a first-time MLA elected in Saint John-Harbour earlier this month, was unveiled as Aboriginal affairs minister in Premier Blaine Higgs’ new cab…
Lethbridge-area single mother, Trina Briere, said she sees her children blossoming in recent years even after the sudden loss of their father. “They’re learning to interact with people and talk with people and be more positive with them as opposed to hiding away in a corner,” she said. Briere said it’s all thanks to a local initiative called Calf 4 Kids in w…
The chair of Hamilton’s LGBTQ2 advisory board has been formally reprimanded by city council in response to a code of conduct complaint to the city’s integrity commissioner. The reprimand focused on a report from the commissioner that claimed Cameron Kroetsch ignored advice from the city clerk and posted to Twitter an unredacted version of a motion that ident…
Editor’s note: Alberta Health Services originally said that 39 surgeries were postponed on Monday, Sept. 28. On Thursday, Oct. 1, the health authority said it was actually 36. This story has been updated to reflect the correction. Some cardiac patients are being diverted to hospitals in Edmonton for catheterization procedures as officials continue to deal wi…
Quebec introduces ‘telewarrant’ system for police to enforce lockdown orders Posted September 30, 2020 6:44 pm. Last Updated September 30, 2020 6:45 pm. This article is more than 5 years old. MONTREAL – Quebec’s premier promised to crack down on those who violate public health orders on Wednesday as the province continues to grapple with how best to flatten …
Family and friends of Joyce Echaquan, who died in a Joliette hospital on Monday, are speaking out. The 37-year-old Indigenous woman from the Atikamekw Nation of Manawan passed away shortly after livestreaming how she was being treated by hospital staff. In the video posted to social media, hospital staff can be heard swearing and berating the mother of seven…
As Yorkton, Sask., deals with an uptick in coronavirus cases, RCMP says “it would have been advisable” for the eight members of that city’s detachment standing shoulder-to-shoulder for an indoor photo-op two weeks ago to be wearing masks. “Our members work in close contact when responding to calls for service and within our buildings and offices. Most of the…
As of midnight Wednesday, Montreal, Quebec City and certain parts of the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec will become novel coronavirus red zones. Under the red zone designation, private gatherings are prohibited and bars, taverns, restaurant dining rooms, cinemas, theatres, and museums are being forced to close for a 28-day period. Those are just some …
(Ottawa, ON) – Today, the Assembly of First Nations released the report on the continuation of the Indian Residential Schools Resolution Health Support Program (IRSP-ISP). The report calls for the renewal of the Indian Residential Schools Resolution Health Support Program, which is scheduled to end on March 31, 2021, and assists thousands of survivors and th…
The president of McMaster Children’s hospital says a significant second wave of COVID-19 in the community could further hamper the hospital’s efforts to catch-up on a backlog of surgeries and procedures created by the pandemic. Bruce Squires told Global News that a mid-March hold on non-essential surgical procedures – to free up bed space and limit the sprea…
A Blaine, Wash. man is under strict bail conditions imposed by a B.C. court as he awaits trial in Canada for 21 charges related to human smuggling. Robert Boule is accused of helping seven illegal migrants from Afghanistan and Syria cross into Canada from the Smuggler’s Inn, a bed-and-breakfast located steps away from the U.S.-Canada border. Crown says the m…
B.C.’s top doctor says the province’s two public health emergencies — the overdose crisis and COVID-19 pandemic — continue to intersect in ways that are proving increasingly deadly. In an interview with Global News, provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry called for better access to a safe supply of drugs as the closure of international borders due to COV…
A pilot program aimed to help New Brunswick seniors stay in their homes longer would like to expand across the province. Nursing Homes Without Walls is a pilot project that provides support for 170 seniors in Southeast New Brunswick and those living along the Acadian Peninsula to allow them to stay in their homes rather than move to a nursing home. “Any prob…
As Canada’s Emergency Response Benefit funds come to end, more and more New Brunswickers are struggling to make ends meet amid the coronavirus pandemic, and food banks in New Brunswick are gearing up for a surge in demand. Fredericton Food Bank says there’s been an increase in the number of users since the pandemic began. “We’ve seen people in these last sev…
The novel coronavirus pandemic has produced extensive economic challenges for the City of London, but according to its latest credit rating from Moody’s Investors Service, the city rose to the challenge. Moody’s has maintained London’s triple-A credit rating, the highest rating possible, for the 44th consecutive year. Read more: Coronavirus — London, Ont., t…
Service on London’s transit system may be back to near-normal levels, but ridership levels amid the coronavirus pandemic are anything but, a report going before transit commissioners on Wednesday shows. The report comes as the commission keeps a close eye on local coronavirus case counts, which have increased in recent weeks amid what the province has said i…