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Health workers prescribe radical changes to health care to treat pandemic burnout

Health workers prescribe radical changes to health care to treat pandemic burnout

OTTAWA — Canada's ailing health systems need some drastic intervention from federal and provincial governments if there is any hope of reviving them post-pandemic, an emergency summit of nearly 40 health-worker organizations concluded at an emergency
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Canada sends Quebec man to United States to face ransomware charges

Canada sends Quebec man to United States to face ransomware charges

OTTAWA — A Quebec man has been extradited to the United States to face charges in Florida arising from alleged participation in an elaborate ransomware operation. Following a request from U.S.
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Exiled Belarus opposition leader says her country's people oppose Russian invasion

Exiled Belarus opposition leader says her country's people oppose Russian invasion

OTTAWA — Belarus's exiled opposition leader says ordinary Belarusians are actively resisting the invasion of Ukraine, disrupting railway supplies to Russian forces and warning Ukrainians about movements of Russian aircraft.
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Scrap thresholds in requests to decriminalize simple drug possession: coalition

Scrap thresholds in requests to decriminalize simple drug possession: coalition

OTTAWA — More than 20 advocacy organizations are urging the federal minister of mental health and addictions to not require quantity limits from jurisdictions requesting to decriminalize simple drug possession.
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Budget office says federal spending on health care going up faster than planned

Budget office says federal spending on health care going up faster than planned

OTTAWA — Federal spending on health care and elderly benefits are set to rise at a faster clip over the next 12 months than previously planned under forecasts the parliamentary budget officer warns don't account for looming budget promises.
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Here's a look at Jean Charest, candidate to be the next Conservative party leader

Here's a look at Jean Charest, candidate to be the next Conservative party leader

OTTAWA — Former Quebec premier Jean Charest is running to be the next leader of the Conservative Party of Canada. Here's a look at who he is: Age: 63 Family life: Charest is married to Michèle Dionne. They have three adult children.
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Supreme Court agrees to examine constitutionality of Quebec cannabis law

Supreme Court agrees to examine constitutionality of Quebec cannabis law

OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada will weigh the constitutionality of a Quebec law that forbids the growing of cannabis for personal use.
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Trudeau heads to Warsaw, Charest to join leadership race: In The News for March 10

Trudeau heads to Warsaw, Charest to join leadership race: In The News for March 10

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of March 10 ... What we are watching in Canada ...
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'Important to help each other': Canadians to welcome Ukrainian relatives, refugees

'Important to help each other': Canadians to welcome Ukrainian relatives, refugees

Olga Renneberg’s mother arrived in Canada this week with nothing but a backpack with her essentials and the clothes she was wearing.
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GiveSendGo tells court it is refunding convoy donations amid freezing order

GiveSendGo tells court it is refunding convoy donations amid freezing order

OTTAWA — Lawyers for a proposed class-action lawsuit against the convoy protest in Ottawa argued in court Wednesday that GiveSendGo may be in breach of a freezing order on funds raised for the convoy on the website.
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