This story is part of Situation Critical, a series from CBC British Columbia reporting on the barriers people in this province face in accessing timely and appropriate health care. The emergency department at the Dr. Helmcken Memorial Hospital in Clearwater, B.C., is set to be closed overnight for five days, adding more pressure on the B.C. community worst affected by ongoing ER closures this year. Not counting this closure, the Clearwater hospital has had its emergency …

Provided one final opportunity to publicly address the entirety of the Conservative party membership, Jean Charest wanted to make clear that he was at least physically present. “You have to show up. You have to actually show up,” he said, seated around a small table with two of his fellow …

The chorus of former students from a private Saskatoon Christian school with stories of abuse and degradation is growing. They include children and grandchildren of top officials from Christian Centre Academy and the adjacent Saskatoon Christian Centre Church. The school is now known as Legacy Christian Academy. The church has also …

When Aimee Dunn heard that a patient died alone in the waiting room of a Fredericton emergency department less than four months after she lost her infant in the same ER, she felt grief and rage all over again. “My baby looked perfect,” said Dunn, who had to be delivered of …

Toronto’s Canadian National Exhibition is looking to hire hundreds of people as it prepares for “huge crowds” in its first year back since 2019. Advance ticket sales are 300 per cent higher this year than three years ago, according to Darrell Brown, CEO of the Canadian National Exhibition Association. The …

Hundreds of defence lawyers from across Alberta are set to take job action in August and September after an unsatisfactory response from the province around legal aid funding. A Thursday press release from the Criminal Defence Lawyers’ Association of Calgary, the Criminal Trial Lawyers’ Association of Edmonton, and the Southern …

Emergency officials have ordered all residents to evacuate from the B.C. community of Olalla, about 40 kilometres southwest of Penticton, due to the Keremeos Creek wildfire. The unincorporated town, with a population of more than 400, was put under full evacuation orders Thursday afternoon, affecting roughly 200 properties, around 5 p.m. …

Hockey Canada has hired former Supreme Court justice Thomas Cromwell to lead a review into the organization’s governance structure amid growing calls for its leadership to step down over its handling of alleged sexual assault cases.  The sport’s national governing body is facing intense public and political scrutiny over its …

The chief of a remote Manitoba First Nation believes a recent shooting could have been prevented if RCMP were more responsive to a recent uptick in crime in the community, including arresting a man allegedly involved in the shooting who was previously wanted by Mounties. On Sunday, two men and two teenage boys were airlifted …

A young man from British Columbia alleges Joseph Burke — a former Christian Brother once convicted of abusing boys at a Newfoundland orphanage in the early 1970s — sexually assaulted him numerous times from 2007 to 2009. The man, known as John B. Doe in court documents, says Burke was his teacher at …