Advocates are gearing up for legal battles against Ontario’s plan to move elderly and chronically ill patients out of hospitals and into long-term care homes, with lawyers warning the proposed change is a breach of patients’ human rights. Under legislation unveiled last week, hospital patients who are deemed to no longer require …

Traffic is an endless headache for those living in the resort town of Banff — and a frustrating reality for those who visit the mountains vying for parking near attractions like the hot springs or gondola. This summer, the town tested a lane reversal over the Bow River Bridge leading …

B.C. family doctors say a $118-million funding boost from the province will help with high overhead costs in the short-term but won’t address the mounting health-care crisis. More than a million British Columbians are without a family doctor. Family physicians are increasingly leaving their practices due to the mounting costs …

Conservative Party leadership candidate Scott Aitchison is condemning Leslyn Lewis’s message to members last week about the Nuremberg Code and medical experimentation as nothing but a “dog whistle” to COVID-19 vaccine critics. Aitchison made the comments in a missive sent to party members Thursday, with less than two weeks before …

When union members threw up picket lines outside B.C. Liquor Distribution Branch sites earlier this month, British Columbians may have wondered why the flow of alcohol and cannabis was considered essential during the pandemic — but not in the context of a looming strike. The answer lies in the very concept of …

Officials in New York and Washington, D.C. are struggling to cope with an influx of migrants that have been specifically bused to their cities on orders from the Republican leaders of Texas and Arizona. More than 7,000 migrants have been bused from Texas to the U.S. capital since April, part of …

As more international students arrive in the Greater Toronto Area for school in September, lines outside of Service Canada offices are wrapping around buildings with wait times of up to four hours for some.  Earlier this summer, a backlog in passport processing times was plaguing Service Canada locations across the province. …

As questions loom about how Canada’s oilpatch will spend its record profits, Alberta’s rural municipalities are once again calling for what they’re owed in outstanding property taxes. Jason Schneider, a director with the Rural Municipalities of Alberta (RMA), says the oil boom is good news, and the majority of companies are paying their …

Warning: This story contains graphic details. In the sunny boardroom of a North Vancouver law firm, Dennis Cooper flips through faded photos from his childhood — two class portraits taken in 1977 at Upper Lynn elementary school, and various shots of him at 11-years old, mastering ski jumps in Penticton and Vernon. The photos from …

The deputy commissioner of the RCMP says its use of spyware is necessary when other investigative means run their course but concedes there are “legislative gaps” in governing when such technology is used. The recent revelation that the Mounties are using spyware sparked an investigation by the House of Commons ethics and privacy committee earlier …