Canada’s premiers request additional health care funding as hospitals buckle under pressure

2022-07-11 23:06:43 By : Mr. Jason Chen

Ontario hospitals are feeling the strain, forcing some to close emergency rooms or limit the hours of urgent care clinics. Now, Ontario Premier Doug Ford is meeting with Canada’s premiers in British Columbia to request more money from the federal government. Alan Carter has more.

HOUSTON (AP) — Defender Teenage Hadebe scored in the 11th minute of second-half stoppage time after Jesús Ferreira's goal eight minutes earlier had give FC Dallas the lead and the Houston Dynamo earned a 2-2 draw on Saturday. Ferreira kept pace with Austin FC's Sebastián Driussi with his 11th goal of the season — one behind front-runner Valentín Castellanos of New York City FC in the race for the Golden Boot. Dallas (7-5-7) grabbed a 1-0 lead in the 27th minute on a goal by Matt Hedges. Houston

The remaining gasoline from a fuel spill in Sydney, N.S., has been pumped into a new container, an Imperial Oil spokesperson said Sunday. On Friday, roughly 600,000 litres of gas leaked out of a storage tank at Imperial Oil. Nearly 60 homes were temporarily evacuated Friday because of the spill. No injuries were reported, and residents returned to their homes in the evening. Imperial Oil spokesperson Keri Scobie said the recovery of the spilled fuel from within a containment area started Saturda

MONTREAL — Hundreds of people rallied in front of Montreal's courthouse on Sunday to denounce a light sentence imposed on a man who pleaded guilty to sexual assault and voyeurism. Protest co-organizer Alexandra Dupuy said the decision to grant a conditional discharge in a sexual assault case shows how inadequate the justice system is when it comes to handling such cases. "It's very disturbing, but is it surprising … no," Dupuy said in an interview on Sunday. "The justice system has been working

Sri Lanka's president, prime minister and the entire cabinet are promising to resign as protesters continue to rage against the current economic crisis in the country.

A couple tornado warnings were issued by Environment and Climate Change Canada for parts of Manitoba on Saturday afternoon. Here are some of the visuals that were shared on social media.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Steve Bannon, a former White House strategist and ally of Donald Trump who faces criminal charges after months of defying a congressional subpoena over the Capitol riot, has told the House committee investigating the attack that he is now willing to testify. Bannon's turnabout was conveyed in a letter late Saturday from his attorney, lawmakers said, as the committee prepares to air some of its most striking revelations yet this week against Trump in what may be its final set of

BRIGHTON, England (AP) — Beth Mead’s hat trick propelled England to a Women's European Championship record 8-0 rout of Norway on Monday in a ruthless display that sent the host nation into the quarterfinals with a game to spare. After the opener from Georgia Stanway's penalty, there was a double from Ellen White around Lauren Hemp and Alessia Russo also finding the target in front of 28,847 fans in Brighton. “It's an incredible feeling to feel as I do now,” Mead said. “An unbelievable night.” Af

Four of the five leadership candidates for the federal Conservative Party attended a Stampede barbecue. The candidates were given one final chance to try and convince members to vote for them.

Warning: This story contains disturbing details of sexual assault. A list of resources for people who have experienced sexual violence appears at the end of the article. Outcry over a Quebec court judge's decision to grant a conditional discharge to a man who pleaded guilty to sexual assault and voyeurism continued this weekend, as a group of protestors took to Montreal's courthouse demanding for the judge's resignation. Judge Matthieu Poliquin issued the ruling last month after Simon Houle, an

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Steve Bannon, a key ally of former president Donald Trump, said he is willing to appear before the U.S. congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot on Capitol Hill.

After a difficult four-hour search using a drone and underwater robot, police have located the body of a man who ended up in the pond of a York Region golf course. Catherine McDonald has the story.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's Liberal party has elected Zach Churchill as new leader to replace the province's former premier. Churchill won the leadership with 65 per cent of the vote over Angela Simmonds. Churchill first joined the legislature in a 2010 byelection and has served as a cabinet minister for the departments of education and health. More coming. The Canadian Press

More of the N.W.T. has been burned from wildfires so far this season than all of last year. In a post on Facebook, N.W.T. Fire said 257,000 hectares have been burned already, nearly 100,000 hectares more than all of last year. At this time last year, only 14,764 hectares had burned, according to a report by the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre. As of Sunday evening, there were 96 active wildfires and three new ones in the last 24 hours. The wildfire about 40 kilometres south of Wrigley ha

An advocate says he is hoping for systemic change within the Nelson Police Department after it emerged that a number of its officers were being investigated for allegedly exchanging inappropriate content, which includes the use of racist language. The Office of the Police Complaints Commissioner (OPCC), the civilian body that oversees complaints against municipal police forces in B.C., said eight former and current officers from the Nelson, B.C., department are under investigation. Andrea Spindl

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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Sari van Veenendaal, goalkeeper and captain of the defending champion Netherlands, has been ruled out for the remainder of the Women's European Championship after injuring her shoulder in her team's 1-1 draw with Sweden in their Group C opener. Van Veenendaal will return to the Netherlands on Monday and be replaced by Feyenoord goalkeeper Jacintha Weimar, the Dutch soccer association said. “It is terrible news. Firstly for Sari, of course, but also for our entire te

The Nova Scotia Liberal Party's new leader, Zach Churchill, says the Progressive Conservatives sold the public "a false bill of goods" when they promised in the last provincial election to fix health care — and he's ready to hold them to account. "The situation has gotten demonstrably worse, no matter what way you're looking at it," the Yarmouth MLA told reporters following a leadership convention at the Halifax Convention Centre on Saturday night. "[Premier] Tim Houston used to say there was a

MONTREAL — CF Montreal grabbed an early lead but Sporting Kansas City bounced back to steal a 2-1 Major League Soccer victory at Stade Saputo Saturday night. Romell Quioto scored for Montreal (9-8-2) but goals from Roger Espinoza and Remi Walter gave Sporting Kansas City (5-11-4) all three points. After a standout 2-1 road win against the Seattle Sounders on June 29, Montreal found themselves with back-to-back losses. Having lost their last two league games, the MLS bottom-dwellers remained conf

OTTAWA — A dispute between the federal government and provinces over funding and other resources is slowing efforts to transfer military police investigations and prosecutions of alleged sexual crimes to civilian authorities. Defence Minister Anita Anand said last November the Canadian Armed Forces would start transferring criminal sexual offences to civilian police forces and courts on an interim basis. The decision followed an interim recommendation from Supreme Court justice Louise Arbour who