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Kitchener-Waterloo Julia Malott says she’s angry it took 19 hours — including waiting in emergency rooms in two hospitals in Kitchener, Ont. — to get care for her teenage daughter, who ended up having surgery for appendicitis. Julia Malott’s daughter, Angelina, 17, was diagnosed with appendicitis early Monday James Chaarani · CBC News · Posted: Feb 01,Continue Reading

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World Rifts within Ukraine’s top leadership have burst into the open following swirling rumours that the country’s top military chief will be dismissed amid reported tensions with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Valerii Zaluzhnyi’s possible dismissal is being tracked, seized upon by RussiaThe Associated Press · Posted: Feb 01, 2024 7:03 AMContinue Reading

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Calgary·Analysis Rivers and reservoirs are at low levels never recorded. Alberta is working on its emergency plan and “water sharing” deals. A disastrously dry 2024 is already bringing back the “we’re all in this together” message we heard not long ago. Province will push ‘water sharing.’ Cities will restrict usage.Continue Reading

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Politics Months before the eruption of the Israel-Hamas war ramped up ethnic and religious tensions in many Canadian communities, a government task force rejected requests to recognize Muslim and Jewish public servants as separate groups facing systemic workplace barriers, CBC News has learned. Federal task force rejected request before Israel-Hamas war intensifiedContinue Reading

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Politics·Live The head of Canada’s spy agency and other senior intelligence officials testifying today as the inquiry probing allegations of foreign election interference continues to wrestle with the question of how much sensitive information — if any — it can share with the public.  In its first phase, the inquiry is trying to defineContinue Reading

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Calgary Canada’s Greener Homes program is ending. Thousands of layoffs could followAs the federal government’s popular Canada Greener Homes grant program comes to a close, the energy audit industry could crumble with businesses across the country warning of mass layoffs in the months ahead. Energy assessors worry business will haltContinue Reading