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Alberta government touts nurse practitioner program as a success
Alberta's government says its attempt to provide more residents with primary care access is working. Launched in April, the Nurse Practitioner Primary Care Program allows nurse practitioners to see patients independently, either by working in existing primary care settings or operating their own practices. Of the 67 applications submitted to the program, 56 have been approved. As of Nov. 12, 33 NPs are now working in communities around the province, including locations like Cold Lake, Coaldale,
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Fire chief in Dawson City, Yukon, urges residents to keep chimneys clean after fire destroys home
The fire chief in Dawson City, Yukon, is urging people to keep on top of cleaning their chimneys and woodstoves after a fire destroyed a home on Tuesday morning.The house was located just off the Dome Road.Fire Chief Mike Masserey said the call came in to his department around 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, and within 20 minutes firefighters were attacking the blaze."When I got there you could see very clearly the fire had started on the lower areas and had gone right up through the top," Masserey said.Mas
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Ontario principal pleads guilty in multi-city sexual exploitation investigation
A Waterloo, Ont., elementary school principal will be sentenced in the new year after pleading guilty to child sexual exploitation charges following a joint investigation that involved the London, Toronto and Waterloo police services. Phillip Sallewsky, of Kitchener, admitted to communicating online with two teenagers using Snapchat and sharing sexually explicit text messages and pictures earlier this year.Court documents show the teens were actually undercover officers posing as 13 and 14-year-
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'Too much car': Lawyer says speed and inexperience key factors in fatal Saskatoon crash
A Saskatoon teen pleaded in provincial court guilty Wednesday to dangerous driving causing death in relation to a crash on April 14.The teen, now 16, hit a pole on Taylor Street E. and flipped the 2008 Honda Civic. A 16-year-old passenger died at the scene and another teen in the car was injured."Too much car," said defence lawyer Ron Piche in an interview."Young chap, no criminal record of course. No alcohol, no drugs. Just really unfamiliar with the vehicle."Piche said the teen's family is par
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Boissonnault out of cabinet after shifting claims about Indigenous heritage
Alberta MP Randy Boissonnault has resigned from cabinet amid allegations about his business dealings and criticism of his shifting claims about his Indigenous ancestry."The prime minister and MP Randy Boissonnault have agreed that Mr. Boissonnault will step away from cabinet effective immediately. Mr. Boissonnault will focus on clearing the allegations made against him," a spokesperson for Trudeau said in a statement. Veterans Affairs Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor will temporarily assume resp
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Canadian MPs join international push for recognition of Palestinian state
Thirty Canadian MPs — including NDP and Green leaders Jagmeet Singh and Elizabeth May, and four members of the governing Liberal caucus — have joined forces with counterparts in New Zealand and Australia in support of recognizing a Palestinian state.In an open letter published on Wednesday, more than 100 parliamentarians from nine political parties urged their governments to join the 146 countries which have recognized Palestinian statehood.Canada's first official call for a ceasefire in the Ham
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Witnesses in murder trial describe altercation the night 28-year-old Behchokǫ, N.W.T., man died
The second day of the second-degree murder trial for a youth charged with killing Dien Erasmus in Behchokǫ, N.W.T., heard from witnesses who described an altercation between the accused and Erasmus the day he died. Erasmus's body was found on July 18, 2023. The Youth Criminal Justice Act prohibits CBC News from identifying the accused, who was 16 at the time.Crown lawyer Jeffrey Major-Hansford presented several civilian witness testimonies from individuals who saw the accused and Erasmus around
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