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B.C. offers doctors new pay model, including $135,000 raise, to target health crisis

B.C. offers doctors new pay model, including $135,000 raise, to target health crisis

VANCOUVER — Family doctors in British Columbia have been offered a significant raise under the province's new compensation model as part of a plan to address the crisis in the health-care system.
Doug Ford overstates privilege in attempt to avoid testimony at inquiry: commissioner

Doug Ford overstates privilege in attempt to avoid testimony at inquiry: commissioner

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford and a top minister have overstated the privilege they enjoy as politicians as they try to get out of testifying at the Emergencies Act inquiry, the commissioner overseeing the proceeding said Monday in court docume
Texts give insight into feds' communications strategy before 'Freedom Convoy' arrival

Texts give insight into feds' communications strategy before 'Freedom Convoy' arrival

OTTAWA — Newly released text messages show how the federal government was planning its communications strategy before the arrival of "Freedom Convoy" protesters in Ottawa back in late January.
Saskatchewan chiefs sound alarm after new report finds high levels of suicide

Saskatchewan chiefs sound alarm after new report finds high levels of suicide

SASKATOON — The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations says it's alarmed by a new report that found disproportionate rates of self-harm and suicide among First Nations people in Saskatchewan.
Canada sanctions Iranian police force, university as regime cracks down on protests

Canada sanctions Iranian police force, university as regime cracks down on protests

OTTAWA — Canada has added Iran's national police force and an Iranian international university to its sanctions list, even as Parliament calls for Tehran to be expelled from the UN's Commission on the Status of Women.
Democrats to boost Hochul in tight New York governor's race

Democrats to boost Hochul in tight New York governor's race

NEW YORK (AP) — Democrats have created a super PAC in New York to boost incumbent Gov. Kathy Hochul , a sign of the party’s growing fears that a late-stage surge by her Republican opponent Lee Zeldin could result in an upset in the blue state.
EXPLAINER: What Russia's suspension of grain deal could mean

EXPLAINER: What Russia's suspension of grain deal could mean

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Russia has suspended its part of a U.N.-brokered deal allowing Ukraine to export grain safely from its Black Sea ports during a monthslong war , saying it was not going to allow ships to travel.
US military now doing onsite weapons inspections in Ukraine

US military now doing onsite weapons inspections in Ukraine

WASHINGTON (AP) — A small number of U.S. military forces inside Ukraine have recently begun doing onsite inspections to ensure that Ukrainian troops are properly accounting for the Western-provided weapons they receive, a senior U.S.
What is the notwithstanding clause? An explainer on the rarely used provision

What is the notwithstanding clause? An explainer on the rarely used provision

The Ontario government says it intends to invoke the notwithstanding clause to keep an eventual law affecting some education workers in force in the event of any constitutional challenges.
What is the Emergencies Act, and what special powers did Ottawa invoke last winter?

What is the Emergencies Act, and what special powers did Ottawa invoke last winter?

OTTAWA — A massive public inquiry is underway to determine whether the federal government was justified in its invocation of the Emergencies Act last winter during the "Freedom Convoy" protests.
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