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Albertans who want to continue to protect themselves from the COVID-19 virus will have to pay out of pocket for it, the province announced late Friday afternoon. Since December 2020, the federal government had been looking after procuring and buying the vaccines, which the Public Health Agency of Canada said was unique to the COVID-19 pandemic compared to other routine immunization programs — which are paid for by provinces and territories.This year, the COVID-19 vaccine procurement process shifted from a federal role to provincial and territorial procurement process  ahead of the fall 2025 respiratory virus season, to align it with other how other immunizations are delivered for diseases that are endemic around the world, such as the flu.As a result of the federal change, the Alberta gove...

By Kyle Duggan The Canadian Press Posted June 13, 2025 3:53 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Canadian Cancer Society is warning the Carney government that its legislation to eliminate interprovincial trade barriers could undermine health standards unless it’s amended to add new safeguards. The legislation, which the government will try to push quickly through the House of Commons next week, looks to do two things — break down interprovincial barriers to trade and labour mobility and speed up approvals for major projects.The bill would allow provincial standards to displace federal ones t...

Canada is urging de-escalation after Israel launched strikes against Iran on Thursday evening, with Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand calling on all parties to “refrain from actions that further destabilize the region.” “Further action risks triggering a broader regional conflict with devastating consequences,” Anand wrote on X on Friday morning.In her post, she said Canada is closely following what is unfolding and that they remain “deeply concerned” about the threat posed by Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile program.That rapidly advancing nuclear program appeared to cause tensions to boil over leading to Israel’s strikes, which began on Thursday evening (early Friday morning local time), with Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warning of “severe consequences.”According t...

Former prime minister Jean Chrétien says dignitaries attending next week’s G7 leaders summit in Alberta should avoid engaging the “crazy” from U.S. President Donald Trump. Chrétien, speaking Thursday at a conference in Calgary, said leaders can’t predict what Trump might do, the president can be a bully and it would be best if the rest of the G7 leaders ignored any outbursts.“If he has decided to make a show to be in the news, he will do something crazy,” Chrétien said.“Let him do it and keep talking normally.” Chrétien said leaders should follow the example set by Prime Minister Mark Carney when he visited Trump at the White House last month.“When Trump talked about Canada to be part of the United States, (Carney) just said, ‘Canada is not for sale, the White House is not for sale, Bu...

The NDP is calling on Prime Minister Mark Carney to rescind Narendra Modi’s invitation to the G7 Summit after Global News revealed a suspected agent of the Indian government surveilled their former leader. Global reported Thursday that Jagmeet Singh was under surveillance by an agent suspected of working for the Indian government, which resulted in the former NDP leader being placed under RCMP protection in late 2023.Multiple sources said the agent, also suspected of ties to the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, had detailed information on Singh’s family, travel patterns and daily routine. The Bishnoi group is a transnational syndicate led by Lawrence Bishnoi, who is currently in an Indian jail, which has been linked to multiple murders, extortion and drug-related crimes.“The targeting of a federal p...

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Canada Post workers will soon be asked to cast their votes on whether to ratify the employer’s final offer in the ongoing labour dispute, despite union opposition. “Canada Post has received notice that the Minister of Jobs and Families has approved its request for a vote to take place on the company’s final offers to the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW), using her authority under section 108.1 of the Canada Labour Code,” Canada Post said in a statement Thursday.“The vote will be administered by the Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) as soon as possible and will give employees in the Urban and RSMC (Rural and Suburban Mail Carriers) bargaining units the opportunity to have thei...

The Liberal government is rejecting a call from the Bloc Québécois to split its marquee legislation in two and allow part of it to speed through the House of Commons this summer. The bill — known as Bill C-5, or the free trade and labour mobility in Canada act —was introduced last Friday.It has two parts. The first portion addresses internal trade barriers the Liberals have promised to tackle by July 1. The second part proposes to make sweeping changes to speed up approvals of major projects.The Bloc argued the internal trade portion of the legislation could be passed relatively quickly with broad support from the House of Commons, but called for a separate study of the changes to major project reviews.“The bill as it is now would be sent to the transport committee, whereas if it were to b...

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced Michael Sabia, a longtime business leader and senior bureaucrat, as the country’s new top bureaucrat starting next month. Sabia has been named Clerk of the Privy Council Office, the department that is responsible for supporting the Prime Minister’s Office and which plays a central role in turning government priorities into actionable policies for bureaucrats to implement.In a statement, the role is also described one that will “advise the Prime Minister and elected government officials in managing the country, from an objective, non-partisan, public policy perspective.” 1:28 ...

Prime Minister Mark Carney and U.S. President Donald Trump are having direct talks toward what could be a new trade deal, the U.S. ambassador to Canada said Wednesday, but quickly added he’s “not confirming or denying” that any agreement is done. “All the indications are that we could move toward a very positive agreement,” Ambassador Pete Hoekstra said of the negotiations during a fireside chat with Global News’ Mercedes Stephenson at the Canadian Club of Ottawa.“Until a deal is announced, we won’t know what’s in it and we won’t know if it’s finalized.”Before sitting down with Stephenson, Hoekstra appeared to confirm a CBC News report that said a working document has been exchanged between Ottawa and Washington outlining the potential deal’s terms. The report did not say what those terms ...

The British Columbia Sikh temple whose president was allegedly murdered by agents of the Indian government has written to Prime Minister Mark Carney expressing “deep disappointment” that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been invited to the upcoming G7 meeting. Last week, Modi confirmed he would attend the meeting, to be held in Kananaskis, Alta., from June 15 to 17.The move comes amid elevated tensions between the two countries following allegations of foreign interference and former prime minister Justin Trudeau’s public claims linking “agents of the Indian government” to the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, president of Surrey’s Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara and prominent advocate for an independent Sikh state. 2:05...