Birthday announcements for February 8, 2023
Eight people were seriously injured after a Laval city bus crashed into a daycare Wednesday morning, according to Urgences Sante. All eight victims were transported to hospital in critical condition. Nine ambulances have been dispatched to the scene.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says that if he becomes prime minister he would uphold the 10-year deals Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is looking to ink with provinces and territories that would inject $46.2 billion in new funding into Canada's strained health-care systems.
With the hope of finding survivors fading, stretched rescue teams in Turkiye and Syria searched Wednesday for signs of life in the rubble of thousands of buildings toppled by a catastrophic earthquake. The confirmed death toll from the world's deadliest quake in more than a decade passed 11,000.
Inflation has eroded purchasing power for many Canadians, but the experience with rapidly rising prices has been far from uniform.
An 'awkward' attempt at a handshake between Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and the prime minister Tuesday is another example of leaders from the western province hesitating before shaking Justin Trudeau's hand, say political experts.
The country's first electric RCMP vehicle, a Tesla Model Y, has joined the West Shore RCMP fleet on Vancouver Island.