A quarter of Canadians over 45 experienced challenges accessing health-care services during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to survey results published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) this month.
However, the degree to which people were affected depended on factors like race, immigration status, sex, age...
A man is in the hospital with "multiple gunshot wounds" after a shooting on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside Sunday afternoon, according to authorities.
The Vancouver Police Department, in a statement, says officers were already in the area of East Hastings and Columbia streets around 2:30 p.m. when shots rang out.
"The 31-year-old...
Two people died in an avalanche in the Purcell Mountains near Golden on Thursday.
The two were part of a group of five snowboarders and one skier who were in an area known as Terminator 2.5, said Avalanche Canada in a report.
“The avalanche was triggered by the group and four...
Police in northern Saskatchewan have recovered a gun that was stolen from a conservation officer.
According to the RCMP, on Feb. 6, officers in Buffalo Narrows received a report of a break-in and theft. The stolen items included several guns, police said, along with “duty items and a firearm belonging...
Toronto police say they’ve arrested and charged three teens after a woman was allegedly slashed on the face while at a subway station.
Police say officers were called to Spadina subway station on Sunday after a woman was reportedly involved in a verbal dispute with three people she didn’t know.
Investigators...
Almost one million people have received their affordability payments as of Feb. 8, the Alberta government said Thursday.
Premier Danielle Smith announced the affordability payments during a televised address last November, which will give eligible Albertans $600 over a six-month timeframe.
As of Wednesday, the province said 950,000 Albertans had received...
A home just 15-feet-wide in Toronto’s Trinity-Bellwoods neighbourhood has hit the market for nearly $3.4-million.
While narrow, the three-story property, located at 42 Foxley Street, boasts five bedrooms and five bathrooms.
The semi-detached home features curved windows and arched doorways, which can be seen from the street, white oak flooring, 10-foot...
The community of Shoal Lake 40 is rallying together after a fire destroyed a six-unit apartment complex Saturday morning.
Police got the call just after 5 a.m. The Mobile Crisis Response Team Anishinabe Mikinaa was able to wake everyone up and get them out safely.
By the time fire crews from...
Two men are facing more than 100 charges in connection to a drug-trafficking investigation that led to the seizure of nearly $1 million in drugs and numerous firearms in Edmonton.
Police began investigating Adam Salah Johma, 53, in July after he was identified in a previous drug-trafficking investigation.
Investigators determined two...
Calgary police have charged one man who was found to have THC in his system during a single-vehicle crash that left one woman dead.
CPS was called to an area near 3rd Street S.W. and 7th Avenue S.W. around 3:50 p.m. on May 31, 2022, for reports of a serious...