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Legault pledges to decentralize health as he lays out priorities for coming year

Legault pledges to decentralize health as he lays out priorities for coming year

Quebec Premier François Legault on Tuesday made decentralizing the province’s health system a key priority as he laid out the priorities for the final year of his government's mandate.
Trudeau, Blanchet talk vaccination, provincial health summit ahead of Nov. 22 return

Trudeau, Blanchet talk vaccination, provincial health summit ahead of Nov. 22 return

OTTAWA — A month before returning to the House of Commons, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet agree on one at least one thing: those present will need to be fully vaccinated.
Green Party lays off core staff members amid financial drought, internal strife

Green Party lays off core staff members amid financial drought, internal strife

OTTAWA — Layoffs are once again hitting the Green Party as party brass look to shave costs amid persistent financial and political woes.
Paramedic on stand at murder trial of stepmother in killing of 7-year-old Quebec girl

Paramedic on stand at murder trial of stepmother in killing of 7-year-old Quebec girl

TROIS-RIVIÈRES, Que. — A paramedic who went to the home of a seven-year-old Granby, Que., girl who died in April 2019 told a trial Tuesday the girl was not breathing and didn't have a pulse when she arrived.
Nunavut companies to ship plastic water bottles to Southern Canada for recycling

Nunavut companies to ship plastic water bottles to Southern Canada for recycling

IQALUIT, Nunavut — A group of companies in Nunavut has teamed up to help recycle thousands of plastic water bottles that have been shipped to Iqaluit during the capital city's water crisis.
Newfoundland and Labrador government orders review of Royal Newfoundland Constabulary

Newfoundland and Labrador government orders review of Royal Newfoundland Constabulary

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The Newfoundland and Labrador government has launched an independent review of the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary after a growing number of sexual assault allegations surfaced against police officers.
Postelection review to probe where Conservatives bled votes to People's Party, NDP

Postelection review to probe where Conservatives bled votes to People's Party, NDP

OTTAWA — The former MP leading the review into the Conservatives’ election performance says it will examine how Tories lost votes to Maxime Bernier’s People’s Party of Canada.
Ex-Parti Québécois health minister Jean Rochon, 83, dies

Ex-Parti Québécois health minister Jean Rochon, 83, dies

MONTREAL — Jean Rochon, a former Parti Québécois health minister known for introducing anti-smoking measures and reforms that allowed Quebecers to receive care outside of hospitals, has died.
Three suspects sought after Montreal teenager stabbed outside his school

Three suspects sought after Montreal teenager stabbed outside his school

MONTREAL — The fatal stabbing of a 16-year-old Montreal boy Monday afternoon took place just outside the school he attended, the English Montreal School Board said Tuesday.
Refugee family settling in Peterborough, Ont., after long journey from Afghanistan

Refugee family settling in Peterborough, Ont., after long journey from Afghanistan

PETERBOROUGH — Parwaiz Hamidy's two young sons are all smiles as they rush down a slide at a park in Peterborough, Ont.