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Protection against RSV coming soon for all infants in Ontario, Quebec, Nunavut

Protection against RSV coming soon for all infants in Ontario, Quebec, Nunavut

TORONTO — Dr. Noah Ivers remembers thinking his infant son just had a cold. But then, he was "clearly struggling to breathe" and had to be rushed to the hospital.
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Minimum wage in Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, P.E.I. increases

Minimum wage in Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, P.E.I. increases

The minimum wage in four provinces is going up today. The rate in Ontario is rising by 65 cents to $17.20 an hour, an increase tied to inflation.
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Nunavut RCMP say man charged in 1986 death of girl served time for two other murders

Nunavut RCMP say man charged in 1986 death of girl served time for two other murders

RANKIN INLET, Nvt. — The Nunavut RCMP says a man recently charged in the killing of a 15-year-old girl about four decades ago had served time for two other murders when he was arrested this week at a halfway house in Ottawa. RCMP spokesman Cpl.
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Cold case arrest: Nunavut RCMP charge man with murder in 1986 death of teenage girl

Cold case arrest: Nunavut RCMP charge man with murder in 1986 death of teenage girl

IQALUIT — Mounties in Nunavut have made an arrest in the murder of a 15-year-old girl almost 40 years ago. Mary Ann Birmingham was found dead in Frobisher Bay in what was then the Northwest Territories in May of 1986.
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Climate change made some heat waves at least 10 times more likely: Environment Canada

Climate change made some heat waves at least 10 times more likely: Environment Canada

A new rapid analysis says climate change made August heat waves over some of Canada's most northern – and rapidly warming – regions at least 10 times more likely. Environment and Climate Change Canada says the heat waves in Inuvik, N.W.T.
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Canada, U.S. to negotiate Beaufort Sea boundary dispute

Canada, U.S. to negotiate Beaufort Sea boundary dispute

OTTAWA — Canada and the United States say they have created a task force to negotiate a boundary dispute in the Arctic. The two countries have a long-standing dispute over a section of the Beaufort Sea, disagreeing over a treaty dating from 1825.
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Groundwater testing shows 'high levels' of cyanide near mine disaster: Yukon

Groundwater testing shows 'high levels' of cyanide near mine disaster: Yukon

WHITEHORSE — Yukon officials say they are working to understand how groundwater moves through an area where a failure at a mine released millions of tonnes of cyanide-laced ore into the surrounding environment, about 480 kilometres north of Whitehors
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Unpredictable whooping cough outbreaks see cases rise in Ontario, drop in Quebec

Unpredictable whooping cough outbreaks see cases rise in Ontario, drop in Quebec

TORONTO — Whooping cough is on track to reach a record number of cases in Ontario while infections climb in eastern provinces and decline in Quebec, but experts say trying to predict the course of the highly contagious disease has been especially dif
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Yukon RCMP officer cleared in 2022 fatal shooting at Whitehorse airport

Yukon RCMP officer cleared in 2022 fatal shooting at Whitehorse airport

EDMONTON — Independent investigators have cleared a Yukon police officer in a 2022 fatal shooting of a man who was threatening others with a rifle.
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After years of advocacy by a pediatrician, all Nunavut babies to get RSV immunization

After years of advocacy by a pediatrician, all Nunavut babies to get RSV immunization

The Nunavut government says it will provide immunization against respiratory syncytial virus to all infants in the territory this fall, a policy change that one pediatric infectious diseases specialist has been advocating for decades.
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