Health Minister Mark Holland announced today that British Columbia is the first province to sign the $196-billion Individual Health Agreement introduced by the Prime Minister.In February, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had announced that the federal government is ready to spend $196-billion dollars to revitalize Canada's health system, as a result of which all provinces except Quebec have agreed to this deal.BC will receive $1.2 billion over the next three years from the federal government.Federal Health Minister Mark Holland made the announcement Tuesday morning at Vancouver General Hospital.H

A Montreal man says his son is among the victims of an attack by Hamas militants on Israel over the weekend.Alain Haim Look says in a social media post that his son Alexandre Look was killed in Israel on Saturday while trying to save those around them.Look describes his son as a force of nature with unique charisma, and says he died a hero.A spokeswoman for the Chabad of Westmount Education Centre says she knows Look's parents, who are part of the centre's community, and she confirms the authenticity of the post.Devorah Shanowitz, the centre's director of education, says the centre's rabbis ha

Today is the fourth day of war between Israel and Hamas.Hamas launched an attack from Gaza on October 7.About 5,000 rockets were fired by Hamas on Saturday.Hamas gunmen also infiltrated Israeli territory.Civilians on both sides are paying a heavy price for this deadly bombing.The Palestinian militant group Hamas claims it has taken more than 150 Israeli hostages.1707 places have been targeted so far in Israel's retaliatory attack on Gaza.Meanwhile, many mosques were also attacked by them.Israel's Defense Minister Yoav Gallant ordered a "total siege" of the Gaza Strip on Monday, saying authorit

BC Ferries CEO and President Nicolas Jimenez said the company has realigned to focus on meeting customer needs and an affordable, safe and reliable future.As part of realignment, three new operating divisions have been created and four new vice presidents have been hired to oversee the same.The new divisions are engineering, marine operations and customer experience."I believe the company is now better positioned to address the short and longer term challenges we face," said Jimenez. The changes will be effective from October 16 to allow for the transition of duties.

Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge says that while the Online News Act isn't perfect, the media landscape is changing too fast for the government to wait any longer.Speaking at the MINDS international news agency conference in Toronto, St-Onge said that the government intends to stand firm with the law that will force Facebook and Google to pay for news links on their websites.She says Facebook is using intimidation tactics by removing all news links in Canada before the act is even in force, and encouraged other countries to also take action against tech giants to protect news.Facebook parent

Canada's highest court has ruled that media can't publish portions of a criminal trial that take place before a jury is constituted.In a unanimous decision released today, the Supreme Court of Canada has upheld lower court decisions that said those trial details cannot be made public until jurors begin deliberating or are dismissed.At issue were two cases in which judges imposed publication bans on proceedings that took place before juries were impanelled, leading media companies to appeal those bans directly to the Supreme Court.One case was heard in Quebec and involved Frédérick Silva, a h

A senior State Department official says Canada's dispute with India could make for fertile ground for foreign efforts to sow disinformation.James Rubin, the co-ordinator of the Global Engagement Center, says the diplomatic standoff makes Canada "ripe" for manipulation, and not just from inside India.A new report from the centre describes in detail the lengths China is going to dominate the information space around the world, including in Canada.The report notes how Chinese operatives used the WeChat messaging platform in an effort earlier this year to discredit Ontario MP Michael Chong.Chong w

Statistics Canada says the economy added 64,000 jobs last month as the country's population continues to rapidly grow. The federal agency released its September labour force survey this morning, which finds the unemployment rate held steady at 5.5 per cent. Canada's labour market has cooled over the last year amid higher interest rates, but the unemployment rate remains below pre-pandemic levels. The job gains last month were concentrated in part-time work, while there were more people working in educational services and transportation and warehousing. Meanwhile, jobs were shed in finance, in

Canadians may soon see grocery prices stabilized.This has been announced by Industry Minister Francois Philippe Champagne on Thursday.The minister said that major grocery stores are going to take steps to control prices and Canadians can expect to see a reduction and stabilization of food prices soon.Loblaw's, Metro, Empire, Costco and Walmart have agreed to control grocery prices, resulting in lower grocery prices, Champagne said.He said that this is the initial step towards providing relief to Canadians, the government will do more.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gave major grocers like Loblaw