Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Lisa Johnson
Publication Date: June 15, 2025 - 10:57
Danielle Smith defends policy requiring Albertans to pay out of pocket for COVID vaccines
June 15, 2025
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government’s new policy forcing many Albertans to pay out of pocket for a COVID-19 vaccination is about focusing on those who need it the most.It could set a precedent across the country after the federal government put provinces in charge of buying COVID shots earlier this year.
A B.C. wildfire that came within metres of homes and triggered a local state of emergency in Squamish is now being held.The BC Wildfire Service said late Saturday that the Dryden Creek wildfire, which ignited last Monday, is projected to remain within its current perimeter based on forest fuel, weather conditions and resource availability.
June 15, 2025 - 20:15 | Andrea Woo | The Globe and Mail
Prayers filled the air at the National Holocaust Monument in Ottawa Sunday at a vigil held one week after the solemn concrete memorial was defaced with the words 'feed me' — an apparent reference to threat of famine in Gaza.
June 15, 2025 - 19:51 | | CBC News - Ottawa
BANFF, Alta. — The heads of the world’s richest economies are converging on Alberta today for one of the most high-stakes G7 meetings in recent memory amid a U.S.-led global tariff war and the growing crisis in the Middle East.
On many of the G7’s key issues — namely the global trade war and Israel’s military operations in Gaza — Trump and the rest of the G7 leaders are largely on opposite sides.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s job as chair of the summit in Kananaskis, Alta., is to mediate discussions to make sure the tense alliance doesn’t blow up.
And that job has never...
June 15, 2025 - 18:56 | Christopher Nardi | National Post
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