Unpublished Newswire

Ophthalmologists are urging provincial governments not to move ahead with plans that would allow optometrists to perform some surgeries and laser eye treatments, which are currently outside their scope of practice.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Would you rather sip drinks poolside in Palm Beach, Fla., or trudge through the snow of Alberta? Last week, the leader of the Republican Party of Alberta, Cameron Davies, didn’t have to choose: he did both — hobnobbing with U.S. Republicans at Mar-a-Lago before returning to his beloved province, the one he hopes will soon declare independence from Canada. Rubbing elbows with American conservatives like former North Carolina representative Madison Cawthorn and Trump administration official Kari Lake, Davies made the rounds in Florida following meetings at the White...