Leaked Saskatchewan government e-mails say some breast cancer patients are choosing not to go to Calgary for treatment because they can’t afford it.

The e-mails, provided to the Opposition NDP, include correspondence last week between an official with the Saskatchewan Party government and a patient. The NDP said it redacted their names to protect their identities.

“There have been patients that chose not to go to Calgary due to costs,” the official says in the e-mail exchange.

The BC Securities Commission thought outside the box – and the bounds of bureaucratic civility – with its latest campaign to educate the public about the growing threat of scammers who use sophisticated artificial-intelligence tools.

The regulator recently produced a six-song album titled We Are All F**ked and filmed a music video for the EP’s title track to issue a warning about how criminals are using AI technology to advance various romance, crypto and fake investment schemes.

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A new exhibit at York University aims to show the challenges that people faced during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, but also the moments of resilience as people grappled with the infectious disease that changed the world overnight.

The Manitoba government has put forward a bill that would crack down on election disinformation, including expanding existing prohibitions on disseminating false information about candidates and impersonating election officials.

Three people died a little over an hour apart in Victoria on Monday, Victoria police and the B.C. Coroners Service have confirmed

British Columbia is hoping to attract doctors and nurses from the United States with its plans to fast-track the recognition of their credentials and launch a recruitment campaign.

The province announced in a statement Tuesday that it is working with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of B.C. on a process to enable physicians who are trained in the U.S., and who hold certification from the American Board of Medical Specialties, to become fully licensed without the need for further assessment or training.

B.C. said it will remove barriers faced by U.S. doctors who wish to be licensed and practise medicine in the province, and that its plans follow similar changes recently adopted by Ontario, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. The province expects changes to be implemented in a few months after consultations.

Construction is scheduled to begin this summer on the Multidisciplinary Disability and Community Arts Hub, which will provide a new venue for the National accessArts Centre and broader community.

Residents in the N.W.T.'s South Slave region are on edge after some recent incidents that police have linked to the illegal drug trade — and RCMP say their big challenge is getting people to speak out if they know something.