Alberta government promises to boost access to surgeries, tackle wait times – CTV News Calgary

“We are making the investments and changes in our health-care system that Albertans need.

“We shouldn’t be surprised if Canadians, seeing what is possible elsewhere in the world, come to support mixed, entrepreneurial health-care models,” said MEI economist Emmanuelle B.

Hydro-Quebec hopes to restore power to 70 to 80 per cent of customers by Friday night, officials said Thursday morning.

Additional intel on what foreign interference special rapporteur David Johnston will be empowered to dig into and access in terms of secret documents has been made public, as has his per diem for what’s being described as a ‘part-time’ role.

Now, 12 of California’s 17 major reservoirs are filled above their historical averages for the start of spring.

Over 90 per cent of its residents have fled, much of it lies in ruins, tens of thousands have been killed, and its strategic importance has been played down by the Pentagon and NATO chiefs.

More than a million households are still in the dark after freezing rain tore through the province, blacking out neighbourhoods and downing trees.

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