Canada

Willing To Pay Get Faster Care

Vicky Hunter - Jul 12, 2005 / 11:44 am | Story: 10716

Albertans who are willing to pay will be able to get surgeries such as hip replacements faster and upgrade their hospital rooms under the province's 'third way' health-care plan, released today. Premier Ralph Klein and provincial Health Minister Iris Evans announced the long-awaited mix of public and private options on Tuesday morning. Full story
The heat wave baking southern Ontario is expected to last for another two weeks, according to Environment Canada. It's also predicting hotter-than-average weather across the country through August. Full story
The growing trend for Canadian women to have children later in life continues as nearly half of those who gave birth in 2003 were age 30 and older, according to Statistics Canada. Around 48 per cent of mothers were aged at least 30, a change from two-decades ago when three-quarters of moms in Canada were under 30. Full story
Rosie O'Donnell is praising Canada and taking swipes at U.S. President George Bush over his government's treatment of gays and lesbians. The former talk show host sailed into Halifax aboard the Norwegian Dawn with about 2,000 families who are part of a gay cruise. Full story