New Brunswick Premier Bernard Lord speaks in this 2002 file photo. ...
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TORONTO (CP) - The federal government&#39;s commitment to spend $41 billion on health care was a good deal for the provinces, but it will only help stabilize the system and do little to address inevitable challenges in the future, New Brunswick Premier
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OTTAWA (CP) - The former governor of Canada&#39;s central bank has made an unusual foray into the political fray over health care, questioning proposals for greater competition within the single-payer medicare system.
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HAPPY VALLEY-GOOSE BAY, Nfld. (CP) - A quiet protest by a Newfoundland Supreme Court judge has led the premier to reconsider his all-out ban on Canadian flags at provincial buildings.
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Hospitals told to start special hiring; Health minister says funding is sign province is in &#39;high gear&#39; against C. diff. Quebec Order of Nurses president Gyslaine Desrosiers told a nursing convention yesterday
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KNOWLTON, Que. (CP) - Prime Minister Paul Martin brushed aside criticism on Friday from a former premier who said Quebec&#39;s side deal in a federal-provincial health accord could weaken the country.
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TORONTO (CP) - Effectively raising a white flag in the place of the banished Maple Leaf, Newfoundland Premier Danny Williams says he's now willing to meet with federal officials to resolve its dramatic dispute over offshore oil revenues.
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KNOWLTON, Que. (CP) - Prime Minister Paul Martin brushed aside criticism on Friday from a former premier who said Quebec's side deal in a federal-provincial health accord could weaken the country.
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Reply by M. Jean-Pierre Raffarin, Prime Minister, to a question in the National Assembly.
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VANCOUVER (CP) - The provinces can do a better job of delivering health care to First Nations than Ottawa does and the idea of the provinces and territories taking it over will be broached at next week&#39;s first ministers conference, BC&#39;s health minister
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FREDERICTON (CP) - New Brunswick hospital workers went on strike as promised early Monday in Premier Bernard Lord's Moncton riding.
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Comment is free: Martin Jacques: The celebrity premier's successor can become a leader of substance if only he has the political courage to get serious.
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By Erik Robinson, The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash.  Mar. 8--Gov.
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The Prime Minister says he is prepared to meet with the Premiers for as long as it takes to work out a new health care deal. As he wrapped up the Liberal cabinet retreat in BC, Paul Martin said when he meets
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ST. JOHN'S, Nfld. (CP) - Supporters braved blizzard conditions Thursday to see Newfoundland Premier Danny Williams off to Ottawa, where he and the prime minister will attempt to close a deal on offshore energy revenues.
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By JAMES STEVENSON  CALGARY (CP) - The Prime Minister told Canada's municipal leaders Friday that his government was in the middle of an "historic effort" to revitalize Canada's infrastructure and improve the quality of life.
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FREDERICTON (CP) - New Brunswick hospital workers are adopting an in-your-face strategy in their fight for higher wages by saying they will begin their strike Monday in Premier Bernard Lord's Moncton riding.
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OTTAWA (CP) - Prime Minister Paul Martin is downplaying the federal-provincial gulf over health funding, saying the first ministers meeting is more than just a numbers game.