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• PM Trudeau presenting premiers with health-care funding offer

  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is presenting the federal government's offer for billions in new health-care funding to the provinces and territories at a highly anticipated meeting in Ottawa today. At the first in-person meeting of all First Ministers in years, Trudeau is set to outline how much money his government is willing to provide, and what his expectations are for improving care.

  

• 'He was a giant amongst his peers': Bishop O.G. Simpson dies at age 76

  A pastor is being remembered in Edmonton's religious and Black communities for his long career supporting and uplifting everyone around him.

  

• N.W.T to complete curriculum transition by 2028, a 'sad commentary' for Alberta

  After using Alberta's education curriculum since the 1950s, the Northwest Territories has outlined the timeline it will use to pivot toward British Columbia's program of studies.

  

• National shortage of veterinarians puts pressure on clinics, pet owners

  Canada’s yearslong shortage of veterinarians was exacerbated during the pandemic, as more people welcomed pets into their homes to add joy and companionship during lockdowns. Now, concerns around quickly accessing medical care for animals is more urgent than ever, says one vet.

  

• Canadians now expect to need $1.7M in order to retire: BMO survey

  Canadians now believe they need $1.7 million in savings in order to retire, a 20 per cent increase from 2020, according to a new BMO survey. The eye-watering figure is the largest sum since BMO first started surveying Canadians about their retirement expectations 13 years ago.

• WEATHER

  WEATHER | Josh Classen's forecast: Warm, with precipitation risks this morning and tonight

  The warm spell continues through the rest of this week with daytime highs in the 0 to 5 C range.

• Quake deaths pass 6,200 as Turkiye, Syria seek survivors

  Search teams and emergency aid from around the world poured into Turkiye and Syria on Tuesday as rescuers working in freezing temperatures dug, sometimes with their bare hands, through the remains of buildings flattened by a powerful earthquake. The death toll soared above 6,200 and was still expected to rise.

• Smith was on vacation as questions swirled about her office reportedly interfering in prosecutions

  Alberta's premier was on a week-and-half-long holiday while the province erupted over reports that a member of her staff sent emails to Crown prosecutors in an attempt to interfere in COVID-19 blockade cases.

• Comedian chomps chili pepper at Edmonton public hearing while arguing climate change is 'not a huge issue'

  A local comedian stirred up laughter, confusion and condemnation Monday morning when he ate a spicy prop at a public hearing in Edmonton City Hall as he ranted about how climate change is "not the end of the world."

• Alberta Sheriffs helping EPS may be more about politics than public safety: political scientist

  With Alberta Sheriffs deploying downtown later this month to help improve safety, a political scientist believes the move could be aimed more at voters than criminals.

• Will Biden's second state of the union mark a less protectionist approach to Canada?

  A new poll suggests a majority of Canadians still see the United States as their country's closest ally, even in an age of isolationism and protectionist policies.

• 'An abuse of power': Athabasca University student, faculty groups slam sudden president firing

  Associations representing students and faculty at Athabasca University condemned the replacement of the president who resisted the government's push to increase the number of school employees living in the northern Alberta community.