Peter Guthrie quit Danielle Smith's cabinet and was later expelled from the governing United Conservative caucus.

Recent job and funding cuts at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under the current administration have sparked widespread concern over the future of public health in America.

Xavier Becerra, who served as California attorney general, joined a growing field of Democrats running next year to replace termed-out Gov. Gavin Newsom.

The former health minister said it was a daunting situation. "We were very frightened at what we saw coming towards us," he said. "We were being advised that we would see hundreds of deaths ...