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Thu, 10 Nov 2022 04:30:00 EST
Private health care in N.L. slammed by demand as patients seek help outside public system
While Newfoundland and Labrador's public health system continues to be overwhelmed, private health clinics are facing the same challenges as patients look for alternative means for health care.   ...

Thu, 10 Nov 2022 04:00:00 EST
Did you buy a poppy online? It may be one of hundreds of unauthorized products
The Royal Canadian Legion holds the trademark on the image of the poppy as a symbol of remembrance and says it has seen a spike in unauthorized poppy products for sale this year.

Thu, 10 Nov 2022 04:00:13 EST
Albertans tire of fights with Ottawa, as Danielle Smith ups the 'anti'
The new premier rose to power promising she'd stand up to Justin Trudeau and pass a Sovereignty Act. That doesn't excite voters like it used to.

Thu, 10 Nov 2022 04:00:00 EST
Shortage of family doctors pushing more patients to overburdened ERs, physicians say
For emergency physicians who see doctorless patients show up at ERs with routine requests, the severity of the family doctor shortage is a growing concern as it increases pressure on an already strain...

Thu, 10 Nov 2022 04:00:00 EST
How new treatments could quiet the 'perfect storm' of respiratory viruses
As a virus leaves some babies under the age of two wheezing, adding to the pressure on Canada's hospitals, drug makers are working on new treatment and vaccine options for the illness.

Thu, 10 Nov 2022 04:00:00 EST
'The least they could do': Veterans push Canada to award its first Victoria Cross
A passionate debate over how to define military valour — and what a Canadian soldier must do to win the country’s highest battlefield honour — has been raging quietly this year among veterans an...

Wed, 9 Nov 2022 04:00:00 EST
Alberta mayor felt then-premier Jason Kenney was ignoring 'domestic terrorists,' texts show
The mayor of a southern Alberta village where a protest against COVID-19 restrictions closed lanes to the U.S. last winter believed then-premier Jason Kenney was ignoring the severity of the situati...

Wed, 9 Nov 2022 09:02:01 EST
Remember the Rogers outage? It's added 221,000 new phone customers since then
Despite a crippling days-long outage to its network that had many Canadians swearing they'd never trust the company again, Rogers managed to actually add 221,000 new customers over the three-month per...

Wed, 9 Nov 2022 14:16:33 EST
English-language school boards argue Quebec's secularism law should not apply to them
The question of whether Quebec's secularism law should be applied in English-language school boards was debated Wednesday as hearings on the law continued before the Quebec Court of Appeal. ...

Wed, 9 Nov 2022 14:30:41 EST
High school student from northern Sask. First Nation representing youth at COP27 in Egypt
A high school student from a First Nation in northern Saskatchewan is representing Indigenous communities on the world stage.

Wed, 9 Nov 2022 17:13:21 EST
World Cup notebook: Davies seems OK, Hutchinson returns, off-field tensions rise
CBC Sports' daily newsletter gets you caught up on a flood of World Cup news, including the health status of Canada's Alphonso Davies and Atiba Hutchinson and rising tensions over Qatar's human-rights...

Wed, 9 Nov 2022 13:31:20 EST
Wear masks indoors, Ontario doctors urge ahead of 'perfect storm' in pediatric system
Ontario doctors are advising the public to wear masks indoors and keep up with vaccinations amid a worsening respiratory illness season that's hitting children particularly hard.

Wed, 9 Nov 2022 07:00:00 EST
Kitchener couple finds WW II medals in walls, tracks down Quebec-born soldier's granddaughter
When Krista and Kerry O'Brien began renovations on their home in Kitchener, Ont., they never expected to find war memorabilia tucked in the basement's walls. The discovery earlier this fall led to the...

Wed, 9 Nov 2022 11:26:15 EST
Nature Conservancy of Canada to buy island off western P.E.I. and give it to the Mi'kmaq
A small island in Cascumpec Bay off P.E.I.’s North Shore will soon be protected land, and in five years, the Island’s Mi’kmaq will become its permanent stewards.

Wed, 9 Nov 2022 04:00:00 EST
Quebec youth protection's adoption form no longer lets foster parents pick preferred race for child
Quebec's youth protection agency no longer asks parents who want to adopt a child which race they prefer. The change comes after a Montreal lawyer pointed out that the practice is 'unconstitutional.' ...

Wed, 9 Nov 2022 04:00:00 EST
Why Quebec fashion retailer Simons is tackling medical aid in dying on its shopping website
Jennyfer Hatch chose medical assistance in dying and Simons captured her perspective on life and death in a new video titled All is Beauty. The retailer says the goal was to get behind a project that ...

Wed, 9 Nov 2022 04:00:00 EST
Our health system is struggling: what I see as a doctor at the frontlines of a health traffic jam
Our health-care system has been strained for some time now by the ongoing pandemic. This is neither news nor surprising. The fix is more complicated than hiring lost health-care workers or adding more...

Wed, 9 Nov 2022 04:00:00 EST
Father speaks out after non-verbal son with autism Tasered, handcuffed by Peel police
A Mississauga father says his 19-year-old son, Abdullah, who has autism and is non-verbal, has been left traumatized after getting Tasered and handcuffed by Peel police. Majd Darwich is speaking out a...

Wed, 9 Nov 2022 06:00:00 EST
Their friendship is built on a passion for keeping the Wolastoqey language alive
Norvin Richards vividly remembers the first time he heard Wolastoqey, Roger Paul the first time he heard English. Now friends, these language educators feel more hopeful than ever that this threatened...

Tue, 8 Nov 2022 19:20:14 EST
Former Surrey mayor was victim of 'toxic fanaticism', defence tells judge in public mischief trial
The shock of an unexpected attack may have confused Doug McCallum about some of the details, but a lawyer for the former Surrey mayor says McCallum was correct in the essence of his accusations agains...



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