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While rural northeastern Ontario hospitals compete financially for visiting temporary doctors to keep their emergency rooms open, some are casting about for other ways to ease the burden on local doctors to prevent burnout. Manitoulin Health Centre hires full-time physician recruiter, moves to reduce local doctor burnout. This is the …

It was a Friday in January when Celina Klinger started having contractions and went to the hospital to give birth to a baby Isaiah, little brother to four-year-old twin sisters. Two days later, the 29-year-old mother of three was dead from a common infection that in rare cases can aggressively …

A hazardous waste facility in St. Catharines, Ont., has been ordered to permanently close after an investigation into an explosion that killed 37-year-old Ryan Konkin in 2023. Ssonix and its 3 directors face 21 combined charges. A hazardous waste facility in St. Catharines, Ont., has been ordered to permanently close …

Infamous B.C. gangster Jarrod Bacon has been arrested once again, this time for assault in the province’s far north. According to the Fort Nelson court registry, Bacon, 41, was charged with one count of aggravated assault after being arrested on Feb. 1 in the community of about 3,000 people, approximately …

Relations between Canada and the U.S. are coming under serious pressure — and that has some commentators offering an unlikely — though not impossible — solution. What if Canada joined the European Union?  As tensions with U.S. grow, some commentators wonder about looking to Europe. Relations between Canada and the …

U.S. President Donald Trump has declared a trade war on Canada, prompting the federal government, provinces and territories to launch their own countermeasures to hit back at the American economy. Canada imposing $155 billion in counter-tariffs, provinces launching their own moves. Trudeau says Canada will retaliate with 25% tariffs on …

The family doctor shortage in northeastern Ontario has caused some emergency rooms to close, but what may not be publicly known is how many others are on the brink of going dark due to a lack of physicians. Burned-out doctors mean small Manitoulin Island hospitals pay more to attract locums …

Canadians are heeding calls by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who quickly announced retaliatory levies against the U.S., to buy Canadian and boycott American goods as much as possible.  ‘While the tariffs are on, I’m going to boycott American products,’ says Ottawa shopper. Canadians sound off on Trump’s trade war We …

An Ontario father says he’s struggling to keep his teen son away from drug dealers on popular messaging app Snapchat, and he’s not alone. The social media platform’s parent company, Snap Inc., is being sued by dozens of U.S. families who say the app’s disappearing messages make it hard for …

As the threat of U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods became a reality on Saturday, agricultural producers in Alberta are feeling disappointed and uncertain about how badly it will hurt their businesses. U.S. president Donald Trump has imposed a 25 per cent tariff on virtually all Canadian goods, which will heavily …