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A winter storm is expected to wallop parts of Newfoundland starting Thursday evening and last into Saturday morning — and a meteorologist warns it’s the type of snow that should be cleared quickly.  ‘Don’t let it pile up,’ meteorologist says as Environment Canada updates weather warnings. A winter storm is …

Maggie Mitani was a brand new member of the University of Windsor women’s hockey team when, in February 2023, she felt a slight lump on her neck. She wasn’t worried and initially brushed off getting it checked out. But with her teammates’ insistence that she go to the doctor, Mitani’s …

Prince Edward Island is now short another family doctor, the province’s health agency confirmed Thursday. Dr. Harold Molyneaux has taken an immediate leave due to medical reasons, Health P.E.I. said in a statement. As a result his Summerside clinic, which served around 2,500 patients, will close immediately. The health agency …

Parents in Sudbury, Ont., say they have to either stay home with their children or pay the higher cost of private child care due to long waitlists to access licensed, subsidized daycares under the national $10-a-day program.  Average wait time for a daycare spot in the city is 23 months. …

The Bank of Canada left interest rates unchanged this week, at least in part because it doesn’t want to add fuel to a real estate market that’s already heating up.  As housing market heats up, central bank leaves interest rates unchanged at 5%. The Bank of Canada is trying to …

Six people — four children and two adults — were killed inside a townhouse in the Ottawa suburb of Barrhaven late Wednesday night, police say. One person was arrested at the scene.  1 person taken to hospital with injuries, male arrested at the scene, police say. Six people — four …

Only 58 per cent of the Canadian Armed Forces would be able to respond if called upon in a crisis by NATO allies right now — and almost half of the military’s equipment is considered “unavailable and unserviceable” — says a recent internal Department of National Defence presentation obtained by …

Ontario will announce plans Thursday to produce a nuclear medical isotope that forms the essential component in a life-saving treatment for liver cancer, one of the leading causes of cancer deaths. Without domestic supply of radioactive isotopes, Ottawa companies have relied on imports to make drug. Ontario will announce plans …

With much of its population in the south, and much of its water in the north, the way Alberta allocates its water varies widely across the province Volumes and uses of water vary widely across the province Across Alberta, communities and experts are concerned about the potential for worsening drought …

Letters are going out to people receiving specialized injections to stave off blindness informing them that the provincial government is making funding changes and retinal specialists can no longer carry on giving the injections. This has patients worried they will have to resign themselves to blindness. B.C. retinal specialists say …