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Air Canada says a mother and her newborn child are believed to be in good health after the woman went into premature labour and gave birth mid-flight.  Woman delivered baby with help of 2 doctors who happened to be on board: airline. Air Canada says a mother and her newborn …

Ottawa police admit they made mistakes last week when communicating key information about the city’s worst mass killing in recent history.  Ottawa police admit they misspoke during ‘quickly evolving’ investigation. Ottawa police admit they made mistakes last week when communicating key information about the city’s worst mass killing in recent …

As he approaches three years on the provincial registry for people who need a family doctor, Paul Morris looks forward to the day he has one. The number of people on the registry has ballooned, more than doubling since 2021.  About 15,000 people have been on the provincial registry for …

Representatives of Western Quebec municipalities say they’d like to see an increase to nurses’ wages in the province, money to address homelessness and funding for public transit in the 2024-2025 budget.  Quebec budget to be tabled Tuesday. Representatives of Western Quebec municipalities say they’d like to see an increase to …

Fifty unhoused people were selected to live in the units on a former parking lot in Peterborough, Ont. A city staff report says the program has seen “early successes.”  Transitional housing program with 50 units on a former parking lot has seen ‘early successes’: city staff. A private cabin framed …

Kathryn Lewis used to walk about five kilometres every day along Prince Edward Island’s Confederation Trail. But the 67-year-old woman says she’s too scared to go back after an incident on Saturday that left her shaken and her dog injured and traumatized. Lewis said she was walking with her dog …

The art of cancer care balances hope and reality, says a Canadian oncologist helping to start a movement that aims to encourage honest conversations about end-of-life care.  People may celebrate a 2-week improvement in survival without acknowledging costs. Tom Somerville’s decision stop medical treatment for his end-stage cancer was a …

A polar bear guard describes how to deter the animals from wandering near humans while a biological scientist explains how climate change is making these encounters more frequent and more dangerous. Climate change is bringing these bears into human contact more often than before. With climate change causing more polar …

Ojibwe filmmaker Jeremy Torrie is at the helm of a re-envisioning of the 1994 movie Once Were Warriors over a decade after acquiring the option rights to the film. Many Wounds features predominantly Indigenous cast, is currently being filmed in Manitoba. Ojibwe filmmaker Jeremy Torrie is at the helm of …

A band councillor on James Smith Cree Nation is angry that a convicted killer using an alias worked in the cultural centre on the First Nation following the Sept. 4, 2022, stabbing massacre. Kelley Thackeray was convicted of 2nd-degree murder in 2004. A band councillor on James Smith Cree Nation …