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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 …

The Bank of Canada has held its key interest rate at five per cent again, as economists had expected. Governor Tiff Macklem to hold news conference explaining rate decision at 10:30 ET. The Bank of Canada has held its key interest rate at five per cent again, as economists had …

An Alberta family is looking for answers after the in-custody death of a man in Mexico who died by an apparent suicide one day after his birthday late last year. Thomas Hempstock, 32, died hours after being arrested at his resort in Playa del Carmen, a city at the southern …

The federal government has updated information on its website about who is eligible for the Canadian Dental Care Plan. Seniors who purchased insurance themselves, or opted out of pension programs they can’t rejoin, will qualify for the national public program, Ottawa now says. Those who purchased insurance themselves — or …

As a multi-year drought persists on the Prairies, some ranchers are making the tough choice to reduce their herds to ensure there is enough water and feed for the animals that remain. Prairies in the midst of multi-year drought. Bart Guyon has a close relationship with his livestock, which makes …

A student who alleges she was sexually assaulted on campus is continuing to call for change at Université Sainte-Anne in Church Point, N.S., saying the school needs to do more to support its students. Spokesperson says university ‘condemns inappropriate conduct of any kind.’ She still remembers how her hands shook …

Cold storage containers outside of the Health Sciences Centre in St. John’s house about 28 unclaimed cadavers, and there’s no immediate plan to cremate or bury them. Cadavers accumulating in storage units as cost of living — and dying — rises. A smattering of nondescript storage containers sit nestled on …

Dr. Louis Bourget is seen in Gander Supreme Court on Feb. 2, 2024. Bourget is asking for an absolute discharge after pleading guilty to assault for allowing a prison guard to perform a tooth extraction on a sedated inmate. (Troy Turner/CBC) If he’s not given a discharge on an assault …

Ontario Provincial Police in Oxford County have charged a 34-year-old bus driver with careless driving causing bodily harm after a school bus carrying 40 students rolled onto its side south of Woodstock, Ont., on Tuesday morning. Several kids were taken to hospital, including one by air ambulance, after the bus …

Built with a $53-million low-interest loan from the province to help middle-income families achieve the dream of home ownership, Victoria’s 135-unit Vivid condominium building was supposed to be a new model for affordable housing. But court documents obtained by CBC show a very different side to the story.  B.C. Housing …