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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 …

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 …