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B.C. launches opioid treatment phone line to provide access to same-day care

The B.C. government is expanding access to drug-addiction treatment by launching a free telephone line for people to get medication and…

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Politics

Veterans’ families need legislated access to mental health services, watchdog says

More than three years have passed since Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) agreed to ease up restrictions on access to mental health…

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Business

CRTC expanding competitor access to big fibre networks, but too soon to know price impact

Canada’s telecommunications regulator is expanding a decision that allows smaller internet providers to use rivals’ fibre networks to offer their…

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Nova Scotia

Some Sydney students can now access vaccinations at walk-in clinic

Nova Scotia’s Public Health unit in Sydney is doing things differently this summer to get middle school students caught up…

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Canada

Fence stoking tensions between beachgoers and Constance Bay property owners over beach access

A fence erected along a beach in Ottawa’s rural west is stoking tensions between beachgoers and waterfront property owners who have…

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Nova Scotia

N.S. commits $50 million to ensure greater access to vet medicine program

A new funding agreement between the province and the Atlantic Veterinary College in Charlottetown, P.E.I., will create eight more seats for…

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Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia health app provides access to X-ray reports

Nova Scotia X-ray reports completed from now on will be available through the YourHealthNS app after 14 days. In a…

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Entertainment

Need emergency access to rhythm, rhyme and reasons for living? Dial the Hamilton poetry hotline

Some emergencies require a response that involves a poem about how well drinking water pairs with an ice cream sandwich. …

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Nova Scotia

‘We didn’t know about it’: Halifax Water unaware it had access to provincial alert system

Halifax Water may have been able to send an alert about this week’s nearly city-wide boil-water advisory sooner had the utility known…

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Canada

Years-long visa backlog in U.S. sees some paying hundreds of dollars for faster access

When Nathan Chen decided he wanted to see what he calls the “real America,” he didn’t realize how long it…

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