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School food programs hope $1B from Ottawa will fill need as they wait for governments to sign on

By 8 a.m. — as most people begin weekday morning routines or sit down for breakfast — Debbie Marshall’s already…

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Health

She has a high breast cancer risk but has to wait years for preventive surgery

An Ottawa woman says she’s frustrated, angry and afraid as she faces a growing wait for a procedure that could spare…

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Health

Time on hold for 911 in Toronto dropped this year, after average of nearly 1 minute wait in 2023

Average wait times on hold for a 911 operator in Toronto went down in the first half of this year…

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Health

You might want to wait until fall for your next COVID-19 shot, doctors say. Here’s why

Health Canada told CBC News they’ll finish reviewing updated COVID vaccines by “early autumn” on the heels of the U.S.…

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Politics

Quebec to authorize early requests for MAID, won’t wait for Ottawa to change law

Quebec says that starting this fall it will authorize early requests for medical assistance in dying from certain patients before…

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Health

Wait time to see medical specialist in Quebec has doubled since before pandemic

Dominique D’Anjou is one of the hundreds of thousands of Quebecers waiting to see a medical specialist. Her family doctor referred her…

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Health

Waitlist for N.B. nursing homes tops 1,000 — and more than 500 wait in hospital

An advocate for seniors is sounding the alarm after the latest numbers show the waitlist for a nursing home in…

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Entertainment

Wait, why does Tim Hortons have a musical?

It’s a muggy Thursday morning in downtown Toronto, and writer Nick Green greets an eager group. About 40 social media influencers…

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Sports

Jeremy Roenick elected to Hockey Hall of Fame after 12-year wait

Jeremy Roenick is going into the Hockey Hall of Fame, ending the wait for the American forward who had been…

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Health

‘Nothing helped.’ 2 Fredericton women endure long, painful wait for endometriosis surgery

If an animal in pain comes to the veterinary clinic where Jessica Grant and Mackenzie Ashby work — if it’s bleeding or…

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