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Fewer fatalities but more injuries on Quebec roads in 2025, data shows
MONTRAL - Quebec's auto insurance board says fewer people died on the province's roads last year but the number of people hurt in collisions grew. The board's safety report says 371 people died on the...
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Canada's MAID laws on 'a collision course' as Parliament awaits legal challenges
OTTAWA - As Jocelyn Downie watched the Supreme Court of Canada strike down the laws criminalizing the act of helping someone end their life in 2015, she thought she'd better find something to do with ...
8h ago
A timeline of how Canada's assisted dying laws evolved
OTTAWA - Efforts to legalize assisted dying in Canada date back decades and the issue has been the subject of debate in Parliament and at the country's top court. Here are some key dates: 1892: Canada...
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12 students seriously injured in suspected electrical incident at B.C. waterpark
CULTUS LAKE - Twelve students were taken to hospital Monday after what appears to have been an electrical incident at a waterpark in British Columbia's Fraser Valley. Chilliwack RCMP Cpl. Carmen Kiene...
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Saskatchewan's VIDO signs partnership agreement with European research network
The Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO), based at the University of Saskatchewan, has signed a new partnership agreement with a European pathogen research network. The agreement between...
Jun 15, 2026 A VIDO scientist working in a lab in Saskatoon. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Federal officials cite decline in opioid-related deaths but warn progress is fragile
OTTAWA - The federal government says the toxic drug crisis continues to have devastating effects despite a drop in opioid-related deaths last year. Toxicity deaths declined by 23 per cent in 2025 due ...
Jun 15, 2026
Congo reports a record daily increase in Ebola cases a month after outbreak was declared
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - Congolese authorities have reported one of the highest daily increases in Ebola cases as the virus spreads quickly and surveillance efforts improve in the month-old outbreak in ...
Jun 15, 2026 Health workers prepare the coffin of Angèle Muyumba Nsimire, a university student who died of Ebola at the Citadelle Clinic in Bunia, Congo, Friday, June 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)
10-year anniversary of MAID in Canada invites love, pain and shame
TORONTO - For some, the 10th anniversary of Canada legalizing medical assistance in dying might evoke a peaceful memory of their loved one's final moments. Others who long to die but are ineligible fo...
Jun 15, 2026 Evie Wallace holds a photo of her husband beside a memorial plaque at Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park near Cochrane, Alta., Friday, June 12, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
How Quebec has influenced medical assistance in dying across Canada
MONTREAL - Doctors say Quebec paved the way for medical assistance in dying in Canada and influenced federal MAID legislation, passed by the House of Commons 10 years ago to allow eligible adults to r...
Jun 15, 2026
These Albertans signed petitions. What do they think of the separation referendum?
CALGARY - Alberta is planning to ask residents in an Oct. 19 referendum whether the province should stay in Canada or if there should be a future binding referendum on separation. It was prompted by t...
Jun 14, 2026
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