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Citizen website aims to link Regina residents with family doctors taking patients
REGINA - After noticing more people growing desperate to find a family doctor in Regina, David Nnamdi says he decided to take the problem into his own hands. The 23-year-old recently started a website...
Jan 13, 2026
Nearly 85,000 people homeless in Ontario, up 8 per cent in one year: report
TORONTO - Homelessness is getting worse across Ontario with an estimated 85,000 people who were without a home in 2025 and nearly 2,000 encampments across the province, a new report from Ontario's mun...
Jan 13, 2026
Alberta NDP calls on Premier Smith to acknowledge, address ER capacity 'crisis'
EDMONTON - Alberta's Opposition NDP is calling on Premier Danielle Smith's government to face a "crisis" of overcrowded hospitals head-on as doctors plead for emergency measures to help cope. NDP hosp...
Jan 12, 2026
Ontario marks progress in attaching everyone in the province to primary care
TORONTO - Ontario is on track to connect everyone in the province to a primary care provider by 2029, thanks in part to mostly clearing a wait list backlog, Health Minister Sylvia Jones said Monday. A...
Jan 12, 2026
Family, police dispute imitation firearm in altercation death in Saskatoon hospital
SASKATOON - The family of a man who died in an altercation with hospital security in a Saskatoon hospital are challenging police reports that a fake firearm and drugs played a part in what happened. S...
Jan 12, 2026
Charter challenge of religious exemption to assisted dying law heads to court in B.C.
OTTAWA - The B.C. Supreme Court is set to begin hearing a case this morning that questions whether religious hospitals have the right to refuse certain procedures. Dying With Dignity Canada is among a...
Jan 12, 2026 A patient's hand is held at a hospital in Minneapolis on Monday, May 3, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS-David Joles-Star Tribune via AP
In the news today: MAID Charter challenge, trade talks, 'Heated Rivalry' watch party
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Charter challenge of religious exemption to assisted dying law heads to court in B.C. The B.C. Supreme Court i...
Jan 12, 2026
B.C. court to hear Charter challenge over religious exemptions to assisted dying law
OTTAWA - A trial set to begin Monday in British Columbia's Supreme Court questions whether publicly funded faith-based hospitals should be allowed to prevent patients from receiving medical assistance...
Jan 11, 2026
Alberta doctors say leadership lacking amid crisis of overcrowding in hospitals
EDMONTON - Doctors who have been pleading for help as Edmonton hospitals are being overwhelmed by patients say Alberta's health-care leadership is missing in action. Dr. Warren Thirsk, an emergency ro...
Jan 10, 2026
What is 'food noise' and why are we hearing about it amid the rise of GLP-1 meds?
TORONTO - Before Brenda Rogers started taking Ozempic in the spring of 2023, she didn't realize how much "food noise" was sapping her mental energy. "You're just constantly thinking about food and not...
Jan 10, 2026
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