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Manitoba youth advocate calls for more help for kids affected by wildfires
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government must do more to reduce the physical and psychological harm to young people caused by wildfires, the provincial advocate for children and youth said Wednesday. "Manit...
Oct 15, 2025
N.L. premier-designate Tony Wakeham says pocketbook issues won his party election
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Tony Wakeham, leader of Newfoundland and Labrador's Progressive Conservatives, says Tuesday night's election victory was particularly sweet because opinion polls had predicted anoth...
Oct 15, 2025 Newfoundland and Labrador premier-designate Tony Wakeham arrives to speak at a Progressive Conservative campaign party on election day in Stephenville, N.L., on Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Gerri Lynn Mackey/VOCM News
Alberta government to release report into health contract scandal in 'a few days'
EDMONTON - Alberta's government says it received Wednesday the final report from the investigation into allegations of corruption over health contracts, but it won't be immediately released. Former Ma...
Oct 15, 2025
Four things to watch for in the Newfoundland and Labrador election today
ST. JOHN'S - Voters in Newfoundland and Labrador head to the polls today to elect their next provincial government. Here are four things to keep an eye on as the results roll in. 1. Will Newfoundland ...
Oct 14, 2025 A person enters an advance polling station in St. John's, N.L., on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025, ahead of the Oct. 14, provincial election. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Daly
Progressive Conservatives win majority government in Newfoundland and Labrador
ST. JOHN'S - Voters in Newfoundland and Labrador showed they were in the mood for a big change on Tuesday by ousting the governing Liberals after ten years in power and handing a slim majority win to ...
Oct 14, 2025
'We'll be moving': Alberta transgender children, families brace for legal changes
EDMONTON - Football decals plaster the walls of his bedroom. A San Francisco 49ers bedspread and a binder full of trading cards make it clear the seven-year-old loves sports. His mother says teachers ...
Oct 13, 2025
Following healthy food guidelines in Canada comes at a high cost, study finds
MONTREAL - A recent study out of Laval University finds many foods that are high in sodium and sugar on Canadian shelves are much cheaper than healthier, equivalent options. The lead author said she h...
Oct 12, 2025
Senator says she was never told her 2005 surgery would leave her sterile
OTTAWA - A Quebec senator says she was never told by her doctor that a surgical procedure she went through in 2005 would render her unable to have children, and hopes her story can advance a broader r...
Oct 12, 2025
U of S researchers creating 3D-printed model to better study lung diseases
Researchers at the University of Saskatchewan and the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO) are developing a new model that could be used to improve the study of lung diseases. Lung disea...
Oct 11, 2025 A 3D printed “scaffolding” designed to mimic the extracellular matrix in which lung cells live. (Canadian Light Source/Submitted)
Canada's first non-beating heart transplant could lead to shorter wait lists: UHN
TORONTO - A Toronto hospital says it transplanted a heart that stopped beating last month in a Canadian first that has the potential to substantially shorten the long wait for a donor. University Heal...
Oct 11, 2025
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