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Radiation treatments for cancer patients are being transferred to other hospitals. International law enforcement are investigating. Eight days after the cyberattack at five southwestern Ontario hospitals was first declared, the scope of the problem and the agencies working on the solution have become more clear. OPP, Interpol and FBI are …

Canada's economy is showing clear signs of a slowdown, as the total value of all goods and services sold was essentially unchanged in July and August — and likely September, too. GDP was greater in May than it is now, Statistics Canada says Canada's economy is showing clear signs of …

Two new TV series are giving Indigenous ghost legends the anthology treatment. APTN series Tales from the Rez is based on Blackfoot ghost stories, while the Fibe TV1 series Creepy Cape Breton focuses on Mi’kmaw ghost stories commonly shared on the Nova Scotia island. Indigenous filmmakers melding genre and culture …

A student at a Bells Corners French school says the two minutes he spent confined to a locker at age 12 left him shaken and in tears. Father calls penalty 'unbelievable' and wants teacher transferred An Ottawa teacher was suspended for two days after confining a Grade 8 student in …

Cocaine has quietly become implicated in a growing number of overdose deaths in Nova Scotia, with some experts warning that the public discussion around the dangers of drug use needs to broaden beyond the focus on potent opioids. Experts say wider look at overdoses needed as cocaine-related deaths rise An …

A new program launched this month by the New Brunswick College of Physicians and Surgeons designed to increase the number of doctors licensed to practise in the province. First group of 10 to undergo comprehensive 12-week clinical evaluation by a practising New Brunswick doctor A new program launched this month …

Now that all the numbers have been crunched, researchers at UPEI's School of Climate Change and Adaptation can confidently say that Prince Edward Island lost a record amount of shoreline in 2022. 'We usually measure in centimetres. Now it's in metres.' The numbers are in for 2022, and Prince Edward …

CBC News spoke with four teacher librarians about a controversial new equity-based book-weeding process. Their differing interpretations of the process illustrate how miscommunication likely led to an inconsistent approach to weeding school collections. Peel District School Board says its now focused on replenishing its libraries Teacher librarians are speaking out …

Ashley, 32, disappeared from a rural property near Salmon Arm, B.C., in 2016. Her family flew out from Ontario to search for her, but to no avail. In 2021, investigators found her remains in a wooded area outside Salmon Arm. 'I think we all kind of noticed something right away,' …

The Calgary teenage driver who killed Sgt. Andrew Harnett can now be identified. He is Al Azan Shah Muhammad, and according to his passenger, the motive to flee the traffic stop was because there were drugs in the vehicle that Muhammed feared would be discovered. Al Azan Shah Muhammad was …