Ontario’s health minister said Monday that six hospitals had to close departments — including ERs — over the weekend, but argued that the situation wasn’t unprecedented. Sylvia Jones made the comments as the legislature sat for the first time following the Progressive Conservatives’ re-election in June, and said individual hospitals …

A home once filled with music and laughter feels empty without Gabriel Rey.  The piano he used to play hasn’t been touched since the 12-year-old Calgary boy lost his battle with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, or DIPG.  “The voice, the shouting, the running around, the, ‘Do your homework first before …

WARNING: This article contains details of sexual extortion and may affect those who have experienced it or know someone affected by it. After a long and complicated nine-week trial, Carol Todd’s long wait for justice for her daughter, Amanda, is over. Dutch national Aydin Coban was convicted of extortion, child …

Hockey Canada has dropped a non-disclosure agreement with the complainant of a high-profile alleged group sexual assault in 2018 involving eight hockey players including some members of the world junior team, CBC News has learned.  The complainant’s lawyer Rob Talach says Hockey Canada approached his client on July 22 and asked if …

Kids like Summer Haynes, 9, Anthony Haynes, 6 and Skyler Mott, 11, are enjoying a summer of skateboarding, scootering, and biking at the new all-wheel park on Grand Manan. (Julia Wright /CBC) Avery Shewfelt, 7, just mastered the bunny hop: a scooter trick that involves lifting your body, and your scooter, …

Newfoundland and Labrador’s provincial forest fire duty officer is looking to the forecast for rain Tuesday, after a raging forest fire near Grand Falls-Windsor widened overnight by more than 50 per cent.  Jeff Motty said the size of the Paradise Lake fire, located in a forested area of central Newfoundland, is estimated …

People who attended the second day of the Kultureland music festival in Ajax, Ont., over the weekend can expect a refund soon, according to organizers.  The refund was announced following a number of issues on the festival’s second day that included a last-minute venue change and the cancellation of headliner Jhene Aiko’s set.  Mutsa …

Alberta’s EMS system is under considerable stress, and has been for some time. Similar problems are being felt across the country. And though various attempted fixes are being applied — like the $64 million allocated to EMS in this year’s provincial budget — the shortages are having real impacts now. Alberta is awaiting a …

Shelli Fryer has spent the past six weeks feeling worried, isolated and overwhelmed.  She was held hostage during a bank robbery in Saanich, B.C., on June 28. Since then, she’s struggled to find the emotional support needed to work through her trauma.  “It’s hard. I am not really recovering,” she …

Canada’s top soldier is declining to confirm media reports that Canadian military members are on the ground in Ukraine to train locals in fighting invading Russian forces. Gen. Wayne Eyre, Canada’s chief of the defence staff, appeared on Power & Politics on Monday following reports from Global News and the New York …