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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s day of whistle stops in the Ottawa area ended early today as anti-Liberal protesters gathered outside a brewery before he arrived. Following uneventful stops in Gatineau Park in Quebec and two Ottawa suburbs earlier in the day, Trudeau was on his way to the Brasserie Étienne …
Read More »Doctor’s cancelled flight to Magdalen Islands leaves 57 patients waiting months for care
Nearly 60 patients suffering from chronic pain on Quebec’s Magdalen Islands will have to wait two more months to receive specialized care after an Air Canada flight carrying a Montreal doctor was cancelled. Dr. David Landry, a radiologist at Montreal’s Notre-Dame Hospital, was due to spend a week providing specialized …
Read More »Canada-bound Afghans left in the dark after two charter flights from Islamabad are cancelled
Two charter flights scheduled to leave Islamabad for Canada carrying Afghan refugees failed to depart Pakistan this week, CBC News has learned. “That was quite disappointing; to find out that the flight was cancelled,” said Jameel Haqmall, a former Canadian NGO employee who fled Afghanistan in May with his family after …
Read More »Manitoba Marathon head says communication came up short after race cancelled
The head of the Manitoba Marathon doesn’t regret starting a race her team soon cancelled because of the unforgiving temperatures, but she admits race officials could have done a better job communicating the closure. Once the race was officially called off roughly 75 minutes after it began on Sunday, Rachel Munday, the …
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