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Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. U.S. stocks are falling as Wall Street stumbles toward the finish of a fifth straight losing …
Read More »Plane crash investigators held up by airport delays as partial U.S. shutdown continues
Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Specialists investigating the Air Canada plane crash at LaGuardia that killed two pilots were held up …
Read More »Delays in gynecological surgeries putting women’s health — and lives — at risk, doctors warn
White Coat Black Art26:32Testicles outrank ovaries—and other reasons women wait so long for gynecologic surgery Ottawa family physician Dr. Nili Kaplan-Myrth faced a long wait for surgery after post-menopausal bleeding, and has seen her patients endure the same. Dr. Nick Leyland, president-elect of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of …
Read More »Flight cancellations and delays in U.S. continue to worsen amid government shutdown
Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. The pain Americans are facing at airports across the U.S. is expected to get worse this week if Congress is unable to reach a deal to reopen …
Read More »Staff shortages leading to heart surgery delays and deaths, say Quebec cardiologists, surgeons
Cardiologists and heart surgeons in Quebec are warning about a shortage of staff, particularly perfusionists, saying the lack of workers who help keep patients alive during heart surgeries is contributing to delays and even deaths. “Eighty people have died in the last year, year and a half, waiting for their …
Read More »Passengers warned of delays at Toronto’s Pearson airport after another CBSA inspection kiosk outage
Travellers in Toronto and at other Canadian airports are being warned of long wait times after an outage of the Canada Border Services Agency’s (CBSA) inspection kiosks. It’s the second kiosk outage this week after airports across the country, from Vancouver to Montreal, saw hours-long delays on Sunday. “We are working with partners …
Read More »Chinese students take Ottawa to court over study permit delays
Dozens of Chinese graduate students are accusing Ottawa of discrimination because their study permit applications have been left in limbo for months, preventing them from beginning their advanced degrees at Canadian universities. “It’s already [done] very serious damage to my life,” Yixin Cheng, a 27-year-old would-be PhD student in computer …
Read More »SpaceX delays flight to replace NASA’s stuck astronauts after hydraulics problem
NASA and SpaceX on Wednesday delayed the launch of a replacement crew of four astronauts to the International Space Station that would have set in motion the long-awaited homecoming of U.S. astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams. NASA had been set to launch a SpaceX rocket from Florida carrying a …
Read More »Sudanese Canadians decry delays in bringing their family members to safety
This story is part of Welcome to Canada, a CBC News series about immigration told through the eyes of the people who have experienced it. For more than a year and a half, Ismail Adam, 61, of Mississauga, Ont., has been seized with dread every time he receives a phone call. …
Read More »3 northern Manitoba sex crime cases tossed due to delays in 2024
WARNING: This article may affect those who have experienced sexual violence or who know someone affected by it. Three criminal cases were thrown out of Manitoba’s courts in 2024 due to excessive delays — and each one involved men accused of sex crimes in the northern part of the province. …
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