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Lab services, temporary outpatient clinic to open in Dauphin by end of next week
31 Jul 2026
A full month after the Dauphin Regional Hospital closed due to significant flood damage in the basement of the facility, a limited number of care services are expected to return to the western Manitoban town by the end of next week.
Parents of Calgary boy found dead after 2-week search release message
31 Jul 2026
The Calgary Police Service shared this audio from Parker's parents a day after their 11-year-old son was found dead. The message was recorded while the search for the autistic boy, who went missing Ju
'Blanket' forced treatment of involuntary psychiatric patients unconstitutional, B.C. court rules
31 Jul 2026
Provisions in British Columbia's involuntary care regime that allow forced psychiatric treatment, regardless of a person's capacity to make health care decisions, are unconstitutional, the B.C. Supreme Court has ruled.
Nadia Comăneci is back in Montreal to mark 50th anniversary of 1976 Olympics
31 Jul 2026
The Romanian became the first gymnast in Olympic history to score a perfect 10 during the Montreal Summer Games. Nadia Comăneci will be attending a commemorative event outside the city’s Olympic Stadium on Aug. 1.
Poilievre calls for reform to public alert system following disappearance, death of Calgary boy
31 Jul 2026
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling for reform to the national emergency alert system to better protect missing vulnerable children, after an 11-year-old Calgary boy with autism was found
Court hears final submissions at retrial in death of Behchokǫ, N.W.T., teen
31 Jul 2026
Lawyers have once again made their final submissions during a retrial of a man accused of killing a Behchokǫ, N.W.T., teenager in 2023.
3 Yellowknife power outages in 3 days caused by separate events at same unit, NTPC says
31 Jul 2026
The Northwest Territories Power Corporation said that blackouts affecting the territory's capital and surrounding communities stemmed from issues at the same hydro unit.
Summerside's new health hub will improve people's access to care, says Health P.E.I.
31 Jul 2026
The Summerside Community Health Centre officially opened Thursday, bringing several services for people in Prince County under the same roof.
Western Hospital's emergency department will be closed Friday due to staffing shortage
31 Jul 2026
Health P.E.I. says the emergency department at Alberton's Western Hospital will be closed Friday, it's fourth closure since last Thursday.
These sailing teams are racing 325 nautical miles around the Island
31 Jul 2026
More than a dozen sailing crews are circumnavigating P.E.I. this week. It’s the 10th running of the Around the Island Race, which kicked off Thursday in Charlottetown. CBC’s Connor Lamont was there for the start of it.
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