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Canada’s sinking health care system needs more than timid changes to stay afloat
André Picard
canada
Nearly 4,500 Canadian Armed Forces members, families waiting for military housing
Royal Canadian Navy crew line up during a ceremony for the HMCS Regina at CFB Esquimalt in Esquimalt, B.C., Friday April 29, 2016. New figures from the Department of National Defence show thousands of Canadian Armed Forces members and their families across the country are waiting for military housing.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
world
South Korea, U.S. and Japan hold anti-North Korean submarine drills
FILE - U.S. aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, top right, participates with other U.S. and South Korean navy ships during the joint naval exercises between the United States and South Korea in waters off South Korea's eastern coast in South Korea, on Sept. 29, 2022. South Korea, U.S. and Japanese warships launched their first anti-submarine drills in five years on Friday, Sept. 30, after North renewed ballistic missile tests this week in an apparent response to bilateral training by South Korean and U.S. forces.(South Korea Navy/Yonhap via AP, File)
alberta
Calgary man charged with fraud for offering fake firearms training out of his home
Police vehicles are seen at Calgary Police Service headquarters on April 9, 2020. A man has been charged after Calgary police allege he was running a fake firearms training course out of his home. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
canada
Western University students complete training on sexual violence prevention as condition of acceptance
Students walk at the Western University campus in London, Ont. on Wednesday, September 15, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nicole Osborne
world
US, S. Korea begin biggest military drills in years amid North Korean threats
FILE - In this photo provided by South Korea Defense Ministry, a missile is fired during a joint training between U.S. and South Korea at an undisclosed location in South Korea, on May 25, 2022. The United States and South Korea will begin their biggest combined military training in years, starting Aug. 22, in the face of an increasingly aggressive North Korea, which has been ramping up weapons tests and threats of nuclear conflict against Seoul and Washington, the South’s military said Tuesday, Aug. 16. (South Korea Defense Ministry via AP, File)
canada
Ottawa should offer Indigenous-language training, exemptions to public servants, memo says
A woman glances up at Governor General Mary Simon after taking a photo together following a community gathering Tuesday, May 10, 2022 in Kangiqsualujjuaq, Que. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
politics
Up to 225 Canadian soldiers heading to U.K. to train Ukrainian soldiers
Op UNIFIER officer delivers tactical medicine training in Stare, Ukraine 18 Jan 2022
sports
Canada’s Mac Neil, Turbide capture swimming gold at Commonwealth Games
Canada's Hannah Kaminski, from Calgary, lifts her way to a bronze medal in the women's 49 kg weightlifting event at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England on Saturday, July 30, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
opinion
Canada keeps making labour market mistakes by missing recession-era opportunities
Steven Tobin and Parisa Mahboubi
opinion
When it comes to scouting, Canadian political parties could learn from the NHL draft
Preston Manning
canada
More than 100 health-care professionals challenge federal government’s rejection of psilocybin access
Doctor's desk, stethoscop on pc
canada
Cities across Canada dealing with lifeguard shortages, struggling to keep pools, beaches open
Lifeguards work at Brittany Beach of the Ottawa River in Ottawa on Friday, June 24, 2022. Municipalities across Canada are grappling with lifeguard shortages as city pools and beaches open for the summer. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
driving concerns
Should professional drivers pay less for their personal car insurance?
Auto accident involving two cars on a city street
canada
High school students across Canada to be trained on how to administer naloxone
An organizer displays a naloxone kit that people can pick up for free at Centennial Square in Victoria, B.C., on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
politics
International Trade Minister Mary Ng under ethics investigation over contract to firm co-founded by Liberal strategist
Minister of Economic Development, Minister of International Trade and Minister of Small Business and Export Promotion Mary Ng rises during Question Period, Thursday, March 24, 2022 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
world
Colombia to train Ukrainian military on landmine removal
*** BESTPIX *** A member of a bomb disposal squad looks at smoke in a mine field near Brovary, northeast of Kyiv, on April 14, 2022, amid Russia's military invasion launched on Ukraine. - Russia called off its northern offensive to take Kyiv at the end of March, and since then Ukrainian citizens and soldiers have returned to the land they occupied. In recent weeks AFP has seen countless unexploded munitions lying in the streets of towns and villages north-east and north-west of the capital, abandoned or mislaid in the hasty withdrawal. (Photo by FADEL SENNA / AFP) (Photo by FADEL SENNA/AFP via Getty Images)
road sage
I’ve had an epiphany. I love driving, even if it is destroying the planet. Bring on the vitriol
Andrew Clark
politics
Ontario’s de-streaming of high school courses was rushed and piecemeal, report says
A Toronto District School Board sign is shown in front of a high school in Toronto on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018. Ontario will eliminate the practice of academic streaming for students entering high school across all courses next September. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
politics
Keira’s Law, requiring judicial training on domestic violence, passes second stage in House
People carry the casket at the funeral for four-year-old Keira Kagan in Toronto on Thursday, February 13, 2020. Kagan's body was found alongside her father's at the bottom of an escarpment west of Toronto. Judges will have to undergo regular training on domestic violence and coercive control if a bill known as Keira's Law passes through Parliament. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette