Unpublished Newswire
Ottawa is on track to become the latest community in Ontario to make physician recruitment a priority. Health care is mainly a provincial responsibility, so why are so many municipalities — large and small — getting into the doctor recruitment business? Read More
October 16, 2025 - 04:00 | Elizabeth Payne | Ottawa Citizen
The City of Ottawa paid out more than $6 million in personal-injury and property-damage claims in the first six months of 2025, according to a report from its legal department. Read More
October 16, 2025 - 04:00 | Joanne Laucius | Ottawa Citizen
OTTAWA — NDP leadership candidate Avi Lewis is promising to lower grocery bills across the country by bringing in a national “public option” to compete with corporate supermarket chains, but economists say this could be a hard row to hoe for a meagre yield.
“I think it would be profoundly expensive, and very difficult to make succeed, for a relatively marginal benefit for Canadians,” said Mike von Massow, a professor of food, agriculture and resource economics at the University of Guelph.
“If you wanted to provide food support for low-income or underserved Canadians, (there are)...
October 16, 2025 - 04:00 | Rahim Mohamed | National Post
International student enrolment is down sharply at universities in Atlantic Canada this year as the federal government’s cap on the number of study permits it will process takes a toll on the postsecondary sector.International enrolment is down nearly 28 per cent at universities in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland, according to a preliminary survey of enrolment released Wednesday by the Association of Atlantic Universities.
October 15, 2025 - 22:43 | Joe Friesen | The Globe and Mail
When Ryan Schaap first started going to Seattle Mariners games in the early 2010s, it was to see the visiting teams. The Vancouver resident didn’t care much for baseball but enjoyed the trips across the border with friends and coworkers, and figured he would assess the road teams for a favourite. “But in my experiences going to the stadium and seeing the Mariners, who were not good at all, I developed an affinity for them,” said Schaap, a communications specialist. “The fan base, and the experience, really reminded me of Vancouver Canucks fans and their history with tragedy, sorrow and...
October 15, 2025 - 22:11 | Andrea Woo | The Globe and Mail
B.C. Health Minister Josie Osborne is seeking to assure patients that obstetrical services will still be available after all seven specialists at a Kamloops hospital tendered their resignation in protest of what they called unsafe working conditions. Ms. Osborne said the seven obstetrician-gynecologists at Royal Inland Hospital are working with the local health authority, Interior Health, on a 90-day transition plan, after which there is expected to be a phased withdrawal of the OB/GYNs’ services. In the short-term, the province is hoping to expedite the hiring of shortlisted OB/GYN...
October 15, 2025 - 22:00 | Andrea Woo | The Globe and Mail
