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Work continues to reopen ICU at Summerside hospital, says health minister
Health P.E.I. continues to recruit and hire doctors and other staff at Prince County Hospital in Summerside, but the situation remains challenging, the province's health minister said Thursday.There is locum coverage confirmed for the summer months at the hospital, said Mark McLane, and one new internist has been signed and will begin working in July. McLane said the hospital would need six internists in order to reopen the intensive-care unit, or ICU, which has been closed since May 2023. The h
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VideoTrudeau, Singh attack Tories' over anti-union record
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh separately addressed a room full of union leaders, attacking the Conservatives and depicting themselves as champions of the working class. Trudeau says Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s populist reach out to workers won’t change his record, while Singh accuses Poilievre of lying to blue-collar Canadians. (April 18, 2024)
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VideoNewsroom Ready: Trudeau, Singh attack Tories' over anti-union record
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh separately addressed a room full of union leaders, attacking the Conservatives and depicting themselves as champions of the working class. Trudeau says Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s populist reach out to workers won’t change his record, while Singh accuses Poilievre of lying to blue-collar Canadians. (April 18, 2024)
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VideoTrump speaks outside courtroom after 12 jurors are seated in hush money case
A jury of 12 people was seated Thursday in former President Donald Trump’s history-making hush money trial. (AP Production: Javier Arciga)
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Labour leader urges unions to expose Poilievre's working-class overtures as 'fraud'
OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is a "fraud" for portraying himself as a friend of the working class, the head of the country's largest labour organization said Thursday, urging unions to do everything they can to expose him before the next federal election. Canadian Labour Congress President Bea Bruske delivered her call to arms as union leaders gathered in Ottawa to plot strategy ahead of the vote, which must happen before October 2025. "We must do everything in our power to expo
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Alberta snow makes its way into Quebec; here's how much is ahead
Winter's not done with Quebec just yet
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Advocates say making First Nations accessible will cost more than AFN estimates
Cathy Rice knows first hand about how inaccessible First Nations infrastructure can be."I live in a wheelchair. There's a certain perspective I have," said Rice, who is from Kahnawà:ke, south of Montreal, and is a board member of Connecting Horizons, a support group for individuals with disabilities, their families, and caregivers."Places where [they say] 'Yes, we're accessible,' and they're not ... or you can get in, but I can't use the washroom. Or it's got a wide door but I can't pull it open
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