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Publication Date: August 20, 2026 - 05:00
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Expecting Ontario moms are travelling hours for routine ultrasounds amid sonographer shortage
August 20, 2026
Some expecting parents in Ontario are struggling to schedule routine ultrasound appointments due to growing waitlists and a shortage of sonographers. There is a 20 per cent sonographer vacancy rate in the province, according to Sonography Canada.
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OTTAWA — U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said a Canadian minister did not deny it when asked if Canadian negotiators were trying to “blow up” trade negotiations last month. Lutnick, the brash Trump cabinet member who is a close advisor to U.S. President Donald Trump, made the claim during an interview on CNBC Wednesday morning when discussing the end of negotiations late Friday Aug. 21. “Friday at 4 o’clock, the Canadians call. They start adding crazy ideas to the mix. So, I said to one of the ministers, ‘are you actually trying to blow this up?’ And his answer to me was, ‘I’m...
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U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order to rename Lake Ontario “Lake America” on Aug. 27. City council in Rochester, N.Y., which is located on the south shore of Lake Ontario, signed a proclamation the next day to ignore the renaming.
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