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CHARLOTTETOWN — Ottawa has to step up its share of Canadian health-care funding, several Canadian premiers insisted on Wednesday. The premiers of P.E.I., New Brunswick and Manitoba said they want to see the federal government return to splitting health-care funding 50/50 with the provinces, a formula that stood until the 1970s when it was lowered in exchange for tax points and block funding. Today, the federal government’s share of funding is roughly 22 per cent through the Canadian Health Transfer. “Our health-care system… is a nation-building project,” said P.E.I. Premier Rob Lantz...
July 22, 2026 - 13:10 | Stewart Lewis | National Post
As part of its effort to limit false calls, boaters in distress are being advised to use VHF-FM channel 16 or 911 to call for help in a real emergency.
July 22, 2026 - 13:03 | Sean Previl | Global News - Canada
The police service said Tuesday that it had completed its investigation, concluding the two boys, age seven and 12, were killed by their father.
July 22, 2026 - 13:02 | Rachel Morgan | Global News - Ottawa
Some Indigenous leaders say they had a positive meeting with provincial and territorial leaders on the margins of this year's Council of the Federation gathering in Prince Edward Island, but issues remain with the list of invitees and Indigenous leaders' level of participation.
July 22, 2026 - 12:58 | | CBC News - Canada
Reigning champions Kerri Einarson and Matt Dunstone are among the six teams to pre-qualify for next season's national curling championships, Curling Canada announced Wednesday.
July 22, 2026 - 12:56 | | CBC News - Ottawa
Hate crimes in Canada fell last year for the first time since 2018, but Jewish Canadians remained one of the most-targeted groups. Police reported 4,708 hate crimes in 2025, down three per cent from 4,841 the year before, Statistics Canada said Wednesday. The decline follows six straight years of increases that more than doubled the national count between 2018 and 2024. Measured against population, the rate fell four per cent to 11 incidents per 100,000 people, still more than twice the 2018 rate. Hate crimes motivated by religion fell 18 per cent to 1,115 incidents. Of those, 788...
July 22, 2026 - 12:54 | Mason Kossak | National Post
