Unpublished Newswire
Striking new data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) shows hospitalization rates for vaccine-preventable respiratory diseases more than doubled in 2024, compared to pre-pandemic levels, all while vaccination rates are backsliding.
April 16, 2026 - 04:00 | | CBC News - Canada
Hospital admission rates for vaccine-preventable respiratory diseases more than doubled in 2024-2025 compared with prepandemic levels, and COVID-19 was a major driver, according to a new report by the Canadian Institute for Health Information.
April 16, 2026 - 04:00 | Kristy Kirkup | The Globe and Mail
The head of the Assembly of First Nations is rejecting the RCMP's recent statement of regret for a secret surveillance program that targeted hundreds of Indigenous people. Such statements are "not a sufficient response," Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak says in a letter to the prime minister.
April 16, 2026 - 04:00 | | CBC News - Ottawa
U.S. court documents reviewed by CBC News provide a rare glimpse into a cross-border pipeline for crime guns. A former trucker from Florida has been sentenced to more than four years in prison after smuggling handguns into Canada that were later recovered at 10 crime scenes in Ontario and Quebec.
April 16, 2026 - 04:00 | | CBC News - Canada
While war in the Middle East stretches past the six-week mark and fuel prices have more than doubled, costs are starting to be passed onto consumers. One industry seeing the swift impacts of this is about to hit peak season: air travel.
April 16, 2026 - 04:00 | | CBC News - Canada
The global shortage of helium caused by the conflict in the Middle East and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz is providing a boost to Canada’s nascent helium industry.
April 16, 2026 - 04:00 | | CBC News - Canada
