
When the consultation and surgery wait times are combined, the total waits for hip and knee replacements in Nova Scotia are longer than they were a decade ago. In 2015, Nova Scotians could expect a total median wait of 265 days for a hip replacement — in 2025, it was 292 days.
August 28, 2026 - 05:00 | Jenna Olsen | CBC News - Canada
Tammy Allarie remembers how confident she felt as a kid on the first day of school when she could blend into the crowd with a new backpack filled with pencils and notebooks. Read More
August 28, 2026 - 04:00 | Olivia Belovich | Ottawa Citizen
Capital Pride takes over downtown Ottawa this weekend, with thousands of people expected for the annual parade, street festival and other Pride events. Read More
August 28, 2026 - 04:00 | Michael McBean | Ottawa Citizen
Quebec is facing sharp criticism and calls to reform its French-language exemption process for students with disabilities following the removal of an autistic student from a local college.
August 28, 2026 - 04:00 | Gloria Henriquez | CBC News - Ottawa
It's unclear whether Trump can unilaterally rename the lake, whose name predates European colonization of the Americas and has been widely recognized internationally for centuries. But the renaming belies a concerted push by the Trump administration to hold back important U.S.-Canada collaboration on scientific research and restoration work in the Great Lakes.
August 28, 2026 - 04:00 | Inayat Singh | CBC News - Canada
A fixture on St. Catharines’, Ont., council for nearly five decades, Joseph Kushner has announced he will be retiring at the upcoming municipal election. A new edition of his biography recounts his life story.
August 28, 2026 - 04:00 | Diona Macalinga | CBC News - Canada

