Unpublished Newswire
August 7, 2026 - 07:00 | Eric Andrew-Gee | The Globe and Mail
August 7, 2026 - 06:58 | Kyle Duggan | The Globe and Mail
Many Canadians have not-so-fond memories of their hospital experiences, suggests a new study that found nearly half of online hospital reviews analyzed involved negative feedback. A random sample of 1,000 Google review comments involving Canadian acute care hospitals from 2017 to 2022 found people were more likely to leave negative (47.9 per cent) than mixed (19.8 per cent) or positive (32.3 per cent) reviews. Feedback ranged from “the most frustrating experience in my life” to “great care and attentive physicians and staff.” Senior author Dr. Dhruv Nayyar cautioned it’s not a fully...
August 7, 2026 - 06:30 | Sharon Kirkey | National Post
Good morning. Alberta has taken action against a trucking company connected to a deadly crash in Manitoba. More on that below, along with an interactive rental ranking and energy sector dreaming.
August 7, 2026 - 06:20 | Sierra Bein | The Globe and Mail
A tent should legally be considered a form of accommodation, according to the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal, in a decision that could set a precedent for income assistance granted to unhoused individuals in the province. The appellant, Jacqueline Lowe, was acting as representative of the estate of Bradley Lowe, a homeless man who died of an overdose in downtown Halifax in Dec. 2023. Two months before he died, Lowe, who had been initially approved to receive $380 per month in income assistance, applied for the enhanced rate of $974 per month. However, the request was denied because the...
August 7, 2026 - 06:00 | National Post Staff | National Post
An Ontario man found not criminally responsible twice — once for murdering his step-grandfather and the second time for threatening to kill his father — must now only report to the hospital “not less than once every three months” even though his psychiatrist is concerned about his cannabis consumption. During a recent Ontario Review Board (ORB) hearing, Andrew Brazier’s reporting regimen under his conditional discharge was ratcheted down from once every two months to quarterly check-ins. He’s been diagnosed with “schizophrenia and substance use disorder-cannabis (in remission)” and the...
August 7, 2026 - 06:00 | Chris Lambie | National Post
