
The number of Canadians diagnosed with or dying from cancer will remain at “high levels” in 2026, and while survival rates are improving for several cancers, worrying trends are emerging for others, according to a new report.
Overall, the projected estimates “underscore the substantial impact cancer will continue to pose in Canada” in 2026, researchers report in this week’s issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
Nearly half the population, 42 per cent of all people in Canada, is expected to be diagnosed with cancer at some point in their lives, the authors report.
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April 13, 2026 - 05:00 | Sharon Kirkey | National Post
Police raids of Indigenous-owned cannabis stores in Nova Scotia have been headline news. But that’s overshadowing other questions: whether band members even want cannabis stores, and if so, who should own and profit from them. That’s what band members are being asked on the Glooscap First Nation.
April 13, 2026 - 05:00 | | CBC News - Canada
The future of the newsprint mill in Corner Brook is about as murky as the slurry used to make paper. And all that uncertainty is also being felt by the saw milling sector.
April 13, 2026 - 04:30 | | CBC News - Canada
April 13, 2026 - 04:12 | | CBC News - Canada
OC Transpo is delaying the retirement of a number of older articulated 60-foot buses and opting to refurbish the buses instead as "standby" vehicles for severe weather or transit disruptions. Read More
April 13, 2026 - 04:00 | Aedan Helmer | Ottawa Citizen
Could you please advise what happens to an employee who may have gotten an opting letter following workforce adjustment notification and then the employee is off sick for a month or two? Read More
April 13, 2026 - 04:00 | Alex Robinson | Ottawa Citizen



