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Publication Date: March 13, 2026 - 04:00
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Canada's hospital emergency rooms have hit a breaking point. Is it the new normal?
March 13, 2026
Hospital emergency rooms are overflowing, resulting in patients being treated in storage rooms and hallways as they wait days for a bed. Doctors say it's happening against a backdrop of behind-the-scenes backlogs, access issues and an aging population that are all impacting the flow of patients through the health-care system.
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Municipalities across Ontario say they can no longer foot the bill for provincial programming like social services and health care, saying they face an “unsustainable” funding shortfall of billions of dollars annually.
April 6, 2026 - 05:00 | | CBC News - Ottawa
OTTAWA — Some RCMP body cameras in Alberta and B.C. aren’t just recording people anymore, they’re writing about them too. For months, the police force has been testing a new technology where artificial intelligence writes a draft report based on body camera audio of an interaction.
In July, the RCMP launched a year-long pilot project in eight B.C. and two Alberta detachments where audio from officers’ body cameras is uploaded into an AI transcription service to automatically generate a draft incident report. The force budgeted up to $200,000 for the test.
The AI software is Draft...
April 6, 2026 - 04:00 | Christopher Nardi | National Post
Questions from Global News to the premier's office asking for a full list of different campaigns and how much they are budgeted for have gone unanswered.
April 6, 2026 - 04:00 | Isaac Callan | Global News - Ottawa
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