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[published_date] A family from Langford, B.C., hoping to extend the life of their little girl, who has a rare disease, has been rejected again for coverage of medication that costs about $1 million a year.  Charleigh Pollock, 9, suffers from neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis type 2, also known as CLN2 or Batten disease, a rare and terminal genetic…

[published_date] Having friends can be expensive. Financial expert Shannon Lee Simmons shares her advice for people struggling to afford all those dinners, birthday parties and baby showers. Source link

[published_date] The federal government has started its comprehensive review of government spending, but what will it mean for Canada's public service, what balance will it have to strike and can the Liberals really cut so much? These are the questions facing Prime Minister Mark Carney as he embarks on one of the most ambitious public spending…

[published_date] Atlético Ottawa is currently the team to beat in Canadian soccer, sitting atop the nation's premier league (CPL) table with only one loss in 14 games. The Ottawa side is also riding a seven-game unbeaten streak across all competitions. Atlético's most recent win came in thrilling fashion on Tuesday when Samuel Salter, the club's leading striker, salvaged an underwhelming team…

[published_date] Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre says he lost his riding of Carleton in the federal election due to an "aggressive" campaign by public sector unions after he was honest about wanting to cut federal worker jobs. Poilievre had held the Ottawa riding of Carleton for two decades until the April 28 election, when he…

[published_date] A coroner's inquest was announced Friday into five deaths during an outbreak of blastomycosis in Constance Lake First Nation, just west of Hearst in northeastern Ontario.  The deaths occurred between Nov. 19, 2021, and Jan. 23, 2022. Constance Lake First Nation was in a state of emergency for over a year after people first started…

[published_date] Workers at an Amazon fulfilment centre in Delta, B.C., have been officially certified to unionize, after the B.C. Labour Relations Board found the company engaged in unfair labour practices that interfered with the unionization process. The union had applied to certify the facility for unionization last year, but the results of that vote were…

[published_date] Justin Bieber has finally returned with a new album, Swag — his first full-length record since 2021's Justice.  The 21-song project has a runtime of more than 51 minutes, and sees Bieber collaborate with artists including Gunna, Cash Cobain, Sexyy Red, and Mk.gee. Touching on themes spanning marriage, fame and fatherhood, Swag was released on Friday, less…

[published_date] The preliminary report from investigators probing the Air India crash that killed 260 people showed that seconds after takeoff, the plane's engine fuel control switches were switched off briefly, starving them of fuel. As a result, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner bound for London from the Indian city of Ahmedabad on June 12, immediately began to lose thrust and…

[published_date] Boeing reached a settlement on Friday with a Canadian man whose wife and three children were killed in a deadly 2019 plane crash in Ethiopia, averting the first trial connected to the devastating event that led to a worldwide grounding of Max jets. The jury trial at Chicago's federal court had been set to…

[published_date] Two girls have been arrested in a swarming attack on a Muslim woman in Oshawa, Ont., and police say there is no evidence so far to indicate hate was a factor. The victim had her hijab ripped off and was repeatedly kicked in the attack at a Pizza Pizza on July 2.  The girls,…

[published_date] Canadian sports fans are tearing into Sportsnet after they learned its streaming service will be hiking prices by double digits before the next hockey season.  Rogers Sports and Media announced in an email to customers Thursday that it will raise the annual price of its Sportsnet+ premium package by 30 per cent, from $249.99 to $324.99…