Critics say Quebec health-care bill will weaken public system
Some health-care workers protested on Wednesday, angry at the Quebec government's Bill-15, which will centralize the health-care system.
The bill was passed into law last week after Premier Francois Legault's government invoked closure.
Some critics say it will weaken the public health-care system.
Watch CTV News Montreal journalist Rob Lurie's report above.
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Toronto
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Parents of infant who died in wrong-way crash on Ontario's Hwy. 401 were in same vehicle
Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit has released new details about a wrong-way collision in Whitby on Monday night that claimed the lives of four people.
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Auston Matthews to miss second straight playoff game with Toronto Maple Leafs facing elimination
Auston Matthews will miss the Maple Leafs' must-win Game 6 against the Boston Bruins.
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OPP's mandatory alcohol screening during traffic stops 'not acceptable': CCLA
A spike in impaired driving-related collisions has caused Ontario’s provincial police to begin enforcing mandatory alcohol screening (MAS) at all traffic stops in the Greater Toronto Area -- a move one civil rights group says is ‘not acceptable.’
Ottawa
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Teenager critically injured after being stabbed during lunch-hour fight in Nepean
Ottawa paramedics say a teenage male was taken to hospital in critical condition following a stabbing that happened in Nepean Thursday.
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Former Ottawa city councillor Diane Deans in palliative care
Former Ottawa city councillor Diane Deans is in palliative care after a five-year battle with ovarian cancer, according to Gloucester-Southgate Coun. Jessica Bradley.
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Highrise fire leaving 2 children, woman in critical condition deemed suspicious
The Ottawa Police Arson Unit says the fire at an Overbrook apartment building that sent two children and a woman to hospital in critical condition Thursday morning has been deemed suspicious.
Atlantic
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Men in SUV approached children, offered candy: N.S. RCMP
The Nova Scotia RCMP is investigating a “suspicious incident” involving men allegedly approaching children in St. Croix on Tuesday.
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Airport, airline officials react to WestJet CEO’s comments about one major N.B. airport
Airport officials disagree with idea of one centralized airport in New Brunswick.
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N.B. plans to dissolve education council
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N.L.
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Newfoundland fisherman says police broke his leg during protest that delayed budget
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'I feel honoured to say I was his friend': Wayne Gretzky remembers Bob Cole
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Voice of 'Hockey Night in Canada' Bob Cole never considered moving out of St. John's
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Northern Ontario
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Triple murder or manslaughter? Sudbury jury deliberating fate of man responsible for fatal firebombing
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Northern Ont. police forced into the river to save intoxicated swimmer
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London
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Fatal crash involving off-road vehicle
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Witness testifies about being sexually assaulted by others as well as parents
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Railway Museum housing plan 'off track': Neighbours
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Kitchener
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New Hamburg, Ont. family can't get truck's faulty transmission fixed due to aftermarket attachment
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OPP starts mandatory alcohol screening on Waterloo Region highways
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Cambridge man may need to tear down retaining wall city made him build
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Windsor
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Trucker convicted of importing $29M in meth across Ambassador Bridge
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Sinkhole fixed on University Avenue
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'It’s unfortunate': Vandals cut wires to window washer aerial lift truck
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Barrie
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Barrie's photo radar cameras are moving to new locations: Here's where
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Man charged with attempted murder after assault allegations
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Family of man killed in Wasaga Beach crash breaks silence ahead of trial
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Vancouver
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Vancouver to consider loosening moratorium on gambling expansions
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B.C. First Nation urges boaters to stay away from recently freed orca calf
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Metro Vancouver police seize several kilos of drugs in raids connected to B.C. gang conflict
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Vancouver Island
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B.C. First Nation urges boaters to stay away from recently freed orca calf
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B.C. man convicted of fentanyl trafficking after judge rejects claim drugs belonged to a friend
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Metro Vancouver police seize several kilos of drugs in raids connected to B.C. gang conflict
Mounties are recommending charges against several people after officers seized more than 10 kilograms of suspected fentanyl, cocaine, methamphetamine and opioid pills during a series of raids in Metro Vancouver.
Winnipeg
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'System failures': Starbucks to close its doors amid recent violence in Osborne Village
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Manitoba looking to crack down on sex trafficking in hotels
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Jets enter off-season in disbelief, wanting more after early playoff exit
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Calgary
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Fire crews battle blaze in southwest Calgary duplex
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Fuel tanker and pickup collide on Highway 2 near Okotoks, injuring 2
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Calgary 'getting better' at talking about domestic abuse, but more work needed: advocate
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Edmonton
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Man 'running around with an axe' smashed Edmonton courthouse glass panes: EPS
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City crime rate drops 7.2% while violent crime severity rises 7.3%: annual police data
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Alberta spending $20M on women's health research while advocates call for women's health strategy
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Regina
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Indian Head RCMP respond to 'serious' collision on Highway 1
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Sask. harm reduction workers feeling the effects of 'recovery-based' strategy
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'Progressing the right way': Regina Airport back to pre-pandemic traveller numbers, annual report says
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Saskatoon
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'Absolutely necessary': Snow, rain easing concerns for Sask wildfire season, farmers
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An 18-year-old was stabbed on a Saskatoon bus, police say
Saskatoon police are investigating an assault on a city bus after an 18-year-old man was stabbed on Wednesday afternoon.
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'Healthy, happy calves': Cow gives birth to rare set of quadruplets in Saskatchewan
A Saskatchewan family won the bovine lottery after their cow gave birth to a rare set of quadruplets.
