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Wednesday, July 2, 2025 5:00 AM Canada set up a $50M vaccine injury program. Those harmed say it's failing them.       A Global News investigation uncovered allegations that Canada's vaccine injury program has failed to fully deliver on its promise of 'fair and timely' access to financial support.

Wednesday, July 2, 2025 5:00 AM Vaccine injury programs elsewhere also face challenges, criticism       Some Britons have also criticized their program as too slow to assess injury cases, while setting thresholds too high to qualify, and payouts made too low for those who get them.

Wednesday, July 2, 2025 5:00 AM Oxaro statement: Consulting firm 'continues to adapt' approach to VISP       Global News submitted a 15-page letter of questions to Oxaro, which offered partial responses. Here is a collated version of them.

Wednesday, July 2, 2025 5:00 AM Public Health Agency of Canada reviewing 'the VISP experience,' including users' concerns       PHAC is actively reviewing VISP concerns raised by claimants and beneficiaries and is studying similar programs abroad to learn best practices.

Wednesday, July 2, 2025 5:00 AM How an Ontario tech company is looking to track the spread of dangerous diseases       With a worldwide pandemic, and now measles outbreaks, a new Ontario company is trying to make it easier for people to understand how diseases are spreading in their community.

CityNews Toronto Wednesday, July 2, 2025 5:54 AM Sweltering weekend: Humidex to reach 38 in Toronto by Sunday       After a hot and humid June, Toronto is in for another surge in temperatures this weekend, with a risk of thunderstorms in the forecast. Wednesday morning temperatures are set to reach the mid-20s and will continue to rise. Daytime temperatures will reach 30°C by the afternoon, though it will feel more like 34, there is […]

CityNews Toronto Wednesday, July 2, 2025 5:11 AM Person killed on shoulder of Highway 401 in eastern Ontario: OPP       Ontario Provincial Police in Leeds County are investigating a fatal collision that happened early Tuesday morning on Highway 401 between Mallorytown and Landsdowne.  Police say they received reports at approximately 5:30 a.m. that a person who had exited their car was struck and killed by a moving vehicle while on the shoulder of the road […]

CityNews Toronto Wednesday, July 2, 2025 4:06 AM Hamas says it's ready for a ceasefire but wants a complete end to the war in Gaza       CAIRO (AP) — Hamas suggested Wednesday that it was open to a ceasefire agreement with Israel, but stopped short of accepting a U.S.-backed proposal announced by U.S. President Donald Trump hours earlier, insisting on its longstanding position that any deal bring an end to the war in Gaza. Trump said Tuesday that Israel had agreed […]

CityNews Toronto Wednesday, July 2, 2025 4:00 AM Hundreds of wildfires continue to burn different parts of Canada,       Wildfires are currently raging in several provinces across Canada. The BC Wildfire Service reports that crews are battling more than 70 wildfires in British Columbia, with one particularly intense wildfire near the community of Lytton, having led to a local state of emergency and several evacuation orders. In Yukon, the territorial government has lifted an […]

CityNews Toronto Tuesday, July 1, 2025 10:41 PM Snake on a plane delays a flight in Australia       MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An Australian domestic flight was delayed for two hours after a stowaway snake was found in the plane's cargo hold, officials said on Wednesday. The snake was found on Tuesday as passengers were boarding Virgin Australia Flight VA337 at Melbourne Airport bound for Brisbane, according to snake catcher Mark Pelley. The […]

Ottawa Citizen Wednesday, July 2, 2025 4:00 AM 'We believed in her': An 11-month fight to hire one public servant       A senior federal executive spent nearly a year trying to hire a qualified candidate only to see essential supports disappear after a health plan transfer.

Ottawa Citizen Wednesday, July 2, 2025 4:00 AM Gearey: The public service needs honest discussion about the real world       As engaging as the recent APEX leadership conference was, there was little discussion of the external forces reshaping the work of the federal public service.

Ottawa Citizen Wednesday, July 2, 2025 4:00 AM Leloup and Bury: Don't let Ontario set fire to its own recycling plan       The province is loosening the rules that aime to make companies limit the environmental impacts of their product packaging. It's a step backwards.

Ottawa Citizen Wednesday, July 2, 2025 4:00 AM Why new Canadian ranger rifles are bleeding red dye       DND officials say it will be up to taxpayers to cover the estimated $10-million cost to fix them since warranty doesn't cover the problem.

Ottawa Citizen Wednesday, July 2, 2025 12:01 AM Bluesfest partners with CHEO for a night of fundraising       The Ottawa children's hospital will be the only charitable organization with a presence on site throughout the nine-day festival.

Ottawa Citizen Wednesday, July 2, 2025 12:01 AM Canada faces crisis in communicable disease, can no longer rely on U.S. for data: CMAJ       Canada once relied on work done in the U.S. to help track infectious diseases. Then America gutted its public health institutions.

Ottawa Sun Wednesday, July 2, 2025 4:00 AM YOU SAID IT: Never-ending persecution       Wednesday, July 2: Here are today's Ottawa Sun letters to the editor.

Canada's National Observer Wednesday, July 2, 2025 5:09 AM On Carney's agenda, climate is nowhere and everywhere       The new prime minister doesn't lecture on climate like the old one. Does that mean he's forgotten about the climate crisis?

Canada's National Observer Wednesday, July 2, 2025 5:09 AM Firefighting foams contain toxic PFAS. Could soybeans be the answer?        The surprising "win-win" for farmers and fire departments.

Canada's National Observer Wednesday, July 2, 2025 5:09 AM Millions in 'unfair' legal fees part of a broader problem in First Nations law       A law firm has been ordered to reimburse 'unfair' fees to First Nations they targeted with exploitative billing practices. Some legal experts say the issue is more common and causes more harm among First Nations than with the general population.

Canada's National Observer Wednesday, July 2, 2025 5:09 AM Nain microgrid project lays the foundation for Labrador to get off diesel       This month, the Newfoundland and Labrador government put forward $3 million for the microgrid project, a much-needed boost that will help the project reach completion.

Canada's National Observer Wednesday, July 2, 2025 5:09 AM Wildfires spark demand for Indigenous fire stewardship       A year after helping protect their community during the massive Fort Good Hope wildfire, Indigenous Guardians call for year-round fire stewardship rooted in sovereignty.

Canada's National Observer Wednesday, July 2, 2025 4:45 AM Bill C-5 is not just bad policy, it's a constitutional mess       Under Prime Minister Mark Carney's plan to speed up development in the country's "national interest", projects will get the green light before they are reviewed.