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Montreal adults with urgent but not life-threatening problems can now see a Jewish General Hospital emergency doctor by video, weekdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
London votes Monday, Oct. 26, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. You must vote at your assigned location, ward boundaries have changed, and 12 people are running for mayor.
Middlesex-London recorded more than 650 opioid-related emergency visits from January to August, over 150 more than in all of 2025, the health unit says.
Candidates for mayor and council in the RM of Springfield, east of Winnipeg, say they oppose Sio Silica’s bid to drill into the area’s aquifer for sand. Manitobans vote Oct. 28.
Kitchener says 8,208 people voted in advance, 47 per cent more than in 2022. Polls in Kitchener and Waterloo open 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 26.
Hamilton says 34,996 ballots were cast in three weeks of advance voting, beating 2022. Polls open 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 26, at any location in your ward.
Sutcliffe would cut the monthly pass to $95, Saravanamuttoo wants $1 fares, Leiper backs modest fare hikes and refunds, and Lawson wants no new transit money yet.
An engineering report recommends taking down the cracking brick hose tower on Truro’s farmers’ market, a heritage fire hall built in 1899, by July 2027.
Ottawa voters choose a mayor, councillors and school trustees on Monday, Oct. 26. Polls are open 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. at your assigned voting place. Here is what to bring.
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Quebec City has added poison bait, daily garbage pickup and evening cleaning crews after video showed rats among people sleeping outside Église Saint-Roch.
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