The Ontario NDP is demanding urgent changes to hospital funding after the Investigative Journalism Bureau reported hospital operating budgets were in deficit to the tune of more than half a billion dollars in the last fiscal year. A 2025 spending review from the province’s Fiscal Accountability Office concluded the government’s proposed hospital funding would not be sufficient to maintain the current level of hospital services without further investments or new efficiencies. Health care is Ontario’s biggest cost item: about 40 per cent of the provincial operating budget, or approximately $90 billion. The Progressive Conservative government has not responded to questions about hospital borrowing from the IJB. The NDP wants changes to funding for the hospital sector, including addressing the effects of hospital deficits on staffing and patient care, and the need for longer-term planning.

How to create a memorable Olympic opening ceremonyNewsDuration 6:53It will soon be all eyes on the 2026 Milano-Cortina Olympics Opening Ceremony, but pulling off a memorable show for the entire world is no small feat. And while many details are still top secret, CBC News chief correspondent Adrienne Arsenault got a chance to ask the creative team about their vision for the show.

The federal government is reviving proposed legislation that would allow digital health information to be shared safely across electronic systems, giving both patients and providers access to more comprehensive medical records. If passed, the legislation would establish standards that companies developing electronic medical records must follow, allowing data to be shareable between health-care providers and across provinces and territories. The legislation would also prohibit health information companies from imposing unnecessary restrictions on information access or sharing, while still ensuring patient privacy regulations are followed. WATCH | Hiccups for electronic medical records: Rollout of N.S. patient records system met with frustration | Duration 2:21 The One Person One Record program is intended to replace paper medical records with an electronic system and lead to better co-ordination.

Auburn, IN (46706)TodaySnow this morning will taper off and give way to cloudy skies this afternoon. Winds WNW at 15 to 25 mph. Higher wind gusts possible..TonightA few clouds. Winds NNW at 15 to 25 mph. Higher wind gusts possible.

Follow Winter Olympic Sports Personalize Your Feed add HockeyCanada's three-time Olympic bronze-medal snowboarder Mark McMorris crashed Wednesday night during big air training for the Milano-Cortina Games and had to be taken off the course on a stretcher. "Snowboarder Mark McMorris had a heavy crash this evening during big air training. In big air, riders do four, five or more spins after taking off from a ramp that in Livigno is more than 50 metres tall and built on scaffolding. McMorris won all of his Olympic medals and eight of his 12 X Games titles in slopestyle; the other four X gold medals came in big air, which was added to the Olympic program in 2018. Last month, he told the AP that he was in good health heading into the first Olympics in his 30s.

#TheMoment Egyptian mummies got a CT scanNewsDuration 1:37Dr. Summer Decker, the 3D imaging director with Keck Medicine at the University of Southern California, tells The National about the moment she gave a CT scan to two Egyptian mummies.

The changing landscape of immigration in CanadaNewsDuration 3:59Canada has shifted its approach to immigration, with fewer international students and fewer permanent residency targets. Rupa Banerjee is the Canada Research Chair in economic inclusion, employment and entrepreneurship of Canada’s immigrants at Toronto Metropolitan University. She joined Saskatoon Morning to talk about the evolution of immigration in Canada.

Who is Doly Begum? What has Doly Begum said about the Israel-Hamas war? Inside the Ontario legislature at Queen’s Park about two months later, Begum once again levelled accusations at the federal government. What are people saying about Doly Begum running for the Liberals? Fred Hahn is heading back to help Doly Begum again,” reads a post from CUPE Ontario.

Snow showers developing in the afternoon. Winds SSW at 5 to 10 mph. Snow accumulations less than one inch..TonightCloudy with light snow developing after midnight. Winds SW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of snow 60%.

The federal government plans to get rid of two key offices combatting religious discrimination, merging them into a single Advisory Council on Rights, Equality and Inclusion. The Offices of the Special Representative on Combatting Islamophobia and the Special Envoy on Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combatting Antisemitism will both be abolished. WATCH | Minister says move isn't about cutting costs: Replacing offices combatting Islamophobia, antisemitism 'the next step' to new advisory council: Miller | Duration 1:38 Prime Minister Mark Carney's government is set to replace special envoy positions on combating Islamophobia and antisemitism, both created by former prime minister Justin Trudeau, with a new Advisory Council on Rights, Equity and Inclusion. The NCCM also said it is concerned by the dissolution of the Office on Combatting Antisemitism. In a statement Wednesday, the department said "the composition of the advisory council will be announced at a later date."

When Pat and Doug Bell first announced plans to open a winery in Prince George — a winter city nearly 500 kilometres north of the Okanagan Valley, the heart of B.C. But a decade later, the Bells have a raised a glass to their one millionth bottle, a major milestone they marked with a small ceremony on the banks of the Nechako River where they've been operating the Northern Lights Estate Winery for the past decade. Northern Lights Estate Winery focuses on making wines using fruits grown in and around Prince George and B.C. But Doug Bell says as much as he appreciates the recognition, his focus remains on providing a place and product for people in the city to gather and celebrate special events around. That's Prince George's winery, [and] put Prince George and northern B.C.

After nearly a decade, the Rohingya community may see justiceNewsDuration 3:24A “clearance operation” carried out by the Myanmar military in 2017 saw the deaths of about 10,000 Rohingya people, and the displacement of more than 700,000. As Maddie Ryan reports, members of the community watched closely in the wake of landmark genocide hearings at the International Court of Justice last month.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Thursday he was scrapping the controversial electric vehicle mandate implemented by his Liberal predecessor, replacing it with more stringent tailpipe regulations and introducing a new purchase incentive for electric vehicles priced under $50,000. Most auto manufacturers and industry representatives as well Ontario Premier Doug Ford have called for the elimination of the Justin Trudeau-era policy, arguing it was an unrealistic timeline. It comes after Carney announced back in September that he would pause the policy, which was set to take effect for the 2026 model year, with his government consulting with industry. On top of that, Carney announced his government would partially resume popular EV purchase incentives that expired after the original federal program ran out of money in 2024. Carney said on Thursday the goal was for roughly half of those 49,000 Chinese-made electric vehicles to be priced at $35,000 or less.

So are the Fed cuts Trump has so loudly demanded likely in 2026? “Typically, anything that’s good for the U.S. economy is generally good for the Canadian economy,” said Michael Davenport, senior economist at Toronto-based Oxford Economics. None of the experts I spoke with expect the Fed to make deep rate cuts anytime soon. So if only modest cuts are possible, could they move the needle for the U.S. and, in turn, the Canadian economies? Overall economic growth is not expected to be impacted much by Fed cuts.

NASA prepares for a historic journey to the MoonNewsDuration 1:26NASA is preparing for the first manned flight around the Moon in more than 50 years, which could include Canada’s first astronaut to travel that far. The Artemis II mission has been delayed to March. Orbax, a science communicator from the Department of Physics at the University of Guelph, explains the significance of the mission.