Emergency rooms are over capacity. Major surgeries are being delayed or cancelled. Allegations of shady government dealings are being investigated (or are they?). Health care in Alberta is an absolute mess.

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1:13:00 | Canada will square off against the Americans for 4 Nations Face-Off supremacy in a couple days. We recap a WILD showdown between the two countries over the weekend, and fantastic turnout for a PWHL game in Edmonton.

1:35:25 | Crazy scene at Toronto Pearson, as a flight arriving from Minneapolis crashed in flames sending 20+ people to hospital. It's the fourth aviation disaster in the past few weeks. What's going on?

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