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Toronto - A combination of doctor retirements and scaled-back office hours will leave Canadians facing an "alarming" reduction in access to health care, according to a new survey from three of the country's largest medical organizations. As many as 60 per cent of family physicians are currently limiting the number of new patients or refusing to take on new patients, suggests the survey. There's also a longer wait to see specialists, as 30 per cent of them say it takes more than three months for them to see a non-urgent referral patient. Ottawa - More offenders are serving conditional sentences in the community on average than those serving a sentence in a provincial or territorial jail, according to Statistics Canada. The decrease in the number of offenders behind bars is due in part to the introduction of conditional sentences in 1996, according to the study. More than 156,000 adults were under correctional service supervision in some capacity on an average day. This includes jail, probation, conditional sentences and parole. The number is virtually unchanged from the previous year. Ottawa - Canada's reputation as an environmental leader is slipping. A report released by environment commissioner Johanne Gelinas says salmon stocks are dwindling, oil is polluting the coasts and air quality is deteriorating ? and all the while the government is failing to lead. On the positive side, the report finds that Canada is meeting its target to reduce ozone-depleting substances.
