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Afternoon front page: The price of watching hockey soars; Ontario woman killed by rat bite fever; and more

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National Post. (2026, September 28). Afternoon front page: The price of watching hockey soars; Ontario woman killed by rat bite fever; and more. National Post. https://nationalpost.com/editors/afternoon-front-page-60

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Scott Stinson reports that watching the NHL this season is becoming more expensive, as traditional broadcast channels are being replaced by new paid streaming tiers requiring subscriptions to multiple services for full access. In medical news, doctors were baffled when a 48-year-old Ontario woman died from an aggressive infection that destroyed parts of her heart until they discovered it was rat bite fever. The Trump administration is considering imposing EU-style tariffs on Canada due to its closer economic ties with Europe, although legal experts doubt this approach's feasibility. Jamie Sarkonak criticizes Mark Carney’s proposed major projects bill as likely ineffective at streamlining infrastructure approvals despite its ambitious goals.
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The price of watching NHL games has significantly increased this season, with fans in some Canadian provinces now required to subscribe to four different services if they want access to every game at home. Traditional broadcast networks have been replaced by new paid streaming tiers, complicating how hockey enthusiasts can follow their favorite teams. In a tragic medical case, an Ontario woman died from rat bite fever after her heart was severely damaged by the infection, which initially baffled doctors due to its unusual symptoms.

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B.C. Canada NHL Ontario U.S.

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Canada GPE · 5× B.C. GPE · 2× David Eby PERSON · 2× U.S. GPE · 2× Carney PERSON · 1× NHL ORG · 1× Ontario GPE · 1× Scott Stinson PERSON · 1× Stinson PERSON · 1× Trump PERSON · 1×

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“A number of escape hatches have been worked into the legislation to account for delay and stalling — whether from slow-walking bureaucrats or disgruntled Indigenous groups — that can likely be expected in response to any major project proposal.”
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🔮 New paid tiers have been introduced that will require fans in some provinces to subscribe to four services should they want to watch every game at home.

Claims (18 extracted, 2 hedged)

It’s Monday, September 28. asserted
It → ’ → ?
Here are the top stories we’re following today. asserted
we → follow → ?
Scott Stinson: The NHL is back, and watching it is more expensive than ever asserted
watching → watch → it
“Traditional broadcast homes have been abandoned. asserted
homes → abandon → ?
New paid tiers have been introduced that will require fans in some provinces to subscribe to four services should they want to watch every game at home. asserted
they → pay → home
And some of those services are streaming-only, meaning viewers used to finding the game on their traditional channel guide will be on a road to nowhere,” Stinson writes. asserted
Stinson → mean → road
Doctors stumped at first when Ontario woman died of rat bite fever The infection spreading through the 48-year-old woman was so aggressive, large parts of her heart were destroyed. asserted
parts → die → heart
But all the usual tests for typical bacterial infections came back negative. asserted
tests → come → infections
Doctors couldn’t fully understand what was feeding the infection. asserted
what → understand → infection
Until her sister wondered, could it be the rats? uncertain
it → wonder → ?
Trump administration muses about hitting Canada with EU-style tariffs over Carney’s EU pivot As Canada seeks closer economic ties with Europe, U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra said in an interview that American trade negotiators told him “We may just slide Canada in under the EU trade agreement. uncertain
We → muse → agreement
We won’t treat Canada as a country with whom we have a four- or five-thousand-mile border anymore… asserted
we → treat → border
It is aligning with the EU, so it only makes sense for the U.S. to put Canada under that trade agreement.” asserted
U.S. → align → agreement
But analysts question if that would even be legally possible. asserted
that → question → ?
The “One project, one decision, in one year” tagline that comes with Bill C-39, which is intended is to streamline the federal infrastructure approvals process, seems to be more a suggestion than a rule, Sarkonak says. asserted
Sarkonak → come → rule
“A number of escape hatches have been worked into the legislation to account for delay and stalling — whether from slow-walking bureaucrats or disgruntled Indigenous groups — that can likely be expected in response to any major project proposal.” asserted
that → work → proposal
What was B.C.’s David Eby thinking by calling the maddest Canadian election ever? asserted
Eby → think → election
A pair of B.C. politics columnists join host Brian Lilley to try to find a method in Premier David Eby’s seeming madness in calling a snap election with two years left on his mandate and an unpopular record to defend. asserted
pair → join → mandate
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