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Youth not employed or in school face poorer mental, physical health: study
OTTAWA - A new study is offering what it calls a rare look at the health and psychological impacts endured by Canadian youth who are not working, training or studying. The Statistics Canada research s...
Nov 05, 2019 THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Eric Risberg
'Quite optimistic': Ryan Straschnitzki has spinal surgery in Thailand
BANGKOK - A hockey player paralyzed in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash has received spinal surgery in Thailand that he hopes will restore some of his movement. Doctors on Monday implanted an epidural s...
Nov 05, 2019 Former Humbolt Bronco hockey player Ryan Straschnitzki who was injured in a team bus crash gets his new jersey with PX3 AMP hockey team in Calgary, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019. A hockey player paralyzed in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash has received the spinal surgery in Thailand that could help restore some of his movement. Ryan Straschnitzki, who is paralyzed from the chest down, and 12 others were injured when a semi truck blew through a stop sign and into the path of the Saskatchewan junior hockey team's bus in April 2018. Sixteen people died. TODD KOROL / THE CANADIAN PRESS
River otter likely snuck through open gates to get to Vancouver koi pond
VANCOUVER -- The koi pond at Vancouver's Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden has been drained and the remaining carp removed after a hungry river otter returned for a second annual fall hunting t...
Nov 05, 2019 An otter is seen at the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden in this handout photo from security footage on Oct. 31, 2019. HO / THE CANADIAN PRESS
In last days, al-Baghdadi sought safety in shrinking domain
BEIRUT (AP) - In his last months on the run, Islamic State group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was agitated, fearful of traitors, sometimes disguised as a shepherd, sometimes hiding underground, always ...
Nov 05, 2019 In this Oct. 27, 2019, file photo, people look at a destroyed houses near the village of Barisha, in Idlib province, Syria, after an operation by the U.S. military which targeted Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the shadowy leader of the Islamic State group. In his last months on the run, al-Baghdadi was agitated, fearful of traitors, sometimes disguised as a shepherd, sometimes hiding underground, always dependent on a shrinking circle of confidants. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed, File)
SGEU suspends 17 members, takes most to labour board over 'disruption'
The Saskatchewan Labour Relations Board has turned down an attempt by the Saskatchewan Government and General Employees' Union (SGEU) to block a group of dissident members from attending upcoming rati...
Nov 05, 2019 A group of correctional officers, who were recently suspended from the SGEU, hold a 'Not My President' T-shirt featuring union president Bob Bymoen's face after a labour relations board hearing on Nov. 4, 2019. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)
Provincial Green Party leader ‘not taken by surprise’ by May’s departure
Saskatchewan's Green Party leader isn't shocked to see the resignation of Elizabeth May. Shawn Setyo has been the leader since 2016, and he also ran federally for the Green Party in the 2019 federal e...
Nov 04, 2019
City, province reckon with report of high lead levels
Steve Wolfson lives in the Cathedral area in Regina and is raising two young grandkids, which is one of the reasons he was so concerned when a test of his tap water came back with lead levels about 10...
Nov 04, 2019 The lead levels in Steve Wolfson's home in Regina were nearly 10 times the recommended amount when he had them tested. He spoke to the media at the Legislative Building. Nov. 4, 2019 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Multiple thefts from vehicles in Regina lead to charges
Two people have been arrested in connection with a string of vehicle break-ins in the area around Regina's General Hospital. The Regina Police Service said in a media release Monday that a 31-year-old...
Nov 04, 2019 A 22 year-old male is facing 11 charges related to possession of weapons and assaulting a police officer. (980 CJME file photo)
New Senate group forms to push regional interests in a fractured Parliament
OTTAWA - Canada's Senate took another step Monday in its evolution toward a less partisan chamber of sober second thought as 11 senators banded together to form a new independent caucus aimed at ensur...
Nov 04, 2019
Lengthy pursuit by Sask. RCMP ends in long list of charges
A 26-year-old man from the Cote First Nation faces a raft of charges after an incident that involved RCMP officers from four detachments. In a media release Monday, the RCMP said the "series of pursui...
Nov 04, 2019 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
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Sarah Mills: England's World Cup disappointment continues
Sarah Mills is accepting that sixty years on, it is not to be, again. But she lived the best experience she could this W...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, July 16
WITH GUEST HOST TAMARA CHERRY 8:30 - Crime and public safety continue to be top concerns for many Canadians, with debate...