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$260-million deal averts first federal trial on opioid crisis
CLEVELAND - The nation's three biggest drug distributors and a major drugmaker reached an 11th-hour, $260 million settlement over the toll of the opioids in two Ohio counties, averting what would have...
Oct 21, 2019 Attorney Joe Rice, center, speaks to the media outside the U.S. Federal courthouse, Monday, Oct. 21, 2019, in Cleveland. The nation's three dominant drug distributors and a big drugmaker have reached a $260 million deal to settle a lawsuit related to the opioid crisis just as the first federal trial over the crisis was due to begin Monday. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)
Tornado rips through Dallas; 1 dead in Arkansas amid storms
DALLAS (AP) - Crews searched Monday through the rubble of homes and businesses torn apart by a tornado that ripped through the Dallas area the night before, and one person was killed by a falling tree...
Oct 21, 2019 In this Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019, photo offered by Lew Morris, damage to the KNON-FM radio station studio that hosts "Reckless Rock Radio" is seen after a tornado touched down in Dallas, Texas. The National Weather Service confirmed a tornado touched down in Dallas on Sunday night, causing structural damage and knocking out electricity to thousands. (Lew Morris via AP)
Liberals return with minority government in Election 2019
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau has emerged from a bruising 40-day election campaign with his image tarnished and his grip on power weakened, needing the support of at least one party to maintain a minority L...
Oct 21, 2019 Liberal supports react as poll numbers come in at Liberal election headquarters in Montreal on Oct. 21, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Candidates for Saskatoon-University weigh in on final days of the campaign
Claire Card joined the nationwide group of federal candidates moving door-to-door over the weekend to convince any last-minute voters to check their names at the ballot box on Monday. The NDP candidat...
Oct 21, 2019 Conservative candidate for Saskatoon-University Corey Tochor speaks with a potential voter on Saturday Oct. 19, 2019. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM)
Olivia Howe becomes first woman on WHL coaching staff
Olivia Howe is making WHL history in the city she grew up in. Howe was named a coaching assistant with the Moose Jaw Warriors on Oct. 11. According to the WHL, Howe becomes the first woman to join a c...
Oct 21, 2019 Olivia Howe instructing the Moose Jaw Warriors. (Moose Jaw Warriors/Twitter)
Murder suspect caught after standoff on Big Island Cree Nation
A standoff on the Big Island Cree Nation ended peacefully with the arrest of a man wanted for murder. On Sunday afternoon, Pierceland RCMP said a dangerous man had barricaded himself inside a home on ...
Oct 20, 2019
Crowns, Unifor reach tentative agreement to end strike
Six Saskatchewan Crown corporations have reached a tentative agreement with Unifor to end a 17-day labour dispute, the Crown Investments Corporation (CIC) announced Sunday afternoon. The Crown corpora...
Oct 20, 2019 Unifor members picket outside the Poplar River power plant in Coronach on Oct. 19, 2019. (Unifor/Submitted)
Trump scraps plan to host G-7 at his Doral golf resort
WASHINGTON - Responding to stinging criticism, President Donald Trump has abruptly reversed his plan to hold the next year's Group of Seven world leaders' meeting at his Doral golf resort in Florida. ...
Oct 20, 2019
Mixed message: Boris Johnson seeks Brexit delay, sort of
LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson pressed ahead Sunday with plans to try to win parliamentary backing for his new Brexit deal even as the European Union began considering his grudging requ...
Oct 20, 2019
Greta Thunberg meets with First Nations chief in Fort McMurray
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - The chief of a northern Alberta First Nation says he gave climate activist Greta Thunberg a message during a quietly arranged meeting in Fort McMurray on Friday night. Athabasca...
Oct 20, 2019
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Sarah Mills: Who won the deal for the Gordie Howe Bridge?
A leader came out on top when it comes to the details of the agreement to finally open the bridge between Ontario and Mi...
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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, July 15
On Wednesday's show, guest host Tamara Cherry talks about the conflict in the Middle East, a possible pipeline in wester...