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Dozens ill from carbon monoxide out of hospital as leak at hotel investigated
WINNIPEG - Insufficient ventilation is the suspected cause of a carbon monoxide build-up that forced the evacuation of a Winnipeg hotel this week and sent 46 guests and staff to hospital. "It appears ...
Jul 10, 2019 THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
U.K. ambassador to U.S. quits days after leaked cables on Trump
LONDON - Britain's ambassador to the United States resigned Wednesday after being made a diplomatic nobody by President Donald Trump following the leak of the envoy's unflattering opinions about the U...
Jul 10, 2019
Legal pot price as much as 80 per cent more than illicit: StatsCan
The average cost of a gram of cannabis from the illicit market continues to drop as legal prices rise - with authorized retailers charging as much as 80 per cent more, according to an analysis by Stat...
Jul 10, 2019 A cannabis plant. (Canadian Press)
Regina's best-known traffic cop urges safety in work zones
This month's traffic safety focus in Regina is on construction zones. The penalty for speeding through a 60-kilometre-per-hour orange zone that is occupied with workers is a $360 fine, Const. Mike See...
Jul 10, 2019 (Andrew Shepherd/980 CJME file photo)
Federal Liberals, Ontario Tories point fingers over looming Bombardier layoffs
The federal Liberals and Ontario Tories are blaming each other for the impending loss of 550 jobs at Bombardier's railway car plant in Thunder Bay, Ont. Bombardier Inc. announced Wednesday it is layin...
Jul 10, 2019 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
Attorney: Girl fell to death from open window on cruise ship
MIAMI - An 18-month-old Indiana girl who fell to her death from the 11th story of a cruise ship in Puerto Rico plunged from a window inexplicably left open in a children's play area, the family's atto...
Jul 10, 2019
Regina police looking for armed robbery suspects
Regina police members are searching for two men after a gun robbery at a business on Arcola Avenue East, near the intersection of Lacon Street. In an emailed news release, the police service said the ...
Jul 10, 2019 (980 CJME file photo)
Military’s second-in-command to resign, links decision with Mark Norman case
OTTAWA - The Canadian military's second-in-command has announced his surprise resignation - and is reportedly linking the decision to an aborted attempt to reinstate Vice-Admiral Mark Norman into the ...
Jul 10, 2019 (The Canadian Press)
Emmy-winning actor Rip Torn has died at the age of 88
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Rip Torn, the free-spirited Texan who overcame his quirky name to become a distinguished actor in theater, television and movies and win an Emmy in his 60s for his comedy turn on TV...
Jul 10, 2019 In this Oct. 13, 2006, file photo, actor Rip Torn attends the New York premiere of "Marie Antoinette." Award-winning television, film and theater actor Torn has died at the age of 88, his publicist announced Tuesday, July 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin, File)
Climate change increasing range and number of ticks
It's not just mosquitoes that people should be on the lookout for this summer. Tick season is upon us, and a recent report by the Public Health Agency of Canada adds that climate change is increasing ...
Jul 09, 2019
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Sarah Mills: Summer is a chance to be a kid again
Sarah Mills says summer camps mean kids disconnect for a while, learn to make friends without sending a text and gain a ...
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, July 10
8:30 - It's been a challenging summer for many across the province dealing with significant flooding and wildfires. At t...