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Health Canada eyes private-sector cash to fund opioids solution
OTTAWA - Health Canada is hoping to use private-sector dollars to fight opioid addiction because "conventional efforts are not enough" to address the national health crisis, newly released documents r...
Sep 06, 2019 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graeme Roy
Federal money announced for FASD criminal intervention program
The federal government is putting a big chunk of money toward helping Indigenous people with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) get out of the legal system. On Friday, Liberal MP Ralph Goodale ann...
Sep 06, 2019 Ralph Goodale (right) announces $978,272 for a University of Regina project to create criminal justice interventions for Indigenous offenders with FASD. University of Regina president Vianne Timmons (left) was also on hand for the announcement on Sept. 6, 2019. (Andrew Shepherd/980 CJME)
StatsCan: Sask. unemployment rate drops in August
Saskatchewan's unemployment rate fell in August, and the province now has the third-lowest such number in Canada. The monthly Statistics Canada labour force report said the province's unemployment rat...
Sep 06, 2019 (650 CKOM file photo)
Canada pushes China at WTO on canola as Beijing bristles over Trudeau criticism
OTTAWA - Canada has requested a formal meeting with China at the World Trade Organization to resolve a Chinese ban on Canadian canola shipments. International Trade Minister Jim Carr announced Friday ...
Sep 06, 2019
First Nations given maximum compensation for Ottawa’s child-welfare discrimination
OTTAWA - First Nations children who were separated from their families by a chronically underfunded welfare system could receive more than $2 billion in compensation following an order from the Canadi...
Sep 06, 2019
Analysis: Storm spat underscores Mr. Never Wrong’s mindset
NEW YORK - President Donald Trump doesn't make mistakes. At least according to him. Trump's relentless justifications of his erroneous warnings that Hurricane Dorian was threatening Alabama on Sunday,...
Sep 06, 2019
Weakened Dorian strands people on North Carolina island
WILMINGTON, N.C. - A weakened Hurricane Dorian flooded homes on North Carolina's Outer Banks on Friday with a ferocity that seemed to take storm-hardened residents by surprise, and hundreds were feare...
Sep 06, 2019
Canada’s Bianca Andreescu advances to US Open final, will face Serena Williams
NEW YORK - Canada's Bianca Andreescu will attempt to make Canadian tennis history in the US Open women's singles final on Saturday. Andreescu's 7-6 (3), 7-5 win over Switzerland's Belinda Bencic on Th...
Sep 05, 2019
‘Outrageous:’ Alberta man told oil and gas shirt not allowed in Senate
CALGARY - Parliamentary security says it made a mistake telling an Alberta man he wasn't allowed to wear a T-shirt in support of Canadian oil and gas during a visit to the Senate. William Lacey says h...
Sep 05, 2019
Sask. projects get federal, provincial funding
The provincial and federal governments announced funding Thursday for 13 infrastructure projects across Saskatchewan. Part of the funding is destined for two water and wastewater projects that will se...
Sep 05, 2019 (980 CJME file photo)
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Sarah Mills: Volunteers are the beating heart of Saskatchewan
There are so many people who step up for organizations in our province, creating events and moments that wouldn't happen...
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, June 19
**WITH GUEST HOST BRENT LOUCKS 8:30 - After four months, the U.S. and Iran seemed closer than ever to an agreement, an M...