Sarah Mills: We came so close to the zipper merge
Three block of two lanes of traffic merging one by one, with everyone inching forward. It was the zipper merge in action...
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Canadians divided on banning handguns, assault-style firearms: consultation
OTTAWA - A newly released summary of federal consultations says Canadians have wildly diverging views on banning handguns and assault-style firearms. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asked Crime Reductio...
Apr 11, 2019 Physicians and health workers protesting in Toronto, walk past a volunteer from the anti-gun group "Silence the Violence and Shun the Guns," on Wednesday, April 3, 2019. A newly released summary of federal consultations says Canadians have wildly diverging views on banning handguns and assault-style firearms. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
Feds’ plan for neonicotinoids makes little sense, environment groups say
OTTAWA - Environment groups are calling out Canada's approach to assessing pesticides after seven years of reviews led Health Canada to simultaneously decide to allow certain popular products to keep ...
Apr 11, 2019
Rural health minister defends pro-life views after speech
According to Saskatchewan's rural and remote health minister, his personal beliefs don't steer government policy. Greg Ottenbreit is defending himself after he recently spoke to a pro-life rally and t...
Apr 11, 2019
NDP MP urges Goodale to get RCMP to investigate coerced sterilizations
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale should use all "legitimate tools" at his disposal to ensure the RCMP investigates women's allegations of forced or coerced sterilizations, says NDP MP Don...
Apr 11, 2019
Women launch lawsuit in labour-inducing drug case at N.B. hospital
MONCTON, N.B. - A proposed class action lawsuit has been launched against New Brunswick's largest health authority and an obstetrics nurse by women who believe the nurse improperly gave them a labour-...
Apr 11, 2019 Jayde Scott, accompanied by lawyers John McKiggan, left, Mathieu Picard and her mother Bev Cuppens, right, addresses a news conference in Moncton, N.B., on Thursday, April 11, 2019. Scott announced that she is part of a class action suit against New Brunswick's largest health authority and a nurse that has been filed on behalf of women who allege the nurse improperly administered a labour-inducing drug at the Moncton Hospital. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ron Ward
Speaker says Philpott’s caucus ejection not a matter of MP privilege
OTTAWA - Jane Philpott's parliamentary privileges were not violated when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau booted her and fellow former cabinet minister Jody Wilson-Raybould out of the Liberal caucus last...
Apr 11, 2019 Independent MP Jane Philpott arrives at the West block of the Parliament buildings in Ottawa, Tuesday April 9, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
New Zealand’s new gun laws get final assent to take effect
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - New Zealand's governor general on Thursday formally signed into effect sweeping gun laws outlawing military style weapons, less than a month after a man used such guns to kil...
Apr 11, 2019
Sask. minister pushing for resolution to China canola dispute
Saskatchewan's minister of trade and export development is calling for federal action as China continues its ban on imports of Canadian canola seed. "This has the potential to cost our farmers and ag ...
Apr 11, 2019 (L-R) Federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau, Saskatchewan Trade and Export Minister Jeremy Harrison and Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister David Marit met with the media on Friday, March 29, 2019 (Chris Carr/650 CKOM).
133 guns surrendered so far in provincial gun amnesty
There's still a week and a half to go, but police services around the province have seen 133 firearms surrendered since the start of their gun amnesty on March 25. This is the second year the province...
Apr 10, 2019
Riders' Hughes pleads guilty in impaired driving case
In a Regina courtroom on Wednesday, Saskatchewan Roughriders star Charleston Hughes owned up to being behind the wheel while impaired. The 35-year-old defensive end pleaded guilty to being in care and...
Apr 10, 2019 (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
OPINION
Murray Wood: Isn't it time for more 'we' than 'oui' in Rideau Hall?
Louise Arbour brings much more than French skills to her role as the king's representative, but she also has taken contr...
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, May 8
8:30 - We're learning that the cost to refit Saskatchewan's coal-fired power plants has climbed to $26 billion over the ...