Sarah Mills: The president is playing a game of Risk with real lives
Sarah Mills says when you make a threat like "a whole civilization will die tonight" about Iran, the only choi...
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VIDO aims to stay ahead of COVID mutations after $24M grant
It's a difficult task to predict the future, but that's exactly what the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization is aiming to do. The Saskatoon-based organization recently received a $24 million g...
Jan 28, 2025
Historic $32.5B tobacco proposal faces final test in series of hearings
TORONTO - A historic proposal that would see three major tobacco companies pay out billions to provinces and territories as well as former smokers across Canada is set to face its final test over the ...
Jan 28, 2025
Ontario court dismisses Charter challenge of law designed to free up hospital beds
An Ontario court has dismissed a Charter challenge of a controversial law that allows hospitals to place discharged patients into nursing homes they didn't choose and charge those who refuse the trans...
Jan 27, 2025
Alberta doctors criticize provincial COVID-19 report as harmful 'anti-science'
EDMONTON - The organization representing Alberta physicians is calling out a government panel's COVID-19 report as "anti-science." Dr. Shelley Duggan, head of the Alberta Medical Association, says the...
Jan 27, 2025
Five years on, Chinese Canadians recall ridicule and racism over pandemic precautions
VANCOUVER - In early 2020, Lili Wu was already "armed to the teeth" whenever she ventured to public places near her home in Port Coquitlam, B.C. - face mask, sanitizer, protective eyewear and gloves. ...
Jan 27, 2025
Call for male-targeted prevention programs to address N.S. domestic violence epidemic
HALIFAX - Long before Brenda Tatlock-Burke was killed by her husband in October, there were signs of his controlling and coercive behaviour. "As my mom's kids, if we said something he disapproved of, ...
Jan 24, 2025
Original Toronto safe consumption site gets temporary reprieve after lease extension
TORONTO - Temporary relief has washed over users of Toronto's original supervised consumption site after learning the place will not close when the building's lease expires in the spring, though its l...
Jan 23, 2025
Sask. pilot allows some pharmacists to test for ear infections, strep throat
Some pharmacists' scope of practice is growing to include testing and prescribing medication for ear infections and strep throat. Chad Miskiman, a pharmacy manager at a drugstore in Moose Jaw, looks a...
Jan 23, 2025 A pharmacist demonstrates how an ear infection exam would work at Argyle Park Peoples Pharmacy. (Gillian Massie/ 980 CJME)
B.C. Supreme Court certifies province's class-action lawsuit against opioid providers
British Columbia's attorney general says the province's Supreme Court has certified the government's class-action lawsuit against opioid manufacturers and distributors. Niki Sharma says B.C. can now p...
Jan 22, 2025
CFIA: inspectors might go to Italy to investigate salmonella outbreak
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said it's possible that investigators will be sent to Italy to determine the source of a salmonella outbreak that's sickened at least 61 people in Canada. On Saturd...
Jan 22, 2025 Among the 61 cases reported, the majority were female and 17 people were hospitalized. The age range of those who became ill is between three and 88 years old. Salmonella can result in severe and potentially deadly infections, particularly for children, pregnant people, the elderly and people with weakened immune systems. (HO/The Canadian Press)
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Murray Wood: Signs of spring appearing in Saskatchewan
Murray Wood says signs of spring were all over the place on the weekend, even though the forecast remains wintery for th...
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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, April 8
On today's show, Evan gets the latest on global tensions with Iran and the U.S., discusses Riversdale safety concerns an...