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Judge grants temporary reprieve to hundreds of B.C. ostriches facing avian flu cull
TORONTO - A federal judge has granted a temporary reprieve to about 400 ostriches that were facing a deadline on Saturday for them to be killed at a British Columbia farm hit by an outbreak of avian f...
Jan 31, 2025
Manitoba law that restricts protests near abortion clinics comes into effect
WINNIPEG - A new Manitoba law restricting protests near clinics and hospitals where abortions are performed is to take effect Saturday. The NDP government introduced a bill last year that creates buff...
Jan 31, 2025
Alberta government overhauls board of health authority, appoints administrator
EDMONTON - Alberta's government says it has dismantled the board of Alberta Health Services - for the second time in nearly as many years - and appointed a high-ranking bureaucrat as administrator. Th...
Jan 31, 2025
Coldplay frontman Chris Martin to perform at Invictus Games' opening ceremony
VANCOUVER - Coldplay frontman Chris Martin has been added to the lineup for the opening ceremonies of the 2025 Invictus Games in Vancouver. Games organizers announced Friday that the English vocalist ...
Jan 31, 2025
Don't wait to act on opioid deaths, coroner warns in report on Quebec teen's death
MONTREAL - The 2023 death of a Quebec teen who was poisoned from a synthetic opioid should raise alarm bells for authorities to do more to prevent similar tragedies, says a coroner's report released t...
Jan 31, 2025
Assisted Living Alberta announced as last public health agency taking over AHS
CALGARY - The Alberta government has named Assisted Living Alberta as the last of four new public agencies taking over provincial health care from Alberta Health Services. Seniors, Community and Socia...
Jan 30, 2025
Calls for major changes to landmark tobacco settlement too late: Imperial Tobacco
TORONTO - Imperial Tobacco is rejecting what it says are major changes to a landmark $32.5-billion settlement that would see it and two other tobacco companies compensate provinces, territories and ex...
Jan 30, 2025
Alberta cuts funding to gambling support group as it eyes private online betting
EDMONTON - Alberta's government has ended a funding contract for a non-profit organization that provides education and resources for gambling addiction. Ray Reshke, executive director of the Edmonton-...
Jan 30, 2025
Fredericton MP Jenica Atwin says online hate helped push her out of federal politics
FREDERICTON - Jenica Atwin is leaving federal politics for the "time being" in part because of the online hate she receives, saying the level of toxicity she's had to face has been surprising. The Fre...
Jan 30, 2025
Health minister calls on NDP to give Liberals more time to sign pharmacare deals
OTTAWA - Health Minister Mark Holland is calling on the federal NDP to give the Liberal government more time in power to sign bilateral deals on pharmacare. "I would put it back to (NDP Leader) Jagmee...
Jan 30, 2025
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Sarah Mills: Accountability is a word some elected officials seem to be forgetting
From four people walking away from the RM of Sherwood council with little to no explanation to the reaction of some coun...
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, April 28
8:30 - The war involving Iran has increased uncertainty in global energy markets, largely because the Strait of Hormuz h...