Sarah Mills: The Met Gala isn't just silly fashion, but a work of art
The fundraiser for New York's Metropolitan Museum may be all theatrics, but Sarah Mills says at its heart is interpretat...
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Ontario First Nation declares state of emergency over gang and addiction crises
TORONTO - A northern Ontario First Nation declared a state of emergency Tuesday over concurrent crises involving crime, gang activity, addiction and mental health problems that have plagued the commun...
Nov 19, 2024
Ontario launching new mental health program for first responders
TORONTO - Ontario is launching a new mental health program for first responders. The province says the Mental Health Supports for Public Safety Personnel program will provide help for police officers,...
Nov 19, 2024
Canada's mental health is three times worse than before COVID-19
TORONTO - A new report says mental health across Canada is three times worse than it was before COVID-19 and access to care varies widely across provinces and territories. The Canadian Mental Health A...
Nov 19, 2024 The Canadian Mental Health Association's report also says 57 per cent of young people between 18 and 24 years old who have early signs of mental illness say they can't afford to get services. (The Canadian Press)
NDP blasts government for lack of 24/7 service at Regina's Urgent Care Centre
Four months after the launch of Regina's Urgent Care Centre, the facility has not yet begun to provide 24/7 service, as was originally promised. When the centre opened in July, its hours were set from...
Nov 19, 2024 NDP MLA Meara Conway said the province is "driving out" health care workers at a media event in Regina on Nov. 18. 2024. (Daniel Reech/980 CJME)
New Brunswick Liberals promise rent cap, tax cuts in first 100 days in office
FREDERICTON - A rent cap, tax cuts, and payments to nurses are among the commitments New Brunswick's Liberal government says it will fulfil in its first 100 days in office. In a throne speech Tuesday,...
Nov 19, 2024
Manitoba NDP lays out plans to freeze hydro rates, commission bison statue
WINNIPEG - Tackling high grocery prices, freezing hydro electricity rates and commissioning a new statue reflecting Manitoba's past and present are some of the priorities for the coming year the NDP g...
Nov 19, 2024
New Alberta hospital agency to be up and running in the spring, minister says
EDMONTON - Alberta's health minister says the province's new hospital agency will be operational next spring, months later than expected. Adriana LaGrange announced Monday that hospitals now run by Al...
Nov 18, 2024
Ontario tables bill that bans supervised consumption sites near schools, daycares
TORONTO - Ontario tabled a bill Monday that aims to shutter 10 supervised consumption sites the government deems too close to schools and daycares. The bill, if passed by Premier Doug Ford's majority ...
Nov 18, 2024
Coroner's inquest underway into 2016 death of Ottawa man Abdirahman Abdi
OTTAWA - The family of an Ottawa man who died after a violent arrest by police eight years ago is hoping the coroner's inquest into his death will lead to improvements in the way police respond to cal...
Nov 18, 2024
Vancouver Island doctors set up overdose prevention sites without government blessing
Attempts by doctors to set up overdose prevention sites on hospital property in Nanaimo and Victoria were shut down Monday by the Island health authority, forcing the volunteers to move their operatio...
Nov 18, 2024
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Sarah Mills: Speeding tickets three months after the fact are no deterrent
Sarah Mills says photo radar tickets that come from Calgary months after the offence is not going to teach anyone a less...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, May 7
8:30 - Yesterday, Regina city council approved the deal that would see Brandt Properties purchase part of REAL District....