Murray Wood: Is this one of those times when money might be better in the government's pockets?
Windfall profits on oil are prompting a break in the federal fuel excise, but Saskatchewan isn't following suit. Murray ...
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Calgary daycares shut down by Alberta government over safety concerns pushing back
EDMONTON - The operators of three Calgary child-care facilities shut down this week are speaking out against the Alberta government's inspection process, saying they've been discriminated against. The...
Aug 15, 2024
Regina Urgent Care Centre adjusting through first weeks
The Saskatchewan Health Authority says the new Regina Urgent Care Centre is helping reduce pressure on both of Regina's emergency rooms, though it's still too early to quantify. Thomas Stewart, the he...
Aug 15, 2024 The new urgent care centre has seen more than 4,400 patients in its first six weeks of operation. (Nicole Garn/980 CJME)
The challenge of linking Listeria cases to some plant-based milks
It wasn't until a cluster of Listeria cases emerged in Ontario that the federal health agency says it was able to find the source of an outbreak that's now linked to three deaths and 20 infections. Ev...
Aug 15, 2024
Ruling: Fetus can be referred to as 'unborn human being' in Arizona abortion measure voter pamphlet
PHOENIX (AP) - An informational pamphlet for Arizona voters who will decide in the fall whether to guarantee a constitutional right to an abortion can refer to a fetus as an "unborn human being," the ...
Aug 14, 2024
Canada must respond to mpox crisis in Africa to prevent spread here, experts say
The World Health Organization's declaration of mpox as a global public health emergency means Canada must do its part to help stem outbreaks of the virus in Africa, experts say. "Where there is a fire...
Aug 14, 2024
Quebec to authorize early requests for MAID, won't wait for Ottawa to change law
QUBEC - Quebec says that starting this fall it will authorize early requests for medical assistance in dying from certain patients before their condition renders them incapable of giving consent. The ...
Aug 14, 2024
Initiative to enshrine abortion rights in Missouri constitution qualifies for November ballot
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Missouri voters will decide in November whether to guarantee a right to abortion with a constitutional amendment that would reverse the state's near-total ban on the procedu...
Aug 13, 2024
'They crossed the line': Crown in closing arguments for 'Freedom Convoy' organizers
OTTAWA - Two prominent "Freedom Convoy" organizers "crossed the line" into criminal activity when they led a massive demonstration to Ottawa in 2022 and refused to leave, the Crown said in its final s...
Aug 13, 2024
Third person dies in Ontario in Listeria outbreak linked to plant-based milks
TORONTO - A third person from Ontario has died in a Listeria outbreak connected to Great Value and Silk plant-based milks, the province's Ministry of Health said Monday afternoon. The statement follow...
Aug 12, 2024
What is listeriosis, the illness recently linked to a recall of plant-based milks?
Three people have died and several others became sick with listeriosis in an outbreak that triggered a national recall of certain plant-based milk. WHAT IS LISTERIA? The Listeria bacterium is found in...
Aug 12, 2024
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Sarah Mills: The president has tested the faithful
There may be some who worship U.S. President Donald Trump, but like the Beatles before him, Sarah Mills says the preside...
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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, April 15
On Wednesday's show, Evan finds out who Saskatchewan's Smartest Radio Listener is, talks with some NHL legends and conti...