Murray Wood: A star-crossed leader is beset by floor-crossing MPs
Murray Wood says Pierre Poilievre has suffered some bad timing in his career as Conservative leader, but the question is...
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Regina's Urgent Care Centre helped 575 patients in first week: SHA
The Saskatchewan Health Authority says the Regina Urgent Care Centre's first week of operation was a success. Thomas Stewart, the health authority's executive director of acute care, said medical staf...
Jul 10, 2024 Staff helped 575 patients at the centre in its first week. The centre is expected to move to 24/7 operations this fall. (980 CJME file photo)
Canada pledges Ukraine aid, plan to buy submarines as NATO spending questions dog PM
WASHINGTON, D. C. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pledged another $500 million in military assistance to Ukraine in a one-on-one conversation with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the NATO summit in W...
Jul 10, 2024
N.S. emergency department deaths hit six-year high, doctors point to 'bed-blocking'
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Doctors in Atlantic Canada say too many beds in emergency departments are taken up by people who need non-emergency care, and the "bed-blocking" is driving high numbers of emergency...
Jul 10, 2024
What is listeriosis, the illness recently linked to a recall of plant-based milks?
Several people in Ontario have become sick with listeriosis in an outbreak that triggered a national recall of certain plant-based milks that may have been contaminated with Listeria. WHAT IS LISTERIA...
Jul 09, 2024
Nova Scotia Liberal says province not doing enough to screen for breast cancer
HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia Liberal member who introduced a bill to improve breast cancer detection says the province isn't doing enough to offer cancer screening to women who need it. Rafah DiConstanzo...
Jul 09, 2024
Ontario reports 9 cases of listeriosis in outbreak linked to plant-based milk recall
Nine people in Ontario have become sick with listeriosis and five have been hospitalized in an outbreak that triggered a national recall of certain plant-based milks, the province's top doctor said on...
Jul 09, 2024
Western Canada heat wave to stretch into Saskatchewan, then Manitoba
A blistering heat wave is moving across Western Canada, pushing record temperatures and the threat of wildfires into Saskatchewan today. Environment Canada meteorologist Jennifer Smith says a ridge of...
Jul 09, 2024
Judge in murder trial weighs motivations of admitted Winnipeg serial killer
WINNIPEG - A judge is expected to decide this week whether a man who admitted to killing four Indigenous women in Winnipeg did so because he was in the throes of a psychotic episode or was driven by a...
Jul 09, 2024
CFIA recalls brands of almond, cashew, coconut and oat milk due to Listeria concerns
OTTAWA - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says numerous Silk and Great Value brand plant-based refrigerated beverages are being recalled due to Listeria concerns. The agency's recall applies to Sil...
Jul 08, 2024
By coming forward, Alice Munro's daughter sheds light on childhood sex abuse: experts
The organization Alice Munro's daughter credits with helping her heal from childhood sexual abuse says her courage in speaking out sheds light on an issue that doesn't get enough public attention. And...
Jul 08, 2024
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Sarah Mills: A lifetime smoking ban in the UK may be a step too far
Sarah Mills says there are great health-care costs associated with smoking, but those costs are also associated with obe...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 23
8:30 - Construction for the AI data centre in the RM of Sherwood is set to begin this spring, but many residents in the ...