Sarah Mills: Volunteers are the glue that hold our kids' sports together
From the grandpa who rakes the diamond to the parent coach in soccer and the mom cutting flags around little waists, Sar...
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Baby Gourmet Foods recalls organic baby cereal over possible bacteria contamination
CALGARY - A brand of baby cereal is being pulled from all in-store and online retailers in Canada due to possible Cronobacter contamination. Calgary-based Baby Gourmet Foods has issued a product recal...
Jul 21, 2024
Canada's airports, hospitals begin returning to normal after global IT outage
MONTREAL - Airports, hospitals and police services across Canada continued their gradual return to normal operations on Saturday as they recovered from a global technology outage caused by a defective...
Jul 20, 2024
In Montreal, services for the vulnerable trigger backlash, but no easy solutions
MONTREAL - Officials in Montreal are struggling to get the public on board with the city's approach to treating people with severe addiction and homelessness, as those social crises become fodder for ...
Jul 20, 2024
Global tech outage reaches Atlantic Canada, affects Newfoundland health-care services
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A global technology disruption spread to parts of Atlantic Canada Friday morning, affecting the government of Newfoundland and Labrador's online services and health-care information...
Jul 19, 2024 (Canadian Press)
B.C. Conservatives pitch health-care changes, more private clinics
VANCOUVER - The leader of the Conservative Party of British Columbia says as premier his government would pay to send people outside the province for health care and expand private clinics in an effor...
Jul 18, 2024
Accused in Coutts blockade trial feared food shortages, questioned COVID-19 vaccine
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - One of two men accused of conspiring to kill police at the border blockade at Coutts, Alta., says he was worried about government overreach, food shortages and the COVID-19 vaccine...
Jul 18, 2024
With election campaign on horizon, N.B. Tories promise 2-point HST cut if re-elected
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick Progressive Conservative Premier Blaine Higgs hasn't yet called a provincial election, but he's already making campaign promises. On Thursday, the Tory leader said that if ...
Jul 18, 2024
Listeria can make you sick up to two months after you consume it, experts say
TORONTO - Listeria can make people sick up to two months after they eat or drink contaminated products, which can pose a challenge in identifying the source of illness quickly, experts say. Two people...
Jul 18, 2024
Years after Insite ruling, drug policy landscape is still being shaped in B.C.
VANCOUVER - In 2021, the Vancouver-based Drug User Liberation Front approached Health Canada with a proposal. It wanted permission to buy heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine on the dark web, before ha...
Jul 18, 2024
What is listeriosis, the illness recently linked to a recall of plant-based milks?
Two people have died and several others are 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 soil...
Jul 17, 2024
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Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
Every Friday, Murray Wood takes a look back at the week's news and decides who's hot... and who's not. This week's list ...
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The Evan Bray Show - Monday, May 4
8:30 - Executive members of the federal public service have also returned to work full-time in the office today. We chec...