Murray Wood: Federal gun initiatives take aim at small business
Darryl Schemenauer is closing down his Regina gun store after 35 years, and he puts the blame squarely on the federal Li...
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Patients going without care due to nursing shortage in Manitoba First Nation
OTTAWA - The chief of a First Nation in northern Manitoba says its nursing station is operating at half-capacity, and as a result members are going without the care they need. "Health care is supposed...
Jun 14, 2024
Potential residents upset as Grenfell long-term care home pushed back again
The William Albert House in Emerald Park is very nice, with lush hallways, common rooms and even home pets, but it's not where Doug Kent and his wife Eileen would have preferred to be living. They'd r...
Jun 14, 2024 Doug Kent and his wife would prefer to live in their home town of Grenfell but the long-term care home meant to be built there keeps being delayed. June 13, 2024 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Quebec town's bylaw requires kids to collect signatures to play in the street
LES CDRES, Que. - School is almost out, summer heat is setting in and the children of a small Quebec town southwest of Montreal will soon be able to spend their days shooting hoops in the street - if ...
Jun 13, 2024
Work to resume on Calgary water pipe after injuries; consumption continues to rise
CALGARY - Repairs to a fractured Calgary water pipe were to resume Thursday after two workers were injured at the site, while the city's mayor pleaded with residents to step up their conservation effo...
Jun 13, 2024
Calgary mayor worried water use 'creeping up,' restrictions to last another week
CALGARY - Calgary's water use is creeping back up, despite conservation pleas from city officials as crews scramble to fix a massive water main break. "We - you and I - need to keep reducing our water...
Jun 12, 2024
Conservatives oppose Liberal tax changes that include adjustment to capital gains tax
OTTAWA - A motion increasing the proportion of capital gains that are taxed in Canada easily passed the House of Commons Tuesday, as the governing Liberals and Conservatives traded barbs about whether...
Jun 11, 2024
Families of victims of serial killer push for landfill search as trial concludes
WINNIPEG - Dozens of people, many clad in red, held hands as they formed a round dance on the streets outside of Winnipeg's law courts on the concluding day of the trial of an admitted serial killer. ...
Jun 10, 2024
McMaster pediatric surgery chief says deaths after tonsil surgery 'very rare'
The chief of pediatric surgery at McMaster Children's Hospital says the deaths of two children following tonsil and adenoid surgeries at his hospital are "tragic" and "very rare." "We are deeply sadde...
Jun 07, 2024
182 deaths linked to B.C. unregulated drugs in April, 14,500 deaths in eight years
VICTORIA - The British Columbia Coroners Service says 182 people died in April from drug overdoses. A statement from the service says the toll represents a 24 per cent decrease in deaths from April 20...
Jun 06, 2024
Liberal government tables bill that seeks to streamline, secure health data
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals moved to streamline and secure health data across jurisdictions Thursday with a new bill that imposes new rules on technology vendors. The bill would require vendors to e...
Jun 06, 2024
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Sarah Mills: The season of the zipper merge has returned
It sometimes feels like leaders in our cities and towns don't plan for construction very well, but Sarah Mills says the ...
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The Evan Bray Show - Monday, April 20
On Monday's show, Evan hears concerns about the FSIN's transparency after its general assembly last week, discusses how ...