Murray Wood: Why I hate the latest round of changes in the CFL
Eight of the CFL's nine teams will qualify for the playoffs under the league's latest round of changes, but Murray Wood ...
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Ontario to do away with sick note requirement for short absences
TORONTO - Ontario will do away with sick note requirements for short absences as part of a larger effort to ease the administrative burden on doctors, the province's health minister said Wednesday. Th...
Apr 24, 2024
Sask. health ministry reminds people about risk of hantavirus
Saskatchewan's Ministry of Health is reminding spring cleaners to be aware of the risk of hantavirus while working in enclosed spaces. According to a release from the ministry, hantavirus is caused by...
Apr 24, 2024 A deer mouse. (Ministry of Health/Submitted)
USDA updates rules for school meals that limit added sugars for the first time
The nation's school meals will get a makeover under new nutrition standards that limit added sugars for the first time, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Wednesday. The final rule also trim...
Apr 24, 2024
Ottawa injects another $36M into vaccine injury compensation fund
OTTAWA - The federal government has added $36.4 million to a program designed to support people who have been seriously injured or killed by vaccines since the end of 2020. The program was announced s...
Apr 24, 2024
Immunocompromised patients shouldn't take Miracle Reds powder, Health Canada says
Health Canada says people who have immunocompromising conditions such as AIDS or lymphoma should stop taking Miracle Reds superfood powder. The government has issued a recall for three lots of the Mac...
Apr 23, 2024
Manitoba government plans to lift ban on homegrown recreational cannabis
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is planning to end its ban on homegrown recreational cannabis - a move that would leave Quebec as the only province with such a restriction. "We're just allowing Man...
Apr 23, 2024
Transgender Louisianans lost their ally in the governor's seat. Now they're girding for a fight
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - As transgender people in Louisiana watched surrounding states in the deeply conservative South implement a slew of laws targeting nearly every facet of their lives in recent ye...
Apr 23, 2024
Biden blames Trump for Florida's 6-week abortion ban, says women nationwide face health crisis
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - President Joe Biden on Tuesday blamed Donald Trump for Florida's upcoming abortion ban and other restrictions across the country that have imperiled access to care for pregnant wome...
Apr 22, 2024
Seattle hospital won't turn over gender-affirming care records in lawsuit settlement with Texas
DALLAS (AP) - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is dropping a request for a Seattle hospital to hand over records regarding gender-affirming treatment potentially given to children from Texas as part ...
Apr 22, 2024
First responders to get mental health counselling, Manitoba government says
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is funding mental health support for first responders, following the recent death of a Winnipeg firefighter. The province is committing to pay for three counsellors ...
Apr 22, 2024
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Murray Wood: The Art of the CUSMA Deal
Insults, complaints that Canada is so mean, warnings the U.S. doesn't need us. It's all standard operating procedure. Th...
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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, April 29
On Wednesday, Evan reviews Tuesday's federal spring fiscal update, takes the temperature of the new CFL changes coming i...