Murray Wood: The new phone books are here!
Once a Steve Martin catchphrase, Murray Wood says physical phone books are rapidly becoming relics of another age, but t...
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Health minister pitches dental-care changes to get dentists onside
OTTAWA - Health Minister Mark Holland announced tweaks to Ottawa's new dental-care plan Wednesday in a bid to get more dentists, hygienists and oral-health care providers to participate. Dental and hy...
Apr 17, 2024
'Heart breaks': Advocates say new disability benefit still leaves people in poverty
A new disability benefit that was supposed to be a historic move to lift people out of poverty turned out to be a disappointment in the federal budget, advocates say. "My heart breaks for people who a...
Apr 17, 2024
Workers warn of dangers if six Public Health Ontario labs close
TORONTO - The potential closure of six laboratories across the province would be dangerous and create inequity in northern Ontario, Public Health Ontario workers said Wednesday. The workers are also w...
Apr 17, 2024
Alberta government closing in on new deal to pay family doctors
EDMONTON - The Alberta government says it's closing in on a new deal for family doctor pay, but a physicians' group says it must include those with small patient rosters. The details of the framework ...
Apr 17, 2024
Nova Scotia opens first long-term care home serving Mi'kmaq seniors
ESKASONI, N.S. - Nova Scotia opened its first long-term care facility in a First Nations community on Wednesday, realizing a decades-old ambition for its host community. A ceremony marking the opening...
Apr 17, 2024
Edmonton doctors say too few neonatal beds, staff endangering babies
EDMONTON - A doctors' group says neonatal intensive care units in Edmonton have been too full and it's putting vulnerable babies at risk. Alberta Health Minister Adriana LaGrange says transporting tho...
Apr 16, 2024
Higher tobacco and vaping taxes offsets drug plan spending in federal budget
OTTAWA - The federal government expects that its latest effort to discourage Canadians from smoking, contained in the federal budget tabled Tuesday, will generate $1.7 billion in new revenue. That inc...
Apr 16, 2024
Quebec court approves class action alleging opioid makers misled users about risks
MONTREAL - A Quebec Superior Court judge has authorized a class-action lawsuit against 16 pharmaceutical companies that are alleged to have misled consumers about the efficacy and dangers of opioid me...
Apr 16, 2024
Outdated cancer screening guidelines jeopardizing early detection, doctors say
A group of doctors say Canadian cancer screening guidelines set by a national task force are out of date and putting people at risk because their cancers aren't detected early enough. "I'm faced with ...
Apr 16, 2024
Here's what the Liberals have already promised will be in today's federal budget
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is set to present the federal budget on Tuesday after a countrywide tour that teased many of the housing and affordability measures to be included in the do...
Apr 16, 2024 Housing will be a central part of Tuesday's budget. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
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Sarah Mills: It's time to embrace 24 Sussex Drive
The home of Canada's prime minister is steeped in history and shouldn't be left in disrepair. Sarah Mills says the desig...
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The Evan Bray Show - Monday, June 29
Evan welcomes the leader of the federal Conservatives, Pierre Poilievre, talks about the health of Saskatchewan Crown co...