Sarah Mills: We need more 'regular guys' in the civic process
Standing in front of CEOs, lobbyists, advocates and others at a council meeting is not an exciting prospect, but Sarah M...
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South Dakota voters asked to approve work requirement for Medicaid expansion
South Dakota voters will decide this fall whether the state can impose work requirements on certain low-income people receiving Medicaid health care coverage, which would modify the program expansion ...
Feb 27, 2024
Alberta budget to allocate $20M toward planning for new Edmonton children's hospital
EDMONTON - The Alberta government's upcoming budget is to allocate $20 million over the next three years to advance plans for a stand-alone children's hospital in the provincial capital. Health Minist...
Feb 27, 2024
West Virginia Senate OKs bill requiring schools to show anti-abortion group fetal development video
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - West Virginia's Republican-majority Senate greenlit a bill on Tuesday that would make a video on fetal development produced by an anti-abortion group required viewing in publi...
Feb 27, 2024
Alabama IVF patients describe heartbreak, anger after ruling
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Tory Beasley had dreamed of having three kids, and she and her husband turned to IVF after struggling with infertility. She was scheduled for an embryo transfer next week at an...
Feb 27, 2024
'Not consulted': Alberta health minister questions Ottawa's national pharmacare plan
EDMONTON - Alberta's health minister is questioning the need for a national pharmacare plan, saying the province already has a comprehensive program for seniors, as well as for those who have low inco...
Feb 27, 2024
Changes needed to ensure safer, more resilient RCMP, union mental-health report says
OTTAWA - The union representing front-line Mounties is urging the RCMP to move beyond "patchwork solutions" to ensure the mental health of officers amid concerns they face increasing risks to their we...
Feb 27, 2024
Bill filed in Kentucky House would ease near-total abortion ban by adding rape and incest exceptions
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Legislation aimed at easing Kentucky's near-total abortion ban by creating limited exceptions for pregnancies caused by rape or incest was introduced Monday in the GOP-dominated ...
Feb 26, 2024
West Virginia medical professionals condemn bill that prohibits care to at-risk transgender youth
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Hundreds of medical professionals in West Virginia have signed a letter condemning a bill advancing in the House of Delegates that would bar transgender youth at risk for suic...
Feb 26, 2024
Tight budget, health-care changes expected to dominate Alberta legislature sitting
Alberta politicians are set to return to the legislature this week for a spring sitting that is expected to see the first steps on sweeping structural reforms to a health-care system grappling to find...
Feb 26, 2024
Freeland pledges pharmacare deal won't jeopardize federal finances
WARSAW, Poland - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says pharmacare will not jeopardize Canada's fiscal standing as the federal government intends to abide by the spending rules it pledged in the fall...
Feb 25, 2024
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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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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 30
Evan finds out what to do if you find space junk on your farm, analyzes the outrage over Ticketmaster prices and the fut...