Sarah Mills: It's a dream come true - I get to see England in the World Cup
After months of waiting and wading through FIFA's Kafkaesque ticket-buying process, Sarah Mills finally has tickets to s...
Tag Archives: health
B.C. moves flavoured nicotine pouches behind pharmacy counters to protect kids
VANCOUVER - B.C.'s government has ordered that flavoured nicotine pouches only be sold from behind pharmacy counters in the province in an effort to prevent youth from becoming addicted. The order sig...
Feb 07, 2024
Quebec wants Criminal Code exemption so people can request MAID in advance
Quebec is asking the federal government to change the Criminal Code so the province can begin allowing people to request medical assistance in dying before their condition renders them incapable of gi...
Feb 07, 2024
Singh threatens end of pact with Liberals, but says it will be government's fault
OTTAWA - New Democrat Leader Jagmeet Singh says if the government doesn't make good on pharmacare legislation by March, that would kill the Liberal-NDP political pact. But he's making it clear that an...
Feb 07, 2024 NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh. THE CANADIAN PRESS FILE/Adrian Wyld
Liberals intend to include sexually explicit deepfakes under online harms bill
OTTAWA - The Liberal government plans to ensure sexually explicit "deepfakes" like the images of Taylor Swift that generated global headlines last month are addressed by forthcoming legislation on onl...
Feb 07, 2024
Poilievre confirms he opposes puberty blockers, Trudeau says he's attacking rights
OTTAWA - The political battle lines over gender identity came into sharper focus Wednesday as Pierre Poilievre came out against treating young people with puberty blockers - a position that prompted a...
Feb 07, 2024
'We're not looking for placebo policy': health fix will take time, minister says
OTTAWA - Provincial leaders were frantic about the ailing state of their health care systems last year when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sat them down and offered $46.2-billion worth of urgent treatm...
Feb 07, 2024
Florida asks state Supreme Court to keep abortion rights amendment off the November ballot
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Lawyers trying to keep an abortion-rights measure off the Florida ballot told the state Supreme Court on Wednesday that the proposed amendment is deceptive, and that voters wo...
Feb 06, 2024
Which states could have abortion on the ballot in 2024?
A push to ask Arizona voters to add a right to abortion to the state constitution took on new stakes this week when the state's Supreme Court ruled that the state can enforce a ban on abortion in all ...
Feb 06, 2024
'Butt out': Poilievre criticizes Trudeau, feds on Alberta's planned transgender rules
MONTREAL - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, responding to Alberta's proposed rules for transgender youth, says the federal government needs to "butt out" of provincial health care and education. ...
Feb 06, 2024
Court allows negligence class-action suit against Ontario LTC minister to proceed
TORONTO - Ontario's Court of Appeal is allowing a class-action lawsuit to proceed against the minister of long-term care for alleged negligence regarding the government's response to COVID-19. The fou...
Feb 06, 2024
OPINION
Murray Wood: A star-crossed leader is beset by floor-crossing MPs
Murray Wood says Pierre Poilievre has suffered some bad timing in his career as Conservative leader, but the question is...
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, April 24
On Friday's show, Evan looks at the stormy forecast for Saskatchewan heading into the weekend, the potential delays to s...