Murray Wood: Signs of spring appearing in Saskatchewan
Murray Wood says signs of spring were all over the place on the weekend, even though the forecast remains wintery for th...
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Alberta premier distances herself from $109M DynaLife lab testing debacle
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is distancing herself from a multimillion-dollar lab testing debacle involving the former private provider DynaLife. Smith, speaking in the legislature Thursd...
Nov 20, 2025
Conservatives plan to try and amend asylum system rules in border security bill
OTTAWA - Conservative immigration critic Michelle Rempel Garner said Thursday she plans to try and "amend the heck" out of the government's border security bill, Bill C-12, with a host of measures tar...
Nov 20, 2025
N.B. premier says new deal with physicians will lead to improved primary care access
FREDERICTON - The premier of New Brunswick says her government is set to sign a new four-year agreement with the provincial medical society that will improve access to primary care. Members of the New...
Nov 20, 2025
Alberta legislature member compares transgender surgery to livestock castration
EDMONTON - An Alberta legislature member was called on by the Opposition to apologize Thursday after saying the province has a duty to step in to deal with "bad parents" while also comparing transgend...
Nov 20, 2025
Child advocates urge government to bring back online harms legislation
OTTAWA - The dangers children face online constitute a national emergency, a coalition of child advocates and medical organizations said Thursday as they called for the federal government to take acti...
Nov 20, 2025
Sask. government doesn't know how many people are waiting for addictions treatment
Addictions continue to tear apart lives and families in Saskatchewan and across the country, with governments trying to figure out a solution. As part of that, the Saskatchewan NDP's mental health and...
Nov 20, 2025 Mental Health and Addictions Minister Lori Carr said the provincial government will have a better idea of the wait list one its central intake system is up and running. (980 CJME file photo)
Advocates disappointed budget offered no funding for IVF, despite campaign pledge
OTTAWA - Fertility advocates say they're disappointed the Liberal government did not make good on its campaign promise to fund in vitro fertilization treatments in the recent federal budget. The Liber...
Nov 20, 2025
Smith details Alberta plans to open door for doctors to work publicly and privately
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith revealed her government's plan to introduce legislation to let doctors choose to work in the public and private health systems simultaneously. In a video post...
Nov 19, 2025
Alberta's auditor general says taxpayers lost $109M in lab testing debacle
EDMONTON - Alberta's auditor general estimates the government's failed effort to privatize community lab testing services left taxpayers on the hook for about $109 million. Auditor general Doug Wylie,...
Nov 19, 2025
RCMP says B.C. ostrich farm investigations continue, charges neither laid nor stayed
RCMP say investigations are ongoing in relation to their enforcement operation at a British Columbia farm where avian influenza prompted the cull of hundreds of ostriches, with charges neither laid no...
Nov 19, 2025
OPINION
Sarah Mills: Cancelled ferries on west coast put the short Saskatchewan commutes into perspective
Using the ferry system is a great way to enjoy BC from the water, but Sarah Mills says recent issues have had a big impa...
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, April 7
8:30 - Today is Green Shirt Day, which falls one day after the eighth anniversary of the Humboldt Bus Crash. The anniver...