Murray Wood: Arrest in 2001 Saskatoon assault case should make perpetrators worried
A 52-year-old man has been charged in connection with a 2001 sexual assault allegation in Saskatoon. Murray Wood says he...
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Quebec tables bill on involuntary hospitalization
QUBEC - Quebec's minister of health and social services has tabled a bill to relax the criteria for the involuntary hospitalization of patients experiencing a mental health crisis. The bill aims to ov...
Mar 24, 2026
Manitoba budget expands tax exemption on food items, aims to cut deficit
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government laid out a provincial budget Tuesday that promises savings for snack lovers, many homeowners and young people who ride buses. As of July 1, the province plans to rem...
Mar 24, 2026
Former Alberta cabinet minister accuses government of killing key tool for scrutiny
EDMONTON - New rules are now in effect in the Alberta legislature that one opposition member has warned will effectively allow Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservative government to duck some quer...
Mar 23, 2026
Black people in Canada less likely to fill medication prescriptions due to cost, study says
TORONTO - A new study says the cost of medication is stopping Black people in Canada from filling their prescriptions at a higher rate than white people. The research published Monday in the Canadian ...
Mar 22, 2026
Cattle producers push back as N.B. moves to end provincially run veterinary care
FREDERICTON - A group representing cattle farmers in New Brunswick say it takes issue with the province's plan to axe government-run veterinary services. The New Brunswick Cattle Producers Association...
Mar 21, 2026
Tumbler Ridge shooting victim undergoing fourth surgery to repair fractured skull
VANCOUVER - The 12-year-old girl seriously injured in the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., is undergoing a fourth surgery, this time to repair her fractured skull. Maya Gebala's mother, Cia Edmon...
Mar 20, 2026
Alberta to shutter supervised drug consumption sites in Calgary, Lethbridge
CALGARY - The Alberta government announced Friday it's shutting down the province's first-ever supervised drug consumption site. Public Safety Minister Mike Ellis said the site, housed in the Sheldon ...
Mar 20, 2026
Health authority warns of measles exposure on March 9 flight from Vancouver to Regina
The Saskatchewan Health Authority is warning travellers about a measles exposure risk on a flight from Vancouver to Regina earlier this month. The flight - Air Canada AC 8196 - departed the Vancouver ...
Mar 20, 2026 Signs and symptoms of measles include fever, cough, runny, red eyes, fatigue, irritability, small white spots inside the mouth and throat, and a red blotchy rash which develops on the face and spreads down the body several days after other symptoms begin. (casanowe1/Depositphotos.com)
Ontario to miss federal deadline for publicly funding nurse practitioners
TORONTO - Ontario will not have a policy in place to publicly fund all medically necessary services from nurse practitioners by April 1, as ordered by the federal government, leaving some patients pay...
Mar 20, 2026
Alberta's Smith says not contacted by RCMP amid police searches during contract probe
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's office says she's not been contacted by the RCMP as Mounties execute search warrants amid a probe into allegations of misconduct in multimillion-dollar gove...
Mar 19, 2026
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Sarah Mills: Trying to score World Cup tickets is a fool's game under FIFA
Sarah Mills spent five hours and 50 minutes in a queue for FIFA's general sale for World Cup tickets on Wednesday, only ...
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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...