Murray Wood: April is the most frustrating month on the prairies
As much of Saskatchewan deals with another spring snowstorm, Murray Wood says we're all asking the same question: This i...
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Missouri judge strikes down ballot summary for anti-abortion measure backed by Republican lawmakers
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - A Missouri judge has struck down a ballot summary for an anti-abortion amendment backed by Republican state lawmakers while concluding that it presented an unfair and insuff...
Sep 19, 2025
Notwithstanding clause won't stop court challenges of Alberta trans laws: groups
EDMONTON - Doctors and LGBTQ+ advocacy groups challenging Alberta laws affecting transgender people say they aren't backing down after learning the province plans to invoke the Charter's notwithstandi...
Sep 19, 2025
Dental program improving, industry says, but misconceptions about 'free' care persist
OTTAWA - The rollout of the national dental care program is improving, industry representatives say - but political statements are still driving a misconception among patients that the program will co...
Sep 19, 2025
Elon Musk's Neuralink brain chip clinical trial in Canada raises ethical questions
TORONTO - Some doctors and bioethicists are raising concerns about a Toronto hospital's partnership with a company founded by U.S. billionaire Elon Musk. University Health Network announced earlier th...
Sep 19, 2025
Alberta to use notwithstanding clause on its three transgender laws: memo
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has directed officials to invoke the Charter's notwithstanding clause in amending three laws that affect transgender people, says a leaked government memo obt...
Sep 18, 2025
Regina may remove financial hurdles for replacing lead pipes
Regina city council could make it easier for people to replace lead pipes in their homes. On Wednesday, Regina's executive committee voted unanimously to adjust the City of Regina's Lead Service Conne...
Sep 18, 2025 Mayor Chad Bachynski said a healthy community was paramount and he was happy to see that the city was constantly not only executing the program and meeting its targets – but also looking for ways to improve in the interim while still having some of those (LSCs) in our system. (Daniel Reech/980 CJME)
B.C. man who claims he stabbed 3 on 'God's will' isn't responsible, lawyer says
VANCOUVER - The lawyer for the man accused of an attack at a Vancouver Chinatown festival says his client had no motivation other than a direction from God to stab three people and he should be found ...
Sep 18, 2025
Staff shortages halt blood collection at Newfoundland and Labrador's largest hospital
ST. JOHN'S - Staff shortages forced officials to cancel routine blood collection in some parts of Newfoundland and Labrador's largest hospital on Wednesday, according to an internal memo from the prov...
Sep 18, 2025
Training for docs coming as women wait years in pain for endometriosis diagnoses
TORONTO - Katie Luciani spent years being told that her weeklong debilitating pain every month was a "normal" part of getting her period. "My symptoms showed up when I was 11," said Luciani, who is no...
Sep 18, 2025
Alarming rise in misinformation about women's health on social media,
MONTRAL - Harmful diets, false information about intrauterine devices or abortion pills - misinformation and disinformation about women's health are spreading like wildfire on social media apps like T...
Sep 18, 2025
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Sarah Mills: A U.S. jury says Live Nation and Ticketmaster's monopoly hurt fans
An appeal is already underway, but Sarah Mills says the court case against Live Nation and Ticketmaster has exposed what...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 16
Evan catches up on the latest happening in Ottawa, checks in on safety in downtown Saskatoon and discusses a three-strik...