Murray Wood: Federal gun initiatives take aim at small business
Darryl Schemenauer is closing down his Regina gun store after 35 years, and he puts the blame squarely on the federal Li...
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Kinew accuses group of Republicans of pitching 'timber tantrum' over wildfire smoke
WASHINGTON - Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew accused a group of Republicans of throwing a "timber tantrum" and playing "political games" after they called out Canada over wildfires sending smoke billowing ...
Aug 06, 2025
Salmonella outbreak linked to pistachios, Dubai chocolate likely to expand, PHAC says
TORONTO - The Public Health Agency of Canada says it expects to report more salmonella cases linked to certain brands of pistachios and pistachio-containing products in the coming months, adding to th...
Aug 06, 2025 Dubai chocolate is a dessert prepared with milk and dark chocolate, roasted shredded wheat, pistachio paste and tahini. (EsinDeniz / Depositphotos.com)
Immigration lawyers say rising number of CSIS security screenings causing delays
OTTAWA - The Canadian Security Intelligence Service says it's dealing with a growing number of immigration security screening requests - and immigration lawyers say their clients are coping with long ...
Aug 06, 2025
Low-income renters press governments for ways to cool apartments in heat waves
HALIFAX - Sandra Walsh was struggling to breathe in her apartment when temperatures across Nova Scotia soared in July, but the woman on social assistance says her pleas for a government-funded air con...
Aug 06, 2025
B.C. mink farmers lose appeal for damages against province for pandemic-era ban
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Court of Appeal says lawsuits launched by mink farmers over a pandemic-era ban on their farms have "no reasonable prospect of success," dismissing their bid for damages against th...
Aug 05, 2025
Nine hospitalized, dozens sickened in salmonella outbreak linked to pistachios
Nine people have been hospitalized, and dozens of salmonella cases have been reported after an outbreak of infections linked to certain brands of pistachios and pistachio-containing products. Recall w...
Aug 05, 2025
Canadian researchers solve 12-year mystery of sea star wasting disease
A team led by researchers in British Columbia has solved the mystery of a gruesome disease that has killed billions of sea stars along the Pacific coast of North America, more than a decade after the ...
Aug 04, 2025
As premiers push for more immigration power, experts call for a fact-based debate
OTTAWA - Some premiers say they want to have more local control over the immigration system - but experts say what the system really needs is a national conversation on immigration reform that shores ...
Aug 04, 2025
Canada records first case of West Nile virus in 2025
TORONTO - Confirmation of the first human case of West Nile virus acquired in Canada this year arrived just in time for the August long weekend. The Public Health Agency of Canada said Thursday that a...
Aug 02, 2025 In this Aug. 26, 2019, file photo, Salt Lake City Mosquito Abatement District biologist Nadja Reissen examines a mosquito in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
Glencore accused of discharging copper concentrate dust at Horne smelter in Quebec
ROUYN-NORANDA - Glencore's Horne smelter in western Quebec is facing a charge under the province's environmental laws for allegedly releasing copper concentrate dust into the air in March 2023. Quebec...
Aug 01, 2025
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Sarah Mills: The season of the zipper merge has returned
It sometimes feels like leaders in our cities and towns don't plan for construction very well, but Sarah Mills says the ...
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The Evan Bray Show - Monday, April 20
On Monday's show, Evan hears concerns about the FSIN's transparency after its general assembly last week, discusses how ...