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...
Tag Archives: health
Volunteer shortage as seniors who are self-isolating over COVID stay home
Ian Hartley has been volunteering for years, offering his services as a hospital chaplain, working at the Central Alberta Pregnancy Care Centre and as a member of th...
May 14, 2020
Schools face daunting, unique reopening challenges during pandemic
As Canada begins grappling with the issue of recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic, the question of how to safely reopen schools has emerged as a particularly thorny topic. Physical constraints, econo...
May 14, 2020
'I feel lighter:' Some Albertans thrilled with haircuts, eating in restaurants
Alberta's relaunch of its COVID-compromised economy Thursday was busy in some spots, slow in others and overshadowed by different rules for different communities. Retailers, barber shops, hair salons,...
May 14, 2020
Serological surveys to look for COVID-19 immunity in Canadian population
Canada's top doctor says too little is known to consider using a newly approved serology test to identify individuals who could be immune to COVID-19 and allow those people to return to work or gather...
May 13, 2020
COVID-19 dominates the rhetoric, and the reality, of MPs on Parliament Hill
OTTAWA - Bright spotlights, metal girders and the stone backdrop of West Block's interior courtyard give the temporary home of the House of Commons the feel of a movie set. Perfect, some have obs...
May 13, 2020
Kenney slams China's handling of COVID-19, urges North American 'onshoring'
WASHINGTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney added his voice to the anti-China chorus Wednesday, savaging the communist republic's handling of the earliest days of the COVID-19 outbreak and urging Canada...
May 13, 2020
PM wants answers from China, other countries on early days of COVID-19
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says there are many questions for countries, particularly China, around the origins of COVID-19 and how they reacted in the early days of the pandemic. At the sa...
May 13, 2020
Officials failed to protect Montreal's vulnerable neighbourhoods, activists say
MONTREAL - Some of Montreal's most disadvantaged neighbourhoods appear to be bearing the brunt of the city's COVID-19 numbers, leading community organizers to question why more wasn't done to protect ...
May 13, 2020
NDP calls for universal sick-leave benefits as people return to work
OTTAWA - All Canadians need access to two weeks of sick-leave benefits as provinces start moving to reopen their economies while fighting COVID-19, and the federal government shoul...
May 13, 2020
A look at some of the Canadians who have lost their lives to COVID-19
COVID-19 has sickened tens of thousands of Canadians from coast to coast and killed thousands. "While we can start to become numb to these numbers as time goes on, each one of these individuals had a ...
May 13, 2020
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...