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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Canadian Blood Services says it needs 1 million new blood donors over next 5 years
TORONTO - Marc Parravano has donated blood 146 times. He remembers regularly going to the blood collection centre with his mother when he was a kid and followed in her footsteps after he turned 17 and...
May 08, 2025
Some Ontario mayors against communities' financial incentives to attract doctors
Several Ontario mayors have been calling on the province to ban financial incentives municipalities use to lure in doctors, saying the recruitment tactic is harming communities that can't pony up the ...
May 08, 2025
Donald Trump taps wellness influencer close to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for surgeon general
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump is tapping Dr. Casey Means, a wellness influencer with close ties to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., as his nominee for surgeon gen...
May 07, 2025
Sask. offering new online therapy course to help parents with mental health
A new online therapy course for expecting and postpartum parents is aimed at addressing their mental health concerns. The Wellbeing Course for New and Expecting Parents is a program offered through th...
May 07, 2025 Dr. Heather Hadjistavropoulos, the director of the University of Regina's Online Therapy Unit, said she believes the new course will help bridge the gap in care for some parents. (Gillian Massie/980 CJME)
Study finds no evidence to support New Brunswick's mystery brain disease
FREDERICTON - There is no evidence to support claims of a mystery brain disease in New Brunswick, says a new study that suggests the media may have played a role in feeding patients' fears. Published ...
May 07, 2025
Ontario health minister defends province's approach amid worsening measles outbreak
TORONTO - Premier Doug Ford and Health Minister Sylvia Jones defended on Wednesday the province's approach to the measles outbreak as new infections increase sharply and criticism mounts. The latest p...
May 07, 2025
Quebec to set 150-metre limit between schools and supervised injection sites
QUBEC - The Quebec government has tabled legislation that would ensure a minimum 150-metre distance between supervised injection sites and schools and daycares. Social Services Minister Lionel Carmant...
May 06, 2025
Under pressure, Quebec finds money to pay for renovations to major Montreal hospital
QUBEC - The Quebec government says it has found the funds to begin much-needed repairs this year to a major Quebec hospital, following severe criticism from the opposition. The Coalition Avenir Qubec ...
May 06, 2025
'We will emerge stronger': Legislator praises resilience after festival attack
We must "continue to wrap our arms around" the Filipino community as it deals with the burden of the Lapu Lapu Day tragedy that killed 11 people, British Columbia legislator Mable Elmore said on Monda...
May 06, 2025 MLA Mable Elmore wipes away tears on Sunday, April 27, 2025, while visiting a memorial near the site of an attack where a vehicle was driven into crowd at a street festival on Saturday night in Vancouver. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Rich Lam
Alberta ramps up measles vaccination push as 3 children in intensive care
EDMONTON - Alberta's government says three children are in intensive care in hospital after contracting measles. A health ministry spokesperson declined to disclose their ages, citing privacy concerns...
May 05, 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 ...