Murray Wood: The day Canada Became a nation
April 9, 1917 was Easter Monday. On that date, 109 years ago, Canadian soldiers made history at Vimy Ridge. Murray Wood ...
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B.C. to add 240 complex-care housing units in communities throughout the province
KELOWNA, B.C. - British Columbia is planning to add 240 new units to its complex-care housing program, providing homes for people with mental-health and addictions challenges that overlap with other s...
Apr 15, 2024
Dental-care double standard: hygienists ask for equal pay under federal plan
OTTAWA - The Liberal government is guilty of a double standard when it comes to how much practitioners will be reimbursed under a new federal plan, the Canadian Dental Hygienists Association is chargi...
Apr 15, 2024
Wild turkey breaks into Quebec long-term care home, a sign of 'exploding' population
MONTREAL - A break-in by a wild turkey at a long-term care home south of Quebec City over the weekend is a sign that the range and population of the birds are expanding in Quebec, bringing them closer...
Apr 15, 2024
Midwives granted new powers under updated Sask. regulations
Midwives in Saskatchewan will have new powers to prescribe more drugs and order X-rays and other tests under updated provincial regulations. According to the Ministry of Health, the government is maki...
Apr 15, 2024 The new rules allow midwives to prescribe more drugs and order more tests. (650 CKOM file photo)
Sharp rise in OD deaths demands better policies for those in their 20s, 30s: study
Opioid-related deaths doubled in Canada between 2019 and the end of 2021, with Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta experiencing a dramatic jump, mostly among men in their 20s and 30s, says a new study ...
Apr 14, 2024
Eight years since B.C. declared public health emergency, toxic drug crisis rages on
VANCOUVER - In the dozen years she's worked with the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users, executive director Brittany Graham has lost count of the people she's seen succumb to British Columbia's toxi...
Apr 14, 2024
Overdoses prompts B.C. First Nation to declare state of emergency
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - A spike in overdose deaths in the six British Columbia nations that make up the Tsilhqot'in National Government has prompted the chiefs to declare a local state of emergency. The...
Apr 12, 2024
Kansas governor vetoes ban on gender-affirming care for minors and 2 anti-abortion bills
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Kansas' governor on Friday vetoed a proposed ban on gender-affirming care for minors, a measure to require more reporting from abortion providers and what she called a "vague" bill...
Apr 12, 2024
Maine lawmakers approve shield law for providers of abortion and gender-affirming care
The Democratic-controlled Maine Legislature gave final approval Friday to a bill that would protect health care workers who provide abortion and gender-affirming care from legal action brought in othe...
Apr 12, 2024
Arizona just revived an 1864 law criminalizing abortion. Here's what's happening in other states
Developments this week in Arizona underscored something that was already apparent about the 2024 elections in the United States: Abortion is going to loom large as an issue in state and federal electi...
Apr 12, 2024
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Sarah Mills says Mark Carney largely speaking French in his call to astronaut Jeremy Hansen breaks a standard he set whe...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 9
On Thursday's show, Evan welcomes a trio of teens to discuss banning social media for children and teenagers, discusses ...
