Murray Wood: Isn't it time for more 'we' than 'oui' in Rideau Hall?
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Mississippi Republicans revive bill to regulate transgender bathroom use in schools
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi's Republican-led Legislature completed a last-ditch effort Thursday to revive a bill to regulate transgender people's use of bathrooms, locker rooms and dormitories i...
May 02, 2024
Older adults' brains 'rewarded' by music they don't even like, B.C. researcher finds
BURNABY, B.C. - The brains of older adults feel a sense of reward when listening to music, even if it's a song they don't particularly like, a researcher at British Columbia's Simon Fraser University ...
May 02, 2024
Transgender Tennesseans want state's refusal to amend birth certificates declared unconstitutional
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A federal appeals court heard arguments on Thursday over a decades-old Tennessee policy that does not allow transgender people to change the sex designation on their birth cert...
May 02, 2024
What defines a heartbeat? Judge hears arguments in South Carolina abortion case
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - South Carolina's ban on abortions after roughly six weeks, before many women know they are pregnant, returned to court Thursday with Planned Parenthood and the state arguing over...
May 02, 2024
Health minister expands on plan to fund travel when kids need out-of-province care
The Government of Saskatchewan is stepping back from a decision which would've made a Saskatoon family dip into their own pockets to pay for their travel to Toronto in order to get health care for the...
May 02, 2024 Kaitlyn Soron and her family made a plea at the Legislative Building late in April after incurring heavy expenses during a trip to Toronto which was necessary for her daughter's care. (980 CJME file photo)
Weight-loss drug Wegovy available in Canada starting May 6 for people with obesity
The weight-loss drug Wegovy, made by the manufacturers of Ozempic, will be available to patients in Canada starting Monday, the company says. Novo Nordisk's weekly injection is approved for weight los...
May 02, 2024
Arizona's Democratic governor signs a bill to repeal 1864 ban on most abortions
PHOENIX (AP) - Democratic Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has relegated a Civil War-era ban on most abortions to the past by signing a bill Thursday to repeal it. Hobbs says the move is just the beginning of...
May 01, 2024
Abortion is still consuming US politics and courts 2 years after a Supreme Court draft was leaked
Two years after a leaked draft of a U.S. Supreme Court opinion signaled that the nation's abortion landscape was about to shift dramatically, the issue is still consuming the nation's courts, legislat...
May 01, 2024
Arizona lawmakers vote to undo near-total abortion ban from 1864, with Gov. Hobbs expected to sign
PHOENIX (AP) - The Arizona Legislature approved a repeal of a long-dormant ban on nearly all abortions Wednesday, sending the bill to Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs, who is expected to sign it. Two Repub...
May 01, 2024
Province to provide financial help to parents requiring care for kids outside Sask.
The Government of Saskatchewan says it will offer financial assistance to families when they need to leave the province to get health care for their children. The move comes after Kaitlyn Soron and he...
May 01, 2024 Everett Hindley, Saskatchewan’s health minister, says the government is taking steps to reduce the financial burden on parents forced to travel for their kids' health care. (980 CJME file photo)
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Sarah Mills: Betty Nippi-Albright did the honourable thing by choosing to sit as independent
Sarah Mills says Betty Nippi-Albright's departure from the Sask. NDP has not forced a byelection, nor has she sought dea...
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Evan speaks with Shaun Semple after Regina City Council approved the Brandt/REAL District purchase deal on Wednesday, th...
