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'I need a house': Belleville's drug emergency lays bare toll of wider crisis
BELLEVILLE, ONT. - As snow accumulated on the streets around him, John Green wondered where he would find warmth for the night. The 48-year-old and his partner were among those huddling this week outs...
Feb 17, 2024
The Census Bureau is thinking about how to ask about sex. People have their opinions
The U.S. Census Bureau is thinking about how to ask about sex. People have opinions. Dozens of health officials, civil rights groups, individuals and businesses have weighed in about how the statistic...
Feb 16, 2024
'It has not translated at all to the front line:' SUN skeptical of SHA action plan
On Thursday, the Saskatchewan Health Authority talked about the progress that has been made on the action plans to deal with overcapacity issues in Regina and Saskatoon hospitals. But the head of the ...
Feb 16, 2024
14 GOP-led states have turned down federal money to feed low-income kids in the summer. Here's why
Lower-income families with school-age kids can get help from the federal government paying for groceries this summer, unless they live in one of the 14 states that have said no to joining the program ...
Feb 15, 2024
Tribes in Washington are battling a devastating opioid crisis. Will a multimillion-dollar bill help?
BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) - Evelyn Jefferson walks deep into a forest dotted with the tents of unhoused Lummi Nation tribal members and calls out names. When someone appears, she and a nurse hand out the...
Feb 15, 2024
Lawsuits ask courts to overturn Virginia's new policies on the treatment of transgender students
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The ACLU of Virginia filed two lawsuits against the state Department of Education on Thursday, asking the courts to throw out Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin's policies on the trea...
Feb 15, 2024
Saskatchewan nurses alarmed over 'dangerous' crowding in hospitals
SASKATOON - Saskatchewan's largest nurses union says overcrowding has reached dangerous levels in one of the province's major hospitals. Saskatchewan Union of Nurses president Tracy Zambory says the R...
Feb 15, 2024
SHA says 116 beds have been added in Saskatoon and Regina through capacity plan
The Saskatchewan Health Authority says it has added more than 100 community and hospital beds to Saskatoon and Regina through its Capacity Pressure Action Plan. The plans for Saskatoon and Regina were...
Feb 15, 2024 The Saskatchewan Health Authority says 116 beds have been added in Saskatoon and Regina since the capacity plans were announced late last year. (980 CJME file photo)
New Hampshire Senate rejects enshrining abortion rights in the state constitution
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Another attempt to enshrine abortion rights in the New Hampshire Constitution failed Thursday, this time in the Senate. State law prohibits abortion after 24 weeks of pregnancy ex...
Feb 15, 2024
'Deep concerns': Legal experts criticize Alberta's plans for transgender youth
CALGARY - Thirty-six law professors, legal researchers and other staff from Alberta's two largest universities are asking the province to reconsider policy changes affecting transgender youth. The ope...
Feb 15, 2024
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