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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
A Republican plan to legalize medical marijuana in Wisconsin is dead
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A Republican proposal to legalize medical marijuana in Wisconsin is dead. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said Thursday that there will still be a public hearing to build support for p...
Feb 15, 2024
Prime minister and Manitoba premier announce $633M in health funding
WINNIPEG - Manitoba and Ottawa announced a deal Thursday to infuse $633 million into the province's health system, much of which they say will go toward hiring more front-line workers and improving ca...
Feb 15, 2024
Despite council support, VCH no longer considering contentious drug consumption site
Vancouver Coastal Health says it is no longer considering a stand-alone supervised consumption in Richmond, British Columbia. The decision was announced late Wednesday in a statement from VCH, which s...
Feb 15, 2024
Things to know about California's Proposition 1
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California voters this March will decide on a statewide ballot measure that Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom said would transform the outdated mental health system and address th...
Feb 14, 2024
Nebraska Republican gives top priority to bill allowing abortions in cases of fatal fetal anomalies
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A Nebraska lawmaker who tanked an effort last year by his fellow Republicans to pass a near-total abortion ban has given top priority this year to a bill that would allow abortion...
Feb 14, 2024
Assisted-dying expansion delay not based on stereotypes around mental illness: Virani
OTTAWA - Canada's justice minister is rejecting charges that the federal government is perpetuating mental-illness stereotypes by delaying a planned expansion of medical assistance in dying. Arif Vira...
Feb 14, 2024
Missouri high court says Planned Parenthood can receive funding; cites failed appeal by state
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - The Missouri Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected the latest attempt by Republican state officials to block taxpayer dollars from going to Planned Parenthood, citing a failur...
Feb 14, 2024
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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...
