Murray Wood: Arrest in 2001 Saskatoon assault case should make perpetrators worried
A 52-year-old man has been charged in connection with a 2001 sexual assault allegation in Saskatoon. Murray Wood says he...
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B.C. New Democrat legislator Joan Phillip facing health issue, says party caucus
VICTORIA - The British Columbia NDP caucus says legislator Joan Phillip is dealing with an illness that requires additional testing. New Democrat caucus chair Garry Begg said in a news release on Wedn...
Dec 03, 2025
Settlement in 23andMe data breach class-action proposed at about $4.49M
Canadians affected by a 23andMe data security breach two years ago have reached a proposed class-action settlement with the genetic testing company for approximately $4.49 million. Canada's privacy wa...
Dec 03, 2025
Winnipeg mayor pushing for fourth emergency service to respond to mental health calls
WINNIPEG - The mayor of Manitoba's capital city is pushing forward to create a fourth emergency response service that would respond to mental health crises. Winnipeg Mayor Scott Gillingham has long ca...
Dec 03, 2025
Health authority working to increase access to HIV self-testing kits
On the heels of World AIDS Day on Monday, the Saskatchewan Health Authority says it is working to expand access to HIV self-testing kits. The health authority said the kits offer a safe, reliable way ...
Dec 03, 2025 Bryan Quinones demonstrates how to use an HIV self-test kit in Toronto, on Friday, April 16, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris YoungÂ
Parents ask Manitoba to offer insulin help for younger students in schools
WINNIPEG - Some Manitoba parents whose children have Type 1 diabetes are asking the provincial government to help their kids in school. Young children in some provinces, such as Nova Scotia and Britis...
Dec 02, 2025
B.C. requires witness for those using supply drugs to stop diversion to streets
VICTORIA - Rules are being tightened for British Columbia's overdose-prevention safer supply program to require a witness when a user takes their drugs in an effort to stop the pills from being sold o...
Dec 02, 2025
Adding Alberta health-care numbers to licences increases fraud risk: privacy watchdog
EDMONTON - Alberta's privacy watchdog is raising concerns about the government's plan to add health-care numbers to driver's licences and other forms of identification. Information and privacy commiss...
Dec 02, 2025
NDP leader says Liberals are being 'dishonest' about the future of pharmacare
OTTAWA - The federal government's response to a report it commissioned on national pharmacare was "shockingly dismissive," NDP interim leader Don Davies said this week as he called on the Liberals to ...
Dec 02, 2025
Ontario auditor general finds province not properly overseeing doctor billings
TORONTO - Ontario is not properly overseeing doctors' billings, including cases of physicians billing for more than 24 hours in a day - money that could be going toward adding more family doctors, the...
Dec 02, 2025
Montreal to open 500 new spaces in warming shelters for unhoused people
MONTREAL - The mayor of Montreal says the city's homelessness crisis is "more serious than ever" and addressing it is her top priority. "The crisis that we have in our hands right now in Montreal has ...
Dec 01, 2025
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Sarah Mills: Let's hope lessons are learned this construction season
Major projects in Saskatoon and Regina must get done, but Sarah Mills says changes are needed to lessen the impact on tr...
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8:30 - Saskatchewan Ministers have been given a warning from the House Speaker about increased heckling, interruptions a...
