Sarah Mills: Cancelled ferries on west coast put the short Saskatchewan commutes into perspective
Using the ferry system is a great way to enjoy BC from the water, but Sarah Mills says recent issues have had a big impa...
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Hospital staff back to work after AUPE reaches tentative deal
EDMONTON - The union representing 16,000 hospital workers says it reached a tentative agreement with Alberta's health authority a minute before its members hit the picket lines Saturday morning. Sandr...
Nov 22, 2025
'Life and death': Chief tells of trauma and bravery in grizzly attack on B.C. pupils
What was to be a short afternoon field trip for about 20 students and staff of a school in Bella Coola, B.C., became a scene of trauma and heroism when a grizzly bear attack badly injured four people,...
Nov 21, 2025
Expert report calls on Ottawa to fund essential medicines, enshrine pharmacare in law
OTTAWA - Canada should create a pharmacare system that offers free access to essential medicines to anyone with a health card and allows private insurance to continue playing a role, an expert committ...
Nov 21, 2025
Alberta legislature member compares transgender surgery to livestock castration
EDMONTON - An Alberta legislature member was called on by the Opposition to apologize Thursday after saying the province has a duty to step in to deal with "bad parents" while also comparing transgend...
Nov 20, 2025
Alberta premier distances herself from $109M DynaLife lab testing debacle
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is distancing herself from a multimillion-dollar lab testing debacle involving the former private provider DynaLife. Smith, speaking in the legislature Thursd...
Nov 20, 2025
Conservatives plan to try and amend asylum system rules in border security bill
OTTAWA - Conservative immigration critic Michelle Rempel Garner said Thursday she plans to try and "amend the heck" out of the government's border security bill, Bill C-12, with a host of measures tar...
Nov 20, 2025
N.B. premier says new deal with physicians will lead to improved primary care access
FREDERICTON - The premier of New Brunswick says her government is set to sign a new four-year agreement with the provincial medical society that will improve access to primary care. Members of the New...
Nov 20, 2025
Alert issued in Saskatoon after 104 overdoses in one week, including two deaths
The Saskatchewan Ministry of Health has issued an alert for Saskatoon after the city saw 104 overdoses within a single week, including two deaths on Monday. The Saskatoon Fire Department reported a sh...
Nov 20, 2025 In some of the overdose cases, hospitalization and multiple doses of naloxone have been required to revive the patient. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Child advocates urge government to bring back online harms legislation
OTTAWA - The dangers children face online constitute a national emergency, a coalition of child advocates and medical organizations said Thursday as they called for the federal government to take acti...
Nov 20, 2025
Advocates disappointed budget offered no funding for IVF, despite campaign pledge
OTTAWA - Fertility advocates say they're disappointed the Liberal government did not make good on its campaign promise to fund in vitro fertilization treatments in the recent federal budget. The Liber...
Nov 20, 2025 Lab staff prepare petri dishes, each holding several embryos, for viability tests at the Aspire Houston Fertility Institute in vitro fertilization lab on Feb. 27, 2024, in Houston. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke, File)
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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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8:30 - Today is Green Shirt Day, which falls one day after the eighth anniversary of the Humboldt Bus Crash. The anniver...
