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'We'll be moving': Alberta transgender children, families brace for legal changes
EDMONTON - Football decals plaster the walls of his bedroom. A San Francisco 49ers bedspread and a binder full of trading cards make it clear the seven-year-old loves sports. His mother says teachers ...
Oct 13, 2025
Following healthy food guidelines in Canada comes at a high cost, study finds
MONTREAL - A recent study out of Laval University finds many foods that are high in sodium and sugar on Canadian shelves are much cheaper than healthier, equivalent options. The lead author said she h...
Oct 12, 2025
Senator says she was never told her 2005 surgery would leave her sterile
OTTAWA - A Quebec senator says she was never told by her doctor that a surgical procedure she went through in 2005 would render her unable to have children, and hopes her story can advance a broader r...
Oct 12, 2025
U of S researchers creating 3D-printed model to better study lung diseases
Researchers at the University of Saskatchewan and the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO) are developing a new model that could be used to improve the study of lung diseases. Lung disea...
Oct 11, 2025 A 3D printed “scaffolding” designed to mimic the extracellular matrix in which lung cells live. (Canadian Light Source/Submitted)
Canada's first non-beating heart transplant could lead to shorter wait lists: UHN
TORONTO - A Toronto hospital says it transplanted a heart that stopped beating last month in a Canadian first that has the potential to substantially shorten the long wait for a donor. University Heal...
Oct 11, 2025
Senate debates bill to add warning labels to alcohol packaging
OTTAWA - Sen. Patrick Brazeau is trying a second time to pass legislation that would add cancer warning labels to alcohol packaging. The Senate is studying Bill S-202, a revival of legislation Brazeau...
Oct 09, 2025
Trump's Tylenol misinformation revives history of 'mom blaming' in autism, docs say
TORONTO - When U.S. President Donald Trump urged pregnant women to avoid Tylenol because of an unproven belief it can cause autism, Julie Green was brought back to the mom-blaming claims she heard mor...
Oct 09, 2025
Local state of emergency declared over risk of dam in B.C. Interior bursting
KAMLOOPS - A regional district in the British Columbia Interior has declared a state of local emergency as an illegal dam threatens to burst. The Thompson-Nicola Regional District has already issued a...
Oct 08, 2025
Ontario hospitals say they have $1 billion in funding needs
TORONTO - Ontario hospitals need an additional $1 billion this year to keep pace with factors such as population growth and inflation, leaving them facing pressures far higher than the deficits they f...
Oct 08, 2025
Saskatchewan's immunization clinics open for COVID-19 and flu shots
Starting Tuesday, Saskatchewan residents can schedule a time to get this year's respiratory illness vaccinations. Both the flu and COVID-19 vaccines are available at public health clinics, participati...
Oct 07, 2025 Dr. Saqib Shahab, Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer, said the flu and COVID-19 vaccines "are very effective in reducing your risk of serious outcomes, including hospitalization." (650 CKOM file photo)
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, June 25
8:30 - After tabling the first volume of her 2026 report on Tuesday morning, Evan speaks with Saskatchewan's provincial ...
