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Newborn Hearing Screening Program Expanded To Eighteen Saskatchewan Hospitals
Newborn babies will now be screened for early signs of hearing loss in all eighteen Saskatchewan hospitals that regularly deliver babies as of May 1.The Universal Newborn Hearing Screening Program ide...
May 07, 2019
Highlights of the auditor general's reports released Tuesday
OTTAWA - Highlights of the auditor general's reports released Tuesday: - Millions of people had trouble getting through to agents at federal call centres. Instead of giving callers the option of ...
May 07, 2019
Dead end: millions of calls to government go unanswered, AG finds
OTTAWA - Half of the 16 million Canadians trying to reach one of three government agencies by telephone are unable to speak to live humans, according to Canada's interim auditor general. In a new...
May 07, 2019
Teen injured in Nova Scotia rugby match says game has risks like any sport
HALIFAX - An international exchange student who was injured in a high school rugby match in Cape Breton last week says he's feeling "really good" after being released from hospital. Diego Kuri, a 16-y...
May 07, 2019
Freeland affirms Arctic co-operation with U.S. despite differences on climate
MONTREAL - Canada is holding out hope it can collaborate with the Trump administration on Arctic challenges even though the United States has blocked the Arctic Council from issuing a unanimous declar...
May 07, 2019
Give-a-Way for Mother's Day
Our relationships with our Mums are unique and unlike any other relationship that we have.Some of us are lucky to get along great with our Mums. Some of us wish we got along better with our Mums. Some...
May 07, 2019
RCMP not fully prepared for active shooters five years after Moncton: auditor
OTTAWA - The RCMP isn't sure that all its officers have access to the rifles and body armour needed to respond to an active shooter, almost five years after three Mounties were gunned down i...
May 07, 2019
Canada's asylum system unable to respond to spikes in claims, AG finds
OTTAWA - Acting auditor general Sylvain Ricard has found Canada's refugee system is plagued with a backlog of asylum claims that is worse now than it has ever been, caused in part by systemic ine...
May 07, 2019
Senator says solitary-confinement bill will make some conditions worse, not better
OTTAWA - A Canadian senator who has spent four decades advocating for the rights of vulnerable people in Canadian prisons says a new bill that purports to end solitary confinement should be ...
May 07, 2019
City council raises minimum tax, approves 3.9 per cent mill rate increase
Prince Albert city council is raising the minimum property tax in the city after approving an increase at a special city council meeting Monday night. City councillors voted to raise the minimum tax f...
May 07, 2019 (File photo/paNOW Staff)
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