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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is recalling Universal Bakery brand Organic Aussie Bites, saying the product contains gluten which is not declared on the label. The bite-sized snacks were labelled as being gluten-free. The CFIA says the product was sold online and in stores in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova […]

The season may be short, but Saskatchewanians know how to pack the most fun into just a few warm months. Summer in our province means camping, weddings, musical festivals, and lake days, so what does the summer forecast look like? Environment and Climate Change Canada has released their annual summer forecast and it’s predicting a […]

The federal government will test its capacity to issue emergency alerts today. That means Canadians in most provinces and territories will receive a test alert on their cellphones, as well as through TV and radio broadcasts. The sole exception is Ontario, where the test will take place on May 15. Provincial and territorial emergency management […]

This is the time of year when a lot of us are getting the backyard and garden ready for the summer. It doesn’t take long to spark interest amongst birds when you start working up the garden. They’re just licking their beak hoping for some delicious earthworms or bugs! An invasive species has been discovered […]

More than 255,000 Hydro Quebec customers are in the dark this morning as a significant spring storm rolls through the region. The utility says on its web-based outage map that the affected area ranges from near Gatineau to Montreal’s suburbs, with strong gusts of wind and broken tree branches cutting power lines.  Hydro One, in […]

Measles, a childhood malady with potential fatal consequences, is starting to rear its head in Canada. https://www.620ckrm.com/2024/03/05/saskatchewan-among-four-provinces-to-confirm-measles-cases/ There was one positive case in Saskatchewan, and multiple cases in Quebec. That case was detected late last year by someone from Saskatchewan travelling internationally. While measles had been eradicated in Canada through immunizing children, its possible for […]

Seventeen cases of measles have been confirmed in Quebec, Ontario, Saskatchewan and British Columbia — more than half of those in the Montreal area, while one Ontario case has been linked to a high school. Quebec public health director Dr. Luc Boileau confirmed 10 cases on Monday, almost all of them involving children and making Montreal the […]

The sexual assault case against five former members of Canada’s world junior hockey team made its first appearance in a southwestern Ontario court Monday and is set to return at the end of April. Dillon Dube, Cal Foote, Alex Formenton, Carter Hart and Michael McLeod were not present in the London, Ont., court and their […]

Ontario Power Generation (OPG) and its subsidiary, Laurentis Energy Partners (LEP), are set to collaborate with SaskPower in advancing Saskatchewan’s Small Modular Reactor (SMR) development project. The collaborative effort was officially announced in Regina, where representatives from OPG, LEP, and SaskPower, along with Ontario Energy Minister Todd Smith and Saskatchewan Minister Responsible for SaskPower Dustin […]