Alicia Bridges

How police caught Mary Cook's killer is the secret they don't want you to know

In a hotel room high above Melbourne, two men discuss how to cover up a woman's murder. All is not what it seems.

There is a pro-suicide website linked to deaths in Australia. Getting it shut down is not so simple

There's been a spike in deaths in Australia linked to a lethal substance frequently discussed on the offshore forum. Some of those who've died spent time on the site, which experts say has guided suicidal people toward death instead of away from it.

West Australian coroner makes recommendations around use of prone restraint for second time this...

A West Australian coroner remains "concerned" and "troubled" about police use of a physical restraint that has been linked to deaths in custody, recommending even stricter limits as part of findings into the death of Noongar man Roderick Narrier in Perth.

Sarah fought to stop her husband being deported after he assaulted her. Under proposed laws, she...

Sarah* says the time her husband Peter* was violent with her was a shocking, one-off incident. She did not want to separate from him, but she says the government made that choice for her when it tried to deport him.

Vegan activist Tash Peterson is banned from every pub in WA. Lawyers say it's a misuse of the law

The use of the Liquor Control Act to ban vegan protester Tash Peterson from every licensed venue in Western Australia has been described by legal experts as an "overreach" and "misuse" of the law, in a state with no human rights legislation through which to challenge it.

Lucy was planning to speak out about Perth's Esther Foundation, then Scott Morrison gave it $4m

The Australian National Audit Office this week found the grant, presented in-person by former prime minister Scott Morrison in 2019, was likely unlawful and lacked due diligence.

Hope rises from ashes of Wooroloo fire as community celebrates art awards

The Rustic Farm Art Awards were created to help Perth Hills communities heal after the Wooroloo bushfire destroyed 86 homes in 2021.

McGowan promised 'urgent' reforms to custody laws for the mentally impaired. After six years,...

John and Susan's son has been in jail for four years, but not because he was convicted of a crime. He is in custody under a controversial law the West Australian government promised to reform urgently in 2016, but six years later it remains unchanged.

E13: New Evidence | The Pit | CBC Podcasts | CBC Listen

A rural couple makes an unusual discovery under a shed and is called to testify in court. Greg forces his own lawyers to make a difficult decision. The trial brings more surprises as the seventh anniversary of Sheree's disappearance passes by.

No law exists to stop businesses from refusing cash. Why do some people care so much?

Business owners who have stopped accepting cash say it speeds up service and improves safety and security for staff, but some customers say it is their right to pay cash.

'I'm wasting myself': How visa restrictions are stopping skilled migrant women from working

When Anam Irshad travelled from Pakistan to Australia, she sacrificed the luggage space she had for clothing to make room for her pharmacy books.

A disappearance at 'The Pit' | CBC Radio

Nearly six years after her disappearance, Sheree Fertuck's husband is on trial for murder in Saskatoon. Today Front Burner explores the controversial undercover police sting at the heart of the case. Nearly six years after Sheree Fertuck's disappearance near Kenaston, Sask., a murder trial is underway for her husband in Saskatoon.

RCMP reveal new details about final hours before Bali went missing

The text message came to Shelby Hnatuk's cellphone at 10:12 a.m. CST on April 12, 2016. It was from Mekayla Bali, a classmate at Sacred Heart High School in Yorkton, Sask. Bali, who was 16 at the time, had sent the message from somewhere else in Yorkton, a quiet prairie town.

Inside Canada's race for a COVID-19 vaccine | CBC Radio

For months, CBC Saskatoon reporter Alicia Bridges was granted special access to the work of Canadian scientists racing to develop a COVID-19 vaccine. Today on Front Burner, their trials and tribulations and what it could mean for Canadians' access to one.

Crystal Wreck: How Saskatchewan's meth problem became a crisis

By ALICIA BRIDGESMay 30, 2017 With one push on the piston of a syringe, crystal methamphetamine made Debbie Roberts's world a darker place. She thought she was taking another drug, Ritalin, the day she went blind. But someone must have swapped it out while she was in the washroom.

TV: Saskatoon man uses clean needles as weapon in war against HIV

Her husband took his own life after he was bullied on the job | CBC Radio

Brenda Duhaime tries to avoid spending the night in her own home. She's been staying with family off and on since August 2017. That's when her husband, Robert Duhaime, was found unconscious on their living room floor. He had taken his own life.

Breaking the cycle: How northern Saskatchewan is rallying to end suicide | CBC News

It was a case in point nobody wanted to make. At a meeting calling for urgent action on suicides in northern Saskatchewan on Wednesday, one of the guests had to cancel to help an 11-year-old girl who had overdosed in a nearby community.

Toxic Towns: Bullying and harassment described at rural municipalities

Workers in communities all over Saskatchewan say they have been bullied and harassed on the job. Some expressed concerns for their physical safety. Others are facing financial trouble after long periods on medical leave. Some left their jobs. Others left town.

TV: RCMP reveal new details about the disappearance of Mekayla Bali

Sask. RCMP establish a theory of murder after Sheree Fertuck vanishes

Sheree Fertuck was last seen driving away from her family farm in a gravel truck near Kenaston, Sask. 80 kilometres south of Saskatoon, on Dec. 7, 2015. While her truck was discovered abandoned near the pit, Sheree was nowhere to be found.

Province recording medically-assisted deaths as suicides is 'unconscionable,' says Sask. family |...

The day that Alice Tataryn asked for medical assistance to end her life and avoid a painful death, her daughter Susan Tataryn showed her a letter she had written to the Office of the Chief Coroner in Saskatchewan. Alice was in a Prince Albert, Sask., hospital dying from terminal lung cancer that had spread into her skull, liver, spine and collarbone.

In line for life: Why Saskatchewan's organ donation rate lags behind other provinces

Eleven-year-old Ava Walls had a dream that her grandma, Monica Goulet, walked out of an operating room in a beautiful, bedazzled dress from Hawaii. In the dream, Goulet was glowing. She had just received a new kidney. Although the kidney is still a dream, the dress is not.

At least 29 Sask. rural municipalities don't have legally required harassment policies | CBC News

At least 29 rural municipalities in Saskatchewan have failed to meet the legal requirement to have workplace harassment policies in place for employees. CBC News asked hundreds of rural municipalities across Saskatchewan if they have a harassment policy, which is required underSection 36 of the province's Occupational Health and Safety Regulations and the Saskatchewan Employment Act.

Traphouse hero: Saskatoon man uses clean needles as weapon in war against HIV | CBC News

A figure wearing shorts, Crocs and a military backpack strides confidently through the glow of neon lights. A pug trots at his heels. Terry Grady - ex-military member, recovering addict and former monastery resident - is headed into a high-crime, high-poverty neighbourhood on Saskatoon's west side.

TRC report: Survivors struggle to reconcile the past

'I just started hating myself': Young people dying as stigma, misunderstanding prevent HIV treatment

When Saskatoon man Ian Longman found out he had HIV, it was two years before he sought treatment. He thought the diagnosis meant certain death, and he didn't know treatment was an option. "I just started hating myself and hating other people and hating what they were saying about me and stuff like that," said Longman.

Catholic schools association denies LGBT discrimination after cancelling sexual health fundraiser

Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools is denying it cancelled a dodgeball fundraiser at one of its schools because it learned the money raised would go towards teaching young men about sexual identity. 'As soon as I mentioned sexual identity, that's when really the conversation flipped and the whole tone really changed.'

Lawyer says Saskatoon white powder suspect will turn herself in after Canada-wide warrant issued

The lawyer for Alexa Emerson, who is the subject of a Canada-wide arrest warrant in connection with six white powder scares in Saskatoon, says his client is at a property in rural Alberta for which police already have the address.

Saskatoon woman, 88, hit by bus speaks out after another injured at same spot

The son of an 88-year-old woman recovering after she was hit by a Saskatoon city bus in December says the city needs to do a full transit safety review after another woman was hit at the same intersection Thursday night.

STC offered taxi rides in place of 48 cancelled bus routes during budget closure

Taxi rides spanning hundreds of kilometres were offered to passengers on more than 40 cancelled bus routes after the Saskatchewan Transportation Company shut down temporarily on Wednesday. The service stopped operating temporarily Wednesday afternoon when the provincial government announced it was winding down the service as part of the provincial budget spending cuts.

Gitxsan health controversy

Smithers RCMP officer investigated after incident with elder

Moricetown divided by LNG deals being negotiated by band

Shire sues Facebook user

The Shire of Wyndham East Kimberley is suing a member of the public who allegedly claimed on a Kununurra-based Facebook page that public servants were stealing money. Shire chief executive Gary Gaffney confirmed last week the authority was taking legal action against a woman he claims defamed three council employees by suggesting they were pocketing money from a Kununurra council facility.

Finch Rescue

Scientists are using innovative research to save a tiny bird with a cult following and some fascinating genetic quirks.

Driving ambition

Black Humour

An interview with comedian Dylan Moran

Hair raising

GRIZZLY bears and bad hair might not seem to have much in common, but Perth artist Sean Morris seeks intricacy in his subject matter, and he sees it in both. Since completing a media degree at Curtin University, Morris has found his niche in "stripped back" but intricate illustration.