Murray Wood: Elbows down, taxpayer subsidies for U.S. flights up
Murray Wood wonders why it's OK for Saskatchewan to prop up air travel to the U.S. with taxpayer dollars, but it was wro...
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German foreign minister flies to Libya to push peace effort
BERLIN - Germany's foreign minister was flying to Libya on Thursday to meet one of the country's rival leaders, Gen. Khalifa Hifter, in a bid to push forward troubled efforts to secure a cease-fire. G...
Jan 16, 2020
Right-wing parties in Israel unite, rejecting fringe list
JERUSALEM - Religious-nationalist parties in Israel joined forces late Wednesday ahead of the country's unprecedented third straight election in one year. The parties came together after weeks of jock...
Jan 16, 2020
US says its pavilion at Expo 2020 in Dubai sponsored by UAE
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The United States said its participation at this year's World's Fair in Dubai is being made possible by "the generosity of the Emirati government." The U.S. State Departm...
Jan 16, 2020
Ghosn's Japan lawyer quits after client's flight to Lebanon
TOKYO - One of the Japanese lawyers for former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn has stepped down from that job after his client fled the country. Junichiro Hironaka had been representing Ghosn in his defe...
Jan 16, 2020
Extreme cold warnings removed for much of Sask.
The extreme cold warnings that were in effect for much of Saskatchewan on Thursday have been lifted. The only areas still under the Environment Canada warnings were around Lloydminster, The Battleford...
Jan 16, 2020 (Evan Radford/980 CJME)
Inuit women in Canada's North encountering 'racialized policing,' report says
OTTAWA - A national organization representing Inuit women in Canada is calling for a radical shift in the way police work is done in the North. The demand comes after a new report relea...
Jan 16, 2020
Australia firefighters save world's only rare dinosaur trees
CANBERRA, Australia - Specialist firefighters have saved the world's last remaining wild stand of a prehistoric tree from wildfires that razed forests west of Sydney, officials said Thursday. Firefigh...
Jan 16, 2020
Experts say Med Sea altered by Suez Canal's invasive species
TEL AVIV, Israel - As Egypt marks the 150th anniversary of the opening of the Suez Canal, marine biologists are bemoaning one of the famed waterway's lesser known legacies - the invasion of hundreds o...
Jan 16, 2020
Philippine volcano's quakes, cracks send more people fleeing
LEMERY, Philippines - A Philippine volcano that erupted last weekend belched smaller plumes of ash and shuddered continuously with earthquakes Thursday, prompting authorities to block access to nearby...
Jan 16, 2020
3 African countries trying out 1st malaria vaccine in babies
TOMALI, Malawi - A pinch in the leg, a squeal and a trickle of tears. One baby after another in Malawi is getting the first and only vaccine against malaria, one of history's deadliest and most stubbo...
Jan 16, 2020
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Sarah Mills: We need more 'regular guys' in the civic process
Standing in front of CEOs, lobbyists, advocates and others at a council meeting is not an exciting prospect, but Sarah M...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 30
Evan finds out what to do if you find space junk on your farm, analyzes the outrage over Ticketmaster prices and the fut...