Murray Wood: Federal gun initiatives take aim at small business
Darryl Schemenauer is closing down his Regina gun store after 35 years, and he puts the blame squarely on the federal Li...
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Vegas hotel denies defaming OJ Simpson in reports of his ban
LAS VEGAS - A Las Vegas Strip hotel-casino denied that O.J. Simpson was defamed when employees banned him from the property in 2017 and a celebrity news site reported the paroled former football hero ...
Jan 13, 2020
Booker ends presidential bid after polling, money struggles
DES MOINES, Iowa - Democrat Cory Booker dropped out of the presidential race Monday, ending a campaign whose message of unity and love failed to resonate in a political era marked by chaos and anxiety...
Jan 13, 2020
Regina man reiterates claim that he doesn't belong in Unifor video
Chad Zipchian is convinced Unifor has the wrong guy. Zipchian co-owns a string of restaurants in southern Saskatchewan with Kalpesh Patel, who has been under the microscope since his name and face app...
Jan 13, 2020 Business owner Kalpesh Patel claims he was wrongfully featured in Unifor's "Meet the Scabs" video that outs replacement workers at the Co-op refinery during the labour dispute. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)
Feds working on new policies to stop illegal shipments of garbage
OTTAWA - The federal government expects to make some changes this year to keep Canada's garbage from illegally ending up on foreign shores, after needing to bring dozens of shipping containers of rott...
Jan 13, 2020
Here we go again: #DirectorsSoMale at the Oscars
NEW YORK - Once again, it was #DirectorsSoMale at the Oscars. "Congratulations to those men," said presenter Issa Rae pointedly, after the announcement of an all-male directors slate. Denied were cont...
Jan 13, 2020
ScarJo and Erivo go for 2, and other Oscar facts and figures
LOS ANGELES - A look at some of the historic achievements and trivial tidbits from Monday's nominations for the 92nd Academy Awards. ___ A record 62 women, representing nearly a third of nominees, wer...
Jan 13, 2020
Virginia police: No shooting found at middle school
HENRICO, Va. - Police in Virginia responded Monday to a report of an active shooter in the area of a Henrico County middle school but said they did not find any evidence of a shooting. There were no i...
Jan 13, 2020
TSB chair says agency wants answers in deadly Ukraine airline crash
OTTAWA - Canadian air-crash investigators are being given access to the wreckage and have been tapped to help unlock the contents of the data recorders from a Ukraine International Airlines plane down...
Jan 13, 2020
Applications open for Indian day-schools compensation
OTTAWA - A long-awaited program to provide financial compensation to survivors of Canada's Indian day schools is now open for applications. Under the terms of the settlement, survivors can apply for i...
Jan 13, 2020
Canada junior star Lafreniere first among draft-eligible North American skaters
NEW YORK - Alexis Lafreniere, who was named most valuable player of the 2020 world junior hockey championship after helping Canada capture a gold medal, is the top North American skater in the NHL's m...
Jan 13, 2020
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Sarah Mills: The season of the zipper merge has returned
It sometimes feels like leaders in our cities and towns don't plan for construction very well, but Sarah Mills says the ...
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The Evan Bray Show - Monday, April 20
On Monday's show, Evan hears concerns about the FSIN's transparency after its general assembly last week, discusses how ...