Murray Wood: Dishonouring Mr. Hockey
The second Gordie Howe Bridge is now open between Detroit and Windsor, but Murray Wood says it was delayed by a greedy s...
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Despite White House urgency, Canada closes door to reopening U.S. border
WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tried to let Donald Trump down gently Thursday, warning that Canada is still a long way from being ready to agree to relax mutual travel restrictions along i...
Apr 16, 2020 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Veteran’s garden walk raises $16M for UK health service
LONDON (AP) - A 99-year-old Second World War veteran has completed his quest to walk 100 laps of his garden in eastern England and raised 13 million pounds (US$16 million) for Britain's National Healt...
Apr 16, 2020 Second World War veteran Tom Moore, 99, poses for a photo at his home in Marston Moretaine, England, after he achieved his goal of 100 laps of his garden, raising millions of pounds for the National Health Service with donations to his fundraising challenge from around the world. (Joe Giddens/PA via AP)
US job losses mount as economic pain deepens worldwide
WASHINGTON - The ranks of Americans thrown out of work by the coronavirus ballooned Thursday to at least 22 million in just four weeks, an unprecedented collapse that has fuelled widening protests and...
Apr 16, 2020 A man wearing a mask and gloves as a precaution against the spread of the new coronavirus drives a taxi in Havana, Cuba. Cuban authorities are requiring the use of masks for anyone outside their homes. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Ottawa expanding loan program for small businesses hit by COVID-19
OTTAWA - The federal government is expanding a loan program for small- and medium-sized businesses suffering from the COVID-19 pandemic and working on a new support for companies having trouble paying...
Apr 16, 2020 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Supreme Court of Canada won't hear La Loche shooter's sentencing appeal
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear an appeal from a young offender who was sentenced as an adult in a mass shooting at a northern Saskatchewan school. Randan Dakota Fontaine was two we...
Apr 16, 2020 Randan Fontaine is escorted out of his sentencing hearing in La Loche on Feb. 23, 2018. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
Regina city council votes to delay 9 roadwork projects to address financial shortfalls
Regina city councillors met by video link Wednesday to debate and decide how to move money around to make up for a projected shortfall of $20 million if COVID-19 outbreak measures last until September...
Apr 15, 2020
Bibeau says Canada has enough food but COVID-19 will still bring challenges
OTTAWA - Higher prices and less variety on store shelves is a possibility as the agriculture industry confronts a wide range of challenges created by COVID-19, the federal agriculture minister said We...
Apr 15, 2020 Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau responds to a question during Question Period in the House of Commons on April 29, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Cancellation of Saskatchewan drive-in church service questioned
Saskatchewan's premier wants an explanation as to why a drive-in church service on Easter Sunday wasn't allowed. Scott Moe's office is asking for answers from the Saskatchewan Health Authority about w...
Apr 15, 2020
Saskatchewan reports 18 more recoveries, three new COVID-19 cases
Even though the number of active COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan has dropped below 100 for the first time in three weeks, Premier Scott Moe on Wednesday extended the state of emergency in the province....
Apr 15, 2020 Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer, Dr. Saqib Shahab. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Harsh policing and big fines don’t make people safer from COVID-19: criminologists
Corey Yanofsky, a data scientist living in Ottawa, took his dog out for a walk last week and ended up with an $880 fine for standing in the wrong place during the COVID-19 pandemic. Obi Ifedi of Ottaw...
Apr 15, 2020
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Sarah Mills: School supply lists should be eradicated
Between 18 school divisions and the Ministry of Education, Sarah Mills says there must be a better way to procure pencil...
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, July 28
On Tuesday's show, Evan talked about making it easier to find a family doctor, a surge in highway fatalities, Saskatchew...