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CTV, Jessica Allen apologize for her hockey remarks after Don Cherry’s firing
TORONTO - CTV says it is apologizing to anyone who was offended by comments made by a correspondent on its show "The Social" following the firing of hockey commentator Don Cherry. During the program o...
Nov 15, 2019 Jessica Allen of CTV's "The Social" is shown in this undated handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Bell Media
'Couldn't be happier': Sask. Chamber approves of growth plan
The head of the Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce is giving a big nod to the growth plan the provincial government released on Thursday. Steve McLellan said the plan gives a sense of optimism that's ba...
Nov 15, 2019
'How out of touch': Anti-poverty groups upset with new income support program
It has only been around for five months and already the new Saskatchewan Income Support (SIS) program is doing more harm than good, according to local anti-poverty groups. On Thursday, representatives...
Nov 15, 2019 Representatives from the Anti-Poverty Ministry, Carmichael Outreach, End Poverty Regina and Poverty Free Saskatchewan held a joint news conference, outlining some of the major issues their clients have with the new Saskatchewan Income Support program, on Nov. 14, 2019. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)
PBO forecasts slower growth and deeper federal deficits
OTTAWA - Parliament's budget watchdog warns that rougher economic waters will mean a deeper federal deficit, with no certainty on how much deeper. In a report Thursday, the parliamentary budget office...
Nov 14, 2019 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
Mosaic Stadium to offer only pre-packaged products during West final
It will be all cans and bottles at the CFL's West Division final Sunday at Mosaic Stadium. The venue's beer and pop lines have been emptied out and closed off as part of its winterization plans. That ...
Nov 14, 2019 A batch of Rebellion Brewing's craft beer in late December 2018. (Evan Radford/980 CJME)
2 dead in California school attack; gunman shoots self
SANTA CLARITA, Calif. - A student gunman opened fire Thursday at a Southern California high school, killing two students, wounding three others and shooting himself in the head, authorities said. He w...
Nov 14, 2019
Regina man charged after series of business break-ins
A 28-year-old Regina man is facing charges in connection with a recent string of break-ins at five businesses. In a media release Thursday, the Regina Police Service said it received reports of five b...
Nov 14, 2019 A 22 year-old male is facing 11 charges related to possession of weapons and assaulting a police officer. (980 CJME file photo)
NDP has more leverage with Libs because the Bloc not a national party: Singh
OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he believes Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's only options to pass legislation in a minority Parliament are to work with his New Democrats or the Conservatives, di...
Nov 14, 2019
Sask. teachers' union declares impasse in negotiations
One day after calling a lack of progress at the bargaining table "frustrating," the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation (STF) has declared an impasse in contract negotiations. In a post on its website T...
Nov 14, 2019
Workers at risk of losing jobs to AI can be retrained for health care, RBC says
OTTAWA - A new report says some of the more than one million Canadian workers who could lose their jobs to machines could fill growing gaps in the nation's health-care system with the right training n...
Nov 14, 2019 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Doug Ives
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Sarah Mills: England's World Cup disappointment continues
Sarah Mills is accepting that sixty years on, it is not to be, again. But she lived the best experience she could this W...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, July 16
On Thursday's show, guest host Tamara Cherry talks bail reform, grocery prices, missile tests in China, a lack of long-t...