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Roughly 13,000 without power days after snowstorm pummels Manitoba
WINNIPEG - The farm that has been in Jamal Abas' family for four generations was without power for a sixth straight day Tuesday - one of thousands of homes and businesses across Manitoba still sufferi...
Oct 15, 2019 THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
Work camp signals Co-op refinery's preparations for strike
The Co-op refinery in Regina has started preparing for a labour disruption. The refinery and Unifor Local 594 are in negotiations on a new contract and have a third session scheduled with a conciliato...
Oct 15, 2019
Trudeau, Singh posture for “progressive” votes while Scheer fights in Quebec
OTTAWA - As Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau and New Democrat opponent Jagmeet Singh fought Tuesday for the hearts and minds of "progressive" voters, hope sprung eternal for Conservative Leader Andrew Sc...
Oct 15, 2019 Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau makes a campaign stop in Fredericton, N.B., on Oct. 15, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Bomb scare at Montana school turns out to be false alarm
HELENA, Mont. - Authorities evacuated an elementary school in Montana's capital city on Tuesday after officials found what they thought was the remnants of a homemade bomb, but it turned out to be a p...
Oct 15, 2019
City of Regina launches pay-by-phone parking
Drivers peeved by pesky pocket change for parking meters now have an app for that in Regina. On Tuesday, the City of Regina rolled out a new pay-by-smartphone method that ditches coins and uses an app...
Oct 15, 2019 Regina's parking meters now have location numbers on each one, so drivers can use the PayByPhone app to pay for their parking time. (Evan Radford/980 CJME)
Cody Fajardo looks on the bright side following truck break-in
Cody Fajardo's first Thanksgiving in Regina didn't get off to the best start, but the Saskatchewan Roughriders quarterback is trying to find a silver lining. The 27-year-old is in his first season wit...
Oct 15, 2019 Saskatchewan Roughriders quarterback Cody Fajardo. (File photo courtesy of the Saskatchewan Roughriders)
‘Save the kids!’ Dorian survivor tells the harrowing story of his wife’s death
TORONTO - Cialin Dany knew he was in trouble when he saw a massive palm tree laying on the ground next to the Abaco Lodge in the Bahamas. As Hurricane Dorian whirled at the door, Dany, 32, took his Ca...
Oct 15, 2019 THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Alysha Cardinale-Soderberg
UEFA leader wants ‘war on racists’ after English face abuse
UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin urged governments to escalate the "war on the racists" to help soccer authorities eliminate it from stadiums after England players faced abuse in Bulgaria. In a state...
Oct 15, 2019 England manager Gareth Southgate, right, speaks with referee Ivan Bebek during the Euro 2020 Group A qualifying soccer match between Bulgaria and England in Sofia, Bulgaria on Oct. 14, 2019. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
Former WH aide: John Bolton called Giuliani a ‘hand grenade’
WASHINGTON - National security adviser John Bolton was so alarmed by Rudy Giuliani's back-channel activities in Ukraine that he described President Donald Trump's personal lawyer as a "hand grenade wh...
Oct 15, 2019
IMF downgrades outlook for world economy; 2019 estimate for Canada unchanged
WASHINGTON - The International Monetary Fund is further downgrading its outlook for the world economy, predicting that growth this year will be the weakest since the 2008 financial crisis primarily be...
Oct 15, 2019
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Sarah Mills: Who won the deal for the Gordie Howe Bridge?
A leader came out on top when it comes to the details of the agreement to finally open the bridge between Ontario and Mi...
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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, July 15
On Wednesday's show, guest host Tamara Cherry talks about the conflict in the Middle East, a possible pipeline in wester...