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Soil moisture reserves return to normal after extremely dry spring
As farmers wait for better weather to continue with harvest, the prolonged period of rain this week helped cropland in the long run. After a record dry April across central Saskatchewan, crops extensi...
Sep 12, 2019 (980 CJME file photo)
Canadians polarized, but social media use likely not the culprit: study
OTTAWA - Social media might not be to blame for Canadians' ideological polarization, a new report on digital democracy in Canada finds. The latest findings are from an ongoing effort led by the Public...
Sep 12, 2019 THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Richard Drew
House committee approves guidelines for impeachment hearings
WASHINGTON (AP) - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler says there's no confusion about what his committee is doing: It's an impeachment investigation, no matter how you want to phrase it....
Sep 12, 2019 House Financial Services Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters, D-Calif., left, and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., arrive for a gathering of the Democratic Caucus as Congress returns for the fall session, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019. Nadler says his committee will move forward with impeachment hearings this fall, bolstered by lawmakers on the panel who roundly support moving forward. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Airbnb operators should pay GST, says hotel association
Business is booming for Airbnb hosts in Regina, but hotel owners aren't happy about it. They're even putting "fair rules for the short-term rental industry" as their No. 1 priority for the federal ele...
Sep 12, 2019
Quebec court invalidates parts of medical aid in dying laws as too restrictive
MONTREAL - A Quebec Superior Court judge has invalidated sections of both the federal and Quebec laws on medically assisted dying, ruling Wednesday they were too restrictive and therefore unconstituti...
Sep 11, 2019
UK court rules Johnson’s suspension of Parliament unlawful
LONDON - A Scottish court dealt another blow to Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Brexit plans Wednesday, ruling that his decision to suspend Parliament less than two months before the U.K. is due to lea...
Sep 11, 2019
Government will propose banning flavours used in e-cigarettes
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Wednesday his administration will propose banning thousands of flavours used in e-cigarettes to combat a recent surge in underage vaping. The Food and Drug Adm...
Sep 11, 2019
Afghans fear Trump’s Taliban move means more civilians die
KABUL - The sound of the blast ripped through Kabul, in an instant wrenching the Afghan capital's attention from a nationally televised interview in which a United States envoy revealed the first deta...
Sep 11, 2019
Construction of Trans Mountain pipeline expansion still faces hurdles
VANCOUVER - Barbara Gard calls her three-hectare property, nestled below the forested peak of Sumas Mountain, a "miniature Stanley Park." Its lush trees and flowing creek reminded her of Vancouver's m...
Sep 11, 2019 Barbara Gard is pictured on her land which runs along the Trans Mountain pipeline and is where construction will take place for the expansion taking away grazing land for her goats and other livestock in Abbotsford, B.C., on Sept. 10, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
Alberta asks court whether environmental assessment process is constitutional
EDMONTON - The Alberta government has asked the province's Appeal Court to rule on whether Ottawa's new way of handling environmental assessments for major construction projects such as pipelines is c...
Sep 11, 2019 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
OPINION
Sarah Mills: Volunteers are the beating heart of Saskatchewan
There are so many people who step up for organizations in our province, creating events and moments that wouldn't happen...
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, June 19
**WITH GUEST HOST BRENT LOUCKS 8:30 - After four months, the U.S. and Iran seemed closer than ever to an agreement, an M...