Sarah Mills: We came so close to the zipper merge
Three block of two lanes of traffic merging one by one, with everyone inching forward. It was the zipper merge in action...
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Spooking speeders: Prairie city latest to use police cutouts on busy roads
LLOYDMINSTER, Alta. - Some new scarecrows are popping up on the Prairies, but these aren't meant for bluffing birds. Life-size metal cutouts of uniformed Mounties are being placed next to busy roads a...
May 16, 2019
Create new coast-to-coast energy corridor to get pipelines built: Scheer
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer pledged Thursday to pursue a coast-to-coast energy corridor, achieve Canadian oil independence by 2030 and adjust mortgage-lending rules with the aim of maki...
May 16, 2019 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Trudeau says U.S. state abortion bans are ‘backsliding on women’s rights’
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he is deeply disappointed in a "backsliding on women's rights" happening in American states moving to ban abortion access. Alabama's legislature has passed ...
May 16, 2019 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Students to get a chance to help set educational policy
A group of teenagers in the province is going to get a chance to help influence the future of education in Saskatchewan. The provincial government announced Thursday that it will soon be seeking appli...
May 16, 2019
Canada issues tender to bring back trash but misses Duterte’s May 15 deadline
OTTAWA - The Liberal MP who chairs a parliamentary friendship group between Canada and the Philippines says the ongoing garbage war between the two countries is both embarrassing and unlikely to end s...
May 16, 2019
Feds ‘deeply concerned’ by China’s arrests of Canadians Kovrig, Spavor
OTTAWA - China's arrests of two Canadians are alarming foreign partners much more deeply than leaders in Beijing realize, says one of Canada's former ambassadors to the People's Republic. "I don't thi...
May 16, 2019 Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Ralph Goodale speaks during an announcement on the expansion of the Security Infrastructure Program in support of protecting communities at risk of hate motivated crimes on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, May 16, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Federal oil tanker ban bill defeated in Senate, but legislation not dead
OTTAWA - A federal ban on tanker traffic off British Columbia's north coast has been defeated in a Senate committee. On a 6-6 vote, the Senate's transportation and communications committee rejected Bi...
May 16, 2019
Canada introducing digital charter to combat hate speech, misinformation
PARIS - Canada intends to introduce a new digital charter to combat hate speech, misinformation and online electoral interference, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told a technology conference in Paris o...
May 16, 2019 Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivers a speech at the Viva Technology conference in Paris, Thursday May 16, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Baloney Meter: Has every single refugee claimant in Canada been screened?
OTTAWA - "We have made sure that every single person crossing our borders, whether legally or illegally, gets processed according to all our rules. We have seen over the past years all around the worl...
May 16, 2019 (The Canadian Press)
Provincial campgrounds opening Thursday
The unofficial start of summer arrives in Saskatchewan on Thursday, when campgrounds open in provincial parks in advance of the Victoria Day long weekend. "That's kind of the fun part about this weeke...
May 16, 2019
OPINION
Murray Wood: Isn't it time for more 'we' than 'oui' in Rideau Hall?
Louise Arbour brings much more than French skills to her role as the king's representative, but she also has taken contr...
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, May 8
On Friday, Evan discusses guide dogs, artificial intelligence campaigns trying to amplify division amongst political mov...