Murray Wood: Alberta is soon going to be living on 'Saskatchewan time'
Murray Wood says the debate about whether Saskatchewan should change it's clocks like other provinces is being replaced ...
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'He was a messenger': Defence disputes accused was leader at Alberta border blockade
A lawyer for one of three men on trial for their roles in the border blockade at Coutts, Alta., argued Thursday his client was nothing more than a messenger. Crown prosecutors have told jurors they in...
Apr 11, 2024
Entry to housing market feels out of reach for 76% of non-owners: CIBC poll
TORONTO - Three in four Canadians who don't own a property say buying a home feels out of reach, a new poll shows. A CIBC survey, published Thursday, shows 76 per cent of Canadians who haven't yet ent...
Apr 11, 2024
Canada needs to build 1.3M additional homes by 2030 to close housing gap, says PBO
OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget officer says Canada would need to build 1.3 million additional homes by 2030 to eliminate the country's housing gap. The newly released report looks at how many more ...
Apr 11, 2024
Ottawa to allow 30-year amortization for first-time buyers' mortgages on new homes
TORONTO - Some advocates are praising Ottawa's move to lengthen the amortization period on insured mortgages for certain homebuyers, but say expanding the policy to all Canadians would help make home ...
Apr 11, 2024
A congressman wanted to understand AI. So he went back to a college classroom to learn
WASHINGTON (AP) - Don Beyer's car dealerships were among the first in the U.S. to set up a website. As a representative, the Virginia Democrat leads a bipartisan group focused on promoting fusion ener...
Apr 10, 2024
Mischief trial hears Mounties tried to convince Alberta border protesters to quit
An RCMP officer has described the tenuous, and often fraught, relationship police forged with protesters as they tried to end the COVID-era border blockade in Coutts, Alta. Sgt. Greg Tulloch continued...
Apr 10, 2024
B.C. building code to allow mass timber in buildings up to 18 storeys, up from 12
VANCOUVER - The use of mass timber in British Columbia is moving up and expanding to schools, libraries and other construction. The province says it's making building-code changes allowing for the use...
Apr 10, 2024
In megaproject-weary Newfoundland, a massive hydrogen operation has some on edge
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A multibillion-dollar megaproject in Newfoundland is one step closer to becoming Canada's first commercial green hydrogen operation, but some in the country's easternmost province w...
Apr 10, 2024
Ontario bill aims to speed up stalled housing developments, boost student housing
TORONTO - Ontario proposed Wednesday to allow municipalities to enact "use it or lose it" policies on developers, speed up the creation of student housing, and streamline approvals for standardized ho...
Apr 10, 2024
Zebra mussels may prompt closure of national park lake, Manitoba government says
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government says Parks Canada is considering closing a popular lake to boating this year because of zebra mussels. Jamie Moses, the province's natural resources minister, says t...
Apr 09, 2024
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Sarah Mills: Driver education shouldn't just be for high-school students
A soon-to-be learner driver in Sarah Mills' house is making her pause and think about some of the bad habits drivers dis...
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, April 21
8:30 - We're broadcasting on location from the Food, Fuel and Fertilizer Global Summit in Regina, where Saskatchewan's r...