Murray Wood: A star-crossed leader is beset by floor-crossing MPs
Murray Wood says Pierre Poilievre has suffered some bad timing in his career as Conservative leader, but the question is...
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Sick of extra fees online? It's drip pricing, and Canadian shoppers are fighting back
VANCOUVER - If you shop online you're likely familiar with the experience - you agree to buy for a certain price, but by the time you check out, the cost has ballooned with fees and surcharges. Place ...
Apr 07, 2024
Things to know when the Arkansas Legislature convenes to take up a budget and other issues
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Arkansas lawmakers are convening at the Capitol and their top agenda item is taking up Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders' $6.3 billion proposed budget for the coming year. The sessi...
Apr 06, 2024
Anonymous users are dominating right-wing discussions online. They also spread false information
NEW YORK (AP) - The reposts and expressions of shock from public figures followed quickly after a user on the social platform X who uses a pseudonym claimed that a government website had revealed "sky...
Apr 06, 2024
Some states are seeking to restrict TikTok. That doesn't mean their governors aren't using it
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - POV: You're on TikTok, and so is your governor - even as your Legislature considers banning the app from state-owned devices and networks. Efforts to ban TikTok over security co...
Apr 05, 2024
State Republicans killed an Indiana city's lawsuit to stop illegal gun sales. Why?
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Almost 25 years after suing the firearms industry for failing to prevent illegal gun sales, the northwestern Indiana city of Gary won a critical victory last fall when a judge orde...
Apr 05, 2024
Trump's campaign said it raised $50.5 million at a high-dollar Florida fundraiser
NEW YORK (AP) - Donald Trump's campaign said it raised $50.5 million on Saturday, a staggering reported haul as his campaign works to catch up to the fundraising juggernaut of President Joe Biden and ...
Apr 05, 2024
Whitehorse Star newspaper to cease publication after 124 years covering Yukon
WHITEHORSE - The Whitehorse Star newspaper in Yukon is closing after 124 years. The newspaper's front page on Friday announced that its last publication day will be May 17. An online article says the ...
Apr 05, 2024
NY state is demanding more information on Trump's $175 million appeal bond in civil fraud case
NEW YORK (AP) - Days after former President Donald Trump posted a $175 million bond to block New York state from imminently collecting on a huge civil fraud judgment, state lawyers Thursday called for...
Apr 04, 2024
When Trump needs cash, a California bank and one of its top shareholders have come to the rescue
WASHINGTON (AP) - Donald Trump left the White House facing a cash crunch and a tattered reputation after his attempts to overturn the 2020 election, threatening the viability of his business empire. S...
Apr 04, 2024
Provincial subsidy for Cape Breton railway line not being renewed: minister
HALIFAX - A $30,000 monthly subsidy intended to preserve a disused Cape Breton rail line will not be renewed, Nova Scotia's economic development minister said Thursday. Susan Corkum-Greek said the dec...
Apr 04, 2024
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Sarah Mills: A lifetime smoking ban in the UK may be a step too far
Sarah Mills says there are great health-care costs associated with smoking, but those costs are also associated with obe...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 23
8:30 - Construction for the AI data centre in the RM of Sherwood is set to begin this spring, but many residents in the ...