Murray Wood: April is the most frustrating month on the prairies
As much of Saskatchewan deals with another spring snowstorm, Murray Wood says we're all asking the same question: This i...
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US job openings in February reached highest rate on record
WASHINGTON - The pace of job openings reached the highest level on record in February, a harbinger of healthy hiring and a hopeful sign for those looking for work. The job openings rate - which is the...
Apr 06, 2021
AP Interview: India could resume vaccine exports by June
NEW DELHI - The world's largest vaccine maker, based in India, will be able to restart exports of AstraZeneca doses by June if new coronavirus infections subside in the country, its chief executive sa...
Apr 06, 2021
UK to ease lockdown next week, will test vaccine passports
LONDON - Britain's slow but steady march out of a three-month lockdown remains on track even as coronavirus cases surge elsewhere in Europe, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Monday, as he confir...
Apr 05, 2021
Corporations gave over $50M to voting restriction backers
WASHINGTON - When executives from Coca-Cola and Delta Air Lines spoke out against Georgia's new voting law as unduly restrictive last week, it seemed to signal a new activism springing from corporate ...
Apr 05, 2021
Biden boosted by Senate rules as GOP bucks infrastructure
WASHINGTON - With an appeal to think big, President Joe Biden is promoting his $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan directly to Americans, summoning public support to push past the Republicans lining up ...
Apr 05, 2021
Bangladesh enforcing weeklong lockdown amid virus surge
DHAKA, Bangladesh - Bangladesh is enforcing a lockdown for a week from Monday, shutting shopping malls and transportation, to help curb the spread of coronavirus as the rate of infections and deaths h...
Apr 05, 2021
Wire theft in Mexico triggers at least 70 layoffs at Quebec factory, more possible
MONTREAL - Dozens of workers at a factory in La Pocatiere, Que. have lost their jobs after a theft at a plant in Mexico. French rail manufacturer Alstom confirmed Friday that 70 of its employees will ...
Apr 03, 2021
Germany faces 'crisis of trust' in pandemic, president says
FRANKFURT - Germany's president says the country is enduring a "crisis of trust" and urged people to "pull together" as they weather a second Easter amid pandemic restrictions and dissatisfaction over...
Apr 03, 2021
UK: Benefits outweigh risks for AstraZeneca despite 7 deaths
LONDON - Britain's medicines regulator is urging people to continue taking the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, despite revealing that seven people in the U.K. have died from rare blood clots after ge...
Apr 03, 2021
University of California victim of nationwide hack attack
LOS ANGELES - The University of California is warning its students and staff that a ransomware group might have stolen and published their personal data and that of hundreds of other schools, governme...
Apr 03, 2021
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Sarah Mills: A U.S. jury says Live Nation and Ticketmaster's monopoly hurt fans
An appeal is already underway, but Sarah Mills says the court case against Live Nation and Ticketmaster has exposed what...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 16
8:30 - There are no shortages of stories coming from Parliament Hill this week. Following the Liberal majority, the gas ...