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Trump orders a plan to dismantle the Education Department while keeping some core functions
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday calling for the dismantling of the U.S. Education Department, advancing a campaign promise to take apart an agency that's be...
Mar 20, 2025
Quebec bill would expand religious symbol ban, force students to uncover faces
MONTREAL - In an effort to reinforce secularism in schools, the Quebec government is planning to expand the province's ban on religious symbols to everyone who interacts with students. A bill tabled T...
Mar 20, 2025
Health care, schools and policing: Highlights of the Saskatchewan budget
REGINA - The Saskatchewan Party government tabled its 2025-26 budget on Wednesday. Here are some highlights: - $12-million surplus predicted on total spending of $21 billion. - taxpayer-supported debt...
Mar 19, 2025
Ontario Premier Doug Ford announces new cabinet with familiar names, few changes
TORONTO - Ontario Premier Doug Ford named a new cabinet Wednesday with many familiar faces to tackle the challenges that a trade war with the United States will bring, though he did shuffle his housin...
Mar 19, 2025
Sask. Government prepares to deliver 2025-26 provincial budget
The Sask. Party Government has been dropping hints for the last couple of weeks about what will be in the provincial budget, which will be unveiled Wednesday afternoon. At the SARM convention, Premier...
Mar 19, 2025 Finance Minister Jim Reiter will unveil the provincial budget on Wednesday afternoon, though he and other government officials have already dropped a number of hints about its contents. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Saskatchewan to post $12M budget surplus amid tariff headwinds
REGINA - Saskatchewan's government says it will ride a strong economy to a projected razor-thin surplus in next year's budget, but turbulent headwinds of tariffs could ultimately blow a billion-dollar...
Mar 19, 2025
Professors, students say Nova Scotia university bill threatens academic freedoms
HALIFAX - Academics and students told a Nova Scotia legislature committee Tuesday that a bill giving the government more control over the province's 10 universities is a case of overreach that could t...
Mar 18, 2025
Manitoba NDP wins byelection to keep Winnipeg seat held by ex-education minister
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba NDP has won a provincial byelection to hold onto the east Winnipeg riding of Transcona. The byelection was held to fill the seat formerly held by Nello Altomare, the Manitoba e...
Mar 18, 2025
Polytechnique Montréal receives $50 million gift to create disruptive innovation hub
MONTREAL - A Quebec-born businessman and philanthropist who is donating $50 million to a Montreal university to establish an institute dedicated to "disruptive innovation" says it has never been more ...
Mar 17, 2025
Indigenous students visit Regina to learn about science, energy
Indigenous high school students from the Northern Village of Pinehouse were invited to spend three days in Regina this week to learn about science and energy, and experience life on campus. For some o...
Mar 16, 2025 Madison Fettig and Frank McCallum are both Grade 10 students from Pinehouse. Lynette Natomagan is the community education manager with Kineepik Metis Local. Both students enjoy learning about science. (Nicole Garn/980 CJME)
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, June 22nd
8:30 - Canadian premiers are gathered in Muskoka, Ont., as Canada-U.S. trade talks continue and focus remains on breakin...