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Alberta offers parents money and DIY home-curriculum guide if teachers strike
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says if teachers follow through on a provincewide strike Monday, her government will provide families backstop money and a do-it-yourself curriculum guide so ...
Sep 30, 2025
About one in three Canadians say country belongs to Indigenous people: poll
OTTAWA - As people across the country gather for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, a new poll suggests Canadians are divided about whether the country belongs primarily to Indigenous Peop...
Sep 30, 2025
Alberta teachers reject government contract offer, setting up provincewide strike
EDMONTON - Alberta teachers have rejected the provincial government's latest contract offer, setting the stage for a provincewide strike next week. The Alberta Teachers' Association, which represents ...
Sep 29, 2025
Concordia University celebrates 'landmark' fundraising year amid financial challenges
MONTREAL - The president of Montreal's Concordia University says the success of the school's most ambitious funding campaign ever is a heartening "statement of faith" that comes at a difficult time fo...
Sep 26, 2025
Offer for Alberta teachers includes same pay with COVID shots, voting starts Saturday
EDMONTON - The Alberta government announced Wednesday it had struck a tentative deal with the union representing 51,000 teachers provincewide, though the proposal is largely the same as the province's...
Sep 24, 2025
Dozens of Alberta students play hooky, rally for teachers as strike deadline looms
EDMONTON - Dozens of students played hooky from school Monday to rally for teachers at Alberta's legislature as a provincewide strike deadline nears. They shouted, "Hey, hey, ho, ho, where did the bud...
Sep 22, 2025
Navy still struggling to fill recruitment gaps throughout the service: vice-admiral
OTTAWA - Vice-Admiral Angus Topshee says the Royal Canadian Navy is "not out of the woods" yet on its recruitment crisis and the next four to five years are going to be "really hard." It's been two ye...
Sep 21, 2025
Former Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel, a political rookie, decides not to run for governor
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Former Ohio State football coach and current Lt. Gov. Jim Tressel said Friday he won't run for Ohio governor in 2026, easing the path toward a Republican nomination for biotech e...
Sep 19, 2025
Talks resume as deadline looms in possible Alberta-wide teachers strike
EDMONTON - The Alberta government and the teachers' union were back at the bargaining table Friday with under three weeks to go before a possible provincewide strike. Finance Minister Nate Horner's of...
Sep 19, 2025
U.S. outdoor group in rough water as B.C. camping application upsets First Nations
A U.S.-based outdoor group has been paddling in British Columbia's coastal waters for almost 30 years, running sea-kayaking courses and camping along the coast. But an application by the non-profit Na...
Sep 19, 2025
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Sarah Mills: Volunteers are the beating heart of Saskatchewan
There are so many people who step up for organizations in our province, creating events and moments that wouldn't happen...
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, June 19
**WITH GUEST HOST BRENT LOUCKS 8:30 - After four months, the U.S. and Iran seemed closer than ever to an agreement, an M...