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Indigenous people should look beyond specific section in economic statement: Minister
OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty is defending the government's spring economic update's lack of Indigenous-specific funding. She says Indigenous Peoples need to look beyond the s...
May 06, 2026
Closing arguments begin in Ontario First Nation's education funding case at rights tribunal
The chief of an Ontario First Nation pursuing legal action against Canada for its alleged underfunding of on-reserve schools told the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal on Wednesday that the case is an op...
May 06, 2026
Saskatchewan mom calls for for better support for students with diabetes
Seven-year-old Kinsley Simmons' favourite class in school is math, she says it's the easiest one. And she's sad she hasn't been able to attend more than a handful of days at school since November. Tha...
May 01, 2026 Jennifer Simmons says her family has offered to educate and train workers at her daughter Kinsley’s school so they can handle her Type 1 diabetes, but they’ve been denied. Photo taken on April 29, 2026. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Behind the push to restrict energy drinks for teens in Quebec
MONTRAL - Ever since 15-year-old Zachary Miron died after drinking a can of Red Bull while on a school ski trip in January 2024, his parents have been fighting a battle to ban energy drinks for childr...
May 01, 2026
Toronto's Royal Conservatory of Music to investigate historic sexual abuse allegations
TORONTO - The Royal Conservatory of Music will launch an independent investigation into allegations that one of its most prominent teachers sexually abused students in the 1970s and '80s, the organiza...
May 01, 2026
Lawsuits depict Tumbler Ridge, B.C., shootings and victims in fresh detail
SAN FRANCISCO - Tech firm OpenAI and founder Sam Altman face seven wrongful death lawsuits over their alleged roles in the mass shootings in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., earlier this year. The plaintiffs in t...
Apr 29, 2026
Feds outline $4.3B for Indigenous education, health in spring economic update
OTTAWA - The federal government is promising $4.3 billion for First Nations education, Inuit food security and Indigenous child welfare in its spring economic update. Much of the funding cited in the ...
Apr 28, 2026
Provinces eye youth social media bans as federal government weighs action
TORONTO - Several provincial governments across Canada are looking at tighter restrictions for youth on social media, artificial intelligence chatbots, and cellphone use in schools amid growing concer...
Apr 28, 2026
Manitoba education minister says social media ban could start in schools
WINNIPEG - Manitoba could turn to classrooms as the first place to ban children from using social media and artificial intelligence chatbots, and one young advocate is urging the province to work with...
Apr 27, 2026
Four female premiers on whether Christine Fréchette can avoid the 'glass cliff'
MONTREAL - Kathleen Wynne, Ontario's first female premier, remembers meeting a businessman who shook hands with the male staffer standing next to her and addressed him as "premier." It's hard to shake...
Apr 23, 2026
OPINION
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...