Murray Wood: The day Canada Became a nation
April 9, 1917 was Easter Monday. On that date, 109 years ago, Canadian soldiers made history at Vimy Ridge. Murray Wood ...
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Biden's upcoming graduation speech roils Morehouse College, a center of Black politics and culture
ATLANTA (AP) - When he gives the commencement address at Morehouse College, President Joe Biden will have his most direct engagement with college students since the start of the Israel-Hamas war at a ...
May 15, 2024
Dispute with teachers could hurt government in fall election, professor says
Negotiations between the provincial government and the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation resume this week, but it could be some time before the contract dispute is settled. A political science profess...
May 15, 2024
Judge refuses McGill's bid for injunction to dismantle pro-Palestinian encampment
MONTREAL - A Quebec Superior Court judge has refused McGill University's request for an injunction to dismantle the pro-Palestinian encampment on its downtown Montreal campus. Justice Marc St-Pierre s...
May 15, 2024
Teachers begin voting on extending STF mandate as contract talks resume
It's another decision day for Saskatchewan teachers as negotiations with the province resume. On Wednesday and Thursday, members of the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation will vote on whether to give t...
May 15, 2024
Minister defends pronoun law after government MLAs barred from Pride parades
Saskatchewan's education minister says it's disappointing that he and his government colleagues have been barred from several Pride parades in the province, but it hasn't changed his mind on his gover...
May 14, 2024 Saskatchewan Education Minister Jeremy Cockrill defended the government's pronoun law, saying it's meant to include parents in decision-making around their kids. Cockrill's comments come after he and his fellow government MLAs were barred from participating in the Regina Pride parade next month. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Day care prices aren't getting better. So states are stepping in
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Across the country, the story for families is virtually the same: Child care is unaffordable for many, hard to find for those who can pay, and financially precarious for day c...
May 13, 2024
Alberta to investigate police crackdown on pro-Palestinian campus protests
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government will ask the province's police watchdog to investigate how officers forcibly cleared out two pro-Palestinian protests on university campus...
May 13, 2024
UNC board slashes diversity program funding to divert money to public safety resources
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - As North Carolina's public university system considers a vote on changing its diversity policy, the system's flagship university board voted Monday to cut funding for diversity pr...
May 13, 2024
Saskatchewan Party MLAs barred from Regina Pride parade over school pronoun law
REGINA - Organizers for Regina's Pride parade have barred legislature members with the governing Saskatchewan Party from participating in the event in June. Queen City Pride says the ban is a result o...
May 13, 2024
McGill to ask for injunction to dismantle pro-Palestinian encampment on its grounds
MONTREAL - Lawyers for McGill University will be going to court today seeking an injunction to dismantle the pro-Palestinian encampment that has been on its grounds since last month. In a judicial app...
May 13, 2024
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Sarah Mills: The prime minister needs to live by his own bilingual rules
Sarah Mills says Mark Carney largely speaking French in his call to astronaut Jeremy Hansen breaks a standard he set whe...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 9
On Thursday's show, Evan welcomes a trio of teens to discuss banning social media for children and teenagers, discusses ...