Murray Wood: Elbows down, taxpayer subsidies for U.S. flights up
Murray Wood wonders why it's OK for Saskatchewan to prop up air travel to the U.S. with taxpayer dollars, but it was wro...
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'Champions Start Small' motto stuck with figure skater and new mom Meagan Duhamel
Meagan Duhamel noticed a small sign by a family room door while staying with her baby daughter in a neonatal intensive care unit last fall. It read: "Champions Start Small" - the motto for the S...
Nov 18, 2020
Bloc to promote bill on French-language proficiency for new citizens
OTTAWA - The Bloc Qubcois will get to debate a bill Thursday that would require anyone applying for Canadian citizenship in Quebec to demonstrate functional proficiency in French. Bloc Leader Yves-Fra...
Nov 18, 2020
Dolly Parton adds pandemic hero to list of accomplishments
BOSTON - Dolly Parton is being celebrated in song - a rewritten version of her own "Jolene" - for her contribution to an experimental coronavirus vaccine. Northeastern University associate English pro...
Nov 18, 2020
In McQueen's 'Small Axe,' an epic of West Indian heritage
NEW YORK - For Steve McQueen, bringing back the London of his childhood began with remembering the scents of his youth. In "Small Axe," McQueen's ambitious five-film anthology about London's West Indi...
Nov 18, 2020
Video shows unauthorized man with flamethrower atop NYC bus
NEW YORK - A rapper who said he was making a tribute to a legendary New York City hip-hop group was recorded shooting a flamethrower from the top of an occupied city bus in an unsanctioned stunt a tra...
Nov 17, 2020
Former Maple Leafs captain Rick Vaive tells it like it was — and is — in new book
Rick Vaive is finally ready to tell his story - his whole, unfiltered account. The former captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs was never one to hold back, and it makes sense the same approach would appl...
Nov 17, 2020
Former CFL commissioner Jeffrey Orridge named new chief executive officer of TVO
TORONTO - Former Canadian Football League commissioner Jeffrey Orridge has been named the new head of TVO. Orridge will assume the role of chief executive officer of the Ontario's public broadcaster o...
Nov 17, 2020
David Copperfield halts Vegas show after staffer gets virus
LAS VEGAS - Illusionist David Copperfield is suspending his Las Vegas stage show after a crew member tested positive for COVID-19. The Las Vegas Review Journal reported Monday that the legendary magic...
Nov 17, 2020
Beloved arts facility Poets House suspends operations
NEW YORK - One of the leading literary community and educational centres in the United States, Poets House, is suspending operations because of "challenges presented" by the coronavirus pandemic....
Nov 17, 2020
Hollywood stars complete takeover of Welsh club Wrexham
Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney bought one of the world's oldest soccer teams on Monday and plan to document their first foray into the sport in a fly-on-the-wall TV show. In a pinch-...
Nov 16, 2020
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Sarah Mills: We need more 'regular guys' in the civic process
Standing in front of CEOs, lobbyists, advocates and others at a council meeting is not an exciting prospect, but Sarah M...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 30
8:30 - A mega-farm in Saskatchewan is raising major concerns about debt, rapid expansion and financial pressures facing ...