Murray Wood: Regina residents deserve clear answers from city hall
The City of Regina has fired city manager Niki Anderson. Murray Wood says the public deserves to know the reasons behind...
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Quebec to set quotas for French-language content on streaming platforms
QUBEC - The Quebec government has tabled a bill to force streaming giants such as Netflix and Spotify to boost access to French-language content. The bill would allow the government to set quotas for ...
May 21, 2025
CRTC hears debate on including a 'cultural element' in new definition of CanCon
OTTAWA - The CRTC is considering whether it should include a "cultural element" in its new definition of Canadian content. A consumers' group says having a test that attempts to define who or what is ...
May 20, 2025 A person navigates to the on-line social-media pages of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) in Ottawa on Monday, May 17, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Big streamers tell CRTC they should have more flexibility than broadcasters on CanCon
OTTAWA - A group representing big foreign streamers told a CRTC hearing Friday that those companies shouldn't be expected to fulfil the same responsibilities as traditional broadcasters when it comes ...
May 16, 2025
U.S. academics warn Drake suit could have 'dangerous' ripple effects on rap music
TORONTO - Four U.S. academics say a "dangerous" precedent could be set for rap music if Drake wins his defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group. New documents filed in a New York court ask the...
May 15, 2025
Trump says he is naming Fox News host and former judge Jeanine Pirro as top federal prosecutor in DC
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump said Thursday that he is naming Fox News host Jeanine Pirro, a former county prosecutor and elected judge, to be the top federal prosecutor for the nation's ca...
May 08, 2025
Sara Quin of Tegan and Sara urges kindness, civility to end political division
TORONTO - Pop musician Sara Quin says social media has "tragically torn the world to shreds" in recent years, and it's time people consider ways to reestablish a more positive sense of community. The ...
May 07, 2025
Q & A: Black Lives Matter Canada co-founder Sandy Hudson on her new book, 'Defund'
TORONTO - Sandy Hudson's new book on police abolition comes just ahead of the five-year anniversary of George Floyd's murder, and while much has changed since then, the urgency with which many of the ...
May 02, 2025
Trump signs executive order directing federal funding cuts to PBS and NPR
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aiming to slash public subsidies to PBS and NPR as he alleged "bias" in the broadcasters' reporting. The order instructs ...
May 01, 2025
Border Insecurity: Canadian musicians face volatile tour life under Trump
TORONTO - Canadian country singer Robert Adam recorded their new album in Nashville, but under the political tumult of U.S. President Donald Trump, the musician doesn't plan to travel stateside to pro...
May 01, 2025
Kennedy Center-connected events scheduled for LGBTQ+ pride celebration canceled, organizers say
WASHINGTON (AP) - Organizers and the Kennedy Center have canceled a week's worth of events celebrating LGBTQ+ rights for this summer's World Pride festival in Washington, D.C., amid a shift in priorit...
Apr 25, 2025
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, July 31
Evan chats the latest on the U.S.-Canada tariff deadline, Regina's pool project sees a major cost hike, a new Sask-Wisco...