Murray Wood: Hard to know how much confidence to have in the Sask. budget
After last year's Saskatchewan budget went from a tiny surplus to a major deficit, Murray Wood says it's difficult to sa...
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Federal government bans watercraft from Manitoba lake popular with tourists
WINNIPEG - The threat of zebra mussels has prompted the federal government to temporarily ban watercraft from a Manitoba lake popular with tourists. Parks Canada says personal watercraft, including no...
May 09, 2024
Arkansas lawmakers adjourn session, leaving budget for state hunting, fishing programs in limbo
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Arkansas lawmakers adjourned this year's session without approving a budget for the Game and Fish Commission on Thursday, putting the state's hunting and fishing programs in l...
May 09, 2024
B.C. court rejects mink farmers' lawsuits over ban imposed during pandemic
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Supreme Court has rejected lawsuits by mink farmers challenging a provincial shutdown of the industry over COVID-19 concerns. A ruling by Justice Amy Francis says "hig...
May 09, 2024
Start of wildfire season better than last year, but risk is high as drought continues
OTTAWA - The risk of wildfires is high in Western Canada but officials say the situation is better than it was at this time last year. The Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre says there are 90 fir...
May 09, 2024
Rivers recede as B.C. faces prospect of 'unfamiliar territory' for drought
Parts of British Columbia will likely enter "unfamiliar territory" with drought if they see another hot, dry summer, says the head of the province's River Forecast Centre. Dave Campbell says persisten...
May 09, 2024
Union push pits the United Farm Workers against a major California agricultural business
In a meeting room at a hotel in California's crop-rich Central Valley, a fight is taking place that could help shape the future of farm labor in fields that grow a chunk of the country's food. The bat...
May 08, 2024
Pete McCloskey, GOP congressman who once challenged Nixon, dies at 96
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - Pete McCloskey - a pro-environment, anti-war California Republican who co-wrote the Endangered Species Act and co-founded Earth Day - has died. He was 96. A fourth-generation Rep...
May 08, 2024
Feds defend carbon capture technology as Alberta project gets cancelled over cost
OTTAWA - Canada's energy minister is defending carbon capture and storage technology as both effective and affordable, after an Alberta power company walked away from a planned project and a study fou...
May 08, 2024
Crowd rallies in front of Nova Scotia legislature for coastal protection legislation
HALIFAX - A large crowd gathered in front of the Nova Scotia legislature Wednesday, calling on the provincial government to revive abandoned legislation to protect the province's 13,000 kilometres of ...
May 08, 2024
Community mourns thousands of fish lost as B.C. drought risk looms again
DUNCAN, B.C. - Images of steelhead and trout flicker over long sheets of paper, brought to life in blue and green crayon rubbings by the thousands. It's called Project 84,000, and is intended to depic...
May 08, 2024
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Sarah Mills: Little change in direction from this Saskatchewan budget
It's another deficit budget from the Saskatchewan Party government. The province is promising to be back in a surplus si...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, March 19
8:30 - The Government of Saskatchewan tabled its 2026-27 budget yesterday afternoon. This was a budget focused on health...