Evan Bray: Rain, rain don't go away - but come again another day
Evan Bray says his grandfather was a farmer who always told him to never complain about the rain. However, the much-need...
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Experts say climate change is driving up the risk of wildfires in Canada
OTTAWA - Canadian wildfire experts say Canada is very vulnerable to the kind of devastating wildfires ravaging Australia right now. More than 12.5 million acres (about 5.1 million ...
Jan 08, 2020
Storms bring relief and danger to Australian wildfires
CANBERRA, Australia - Thunderstorms and showers brought some relief for firefighters battling deadly wildfires across Australia's drought-parched east coast on Wednesday, but also raised concerns that...
Jan 08, 2020
Australian PM's leadership criticized during wildfire crisis
CANBERRA, Australia - As his country burned, Australia's prime minister was cursed and jeered out of a town, called an "idiot," a "moron" and worse, and skewered at home and abroad for his dismissive ...
Jan 08, 2020
Family's fortress no match for rapacious Australian fires
BALMORAL, Australia - With flames climbing as high as a 15-story building and menacing his supposedly fireproof home on three sides, Justin Kam ran to the laundry room and opened the door. Inside was ...
Jan 08, 2020
Hereditary chiefs say they will protect territory in pipeline dispute
SMITHERS, B.C. - On the first anniversary of the RCMP's enforcement of an injunction against opponents of a natural gas pipeline in northern British Columbia, First Nation hereditary chiefs ...
Jan 07, 2020
A brief look at some of Canada's biggest wildfires in the last two decades
OTTAWA - Okanagan Mountain Park, B.C., 2003: 25,600 hectares burned, 33,050 people evacuated, 238 homes burned. McLure, B.C., 2003: 26,420 hectares burned, destroying or damaging 72 homes, and forcing...
Jan 07, 2020
Conservation officer shoots antlers to break apart two deer locked together
A whitetail deer is alive thanks to the marksmanship of a Saskatchewan conservation officer after its antlers became locked together with another deer’s. The Saskatchewan Association of Conserva...
Jan 07, 2020
Trapped cougar in northern Sask. draws mixed reaction
By Nicole Reis A photo circulating on social media has sparked mixed opinions about a cougar trapped in northern Saskatchewan last month. A licensed trapper caught the animal in a power snare sometime...
Jan 07, 2020 This Facebook post shows a person posing with the cougar. The Conservation office said numerous people had been photographed with the animal and they could not confirm if the person in this image was the trapper.
UN racism committee calls for halt to Site C, Trans Mountain and LNG pipeline
VANCOUVER - A United Nations committee working to end racism is urging Canada to immediately stop the construction of three major resource projects until it obtains approval from affect...
Jan 06, 2020
B.C. LNG pipeline project to resume work despite opposition, says company
VICTORIA - The company building a natural gas pipeline as part of a $40 billion liquefied natural gas project in northern British Columbia says it plans to resume construction desp...
Jan 06, 2020
OPINION
Sarah Mills: How do you police a social media ban?
Sarah Mills says the majority of those surveyed in Saskatchewan want a social media ban for those under 16, but as Austr...
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, September 8
On Tuesday's show, Evan talks to Erin O'Toole about the tariff situation. Stephanie Pocha of Discover Saskatoon talks ab...