Sarah Mills: I'll never forget England's World Cup victory over Mexico
Sarah Mills says there are some sports memories that stay with fans forever. For her, that moment will be England's 3-2 ...
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Isolation centre for migrant workers could close in Windsor due to funding shortfall
TORONTO - An isolation centre where migrant farm workers in southwestern Ontario recover from COVID-19 may have to close next month due to a funding shortfall created by a shift in federal support. In...
Feb 23, 2021
'I don't want a small town:' Airport leaders rally to save control towers
REGINA - Eleven months into the COVID-19 pandemic, silence fills Regina's airport. Empty check-in counters line one side of the terminal while the odd employee moves behind reception along a row of ve...
Feb 23, 2021
Macklem points to child care, education to help ease protracted employment recovery
OTTAWA - Governments could increase access to child care and reduce its cost to help the labour market rebound, and reduce the risk of long-term economic scarring for women who have disproportionately...
Feb 23, 2021
Biden on China's detention of two Michaels: 'Human beings are not bartering chips'
WASHINGTON - Joe Biden granted Justin Trudeau at least one of the items atop his wish list Tuesday as they met for the first time as president and prime minister: a pledge to help get two Canadians ou...
Feb 23, 2021
Canada Post worksite hit by major virus outbreak excluded from provincial inspections
TORONTO - Ontario labour inspectors are homing in on warehouses and distribution centres, but the site of a major workplace COVID-19 outbreak isn't included in the ongoing inspections: Canada Post. Mo...
Feb 22, 2021
Air traffic controllers say potential cuts at Nav Canada would put lives at risk
OTTAWA - Air traffic controllers say Nav Canada is mulling layoffs even if it receives a possible bailout from Ottawa, jeopardizing passenger safety. More cuts would axe critically needed workers and ...
Feb 22, 2021
Screen-shared vision: Biden-Trudeau meeting to feature common ground, old irritants
WASHINGTON - Call it the Screen-Shared Summit. Tuesday's bilateral meeting of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and President Joe Biden - a strictly virtual affair, thanks to COVID-19 - offers hope of a n...
Feb 22, 2021
Kenney says no new taxes as Alberta preps for another tough times pandemic budget
EDMONTON - On Thursday it's budget day in Alberta, a time that will cruelly and ironically remind residents that last year's projected eye-popping $6.8-billion deficit was actually the good old days. ...
Feb 21, 2021
Federal workers paid $819 million to stay home during the pandemic under '699' clause
OTTAWA - More than one in three federal public servants were granted paid time off work during the first nine months of the COVID-19 pandemic, at a cost exceeding $800 million, according to a Treasury...
Feb 20, 2021
Liberals move to add weeks to EI, COVID-19 benefits for workers and parents
OTTAWA - The Trudeau Liberals sought Friday to get ahead of a looming benefits panic, announcing plans to add extra weeks of income support for unemployed workers and parents at home with children bec...
Feb 19, 2021
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Murray Wood: Smile! You're not on camera
Our reporters learned recently that photo radar boxes around Saskatchewan are sitting empty. SGI is saying very little, ...
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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, July 8
8:30 - The Saskatchewan NDP are sounding alarms over a decline in long-term care beds despite the province's rapidly gro...