Murray Wood: Federal gun initiatives take aim at small business
Darryl Schemenauer is closing down his Regina gun store after 35 years, and he puts the blame squarely on the federal Li...
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International environmental watchdog wants probe into shipping pollution enforcement
Investigators with an international environmental watchdog have recommended a probe into whether Canada is violating its own laws by not stopping toxic wastewater from being dumped into the ocean alon...
Jul 05, 2024
CSIS director David Vigneault stepping down after seven years on the job
OTTAWA - David Vigneault says he is stepping down from his job as the head of Canada's spy agency. The director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, who spent seven years at the helm, is lea...
Jul 04, 2024
Calgary's state of emergency ends, outdoor watering ban remains
CALGARY - Calgary is cancelling a state of emergency over its water conservation crisis, but a ban on outdoor watering remains. The city invoked the state of emergency soon after a water main ruptured...
Jul 04, 2024
Saskatchewan files for injunction over Canada Revenue Agency collecting carbon money
REGINA - Saskatchewan is going to court to stop the Canada Revenue Agency from collecting millions of dollars in carbon levy money - but the federal government says it will stand firm because the law ...
Jul 04, 2024
Sask gov't funds garnished over carbon tax dispute, justice minister says
The Government of Saskatchewan's fight over the carbon tax took another turn on Thursday, with the apparent filing of an injunction against the Canada Revenue Agency. Last fall, the federal government...
Jul 04, 2024 Justice Minister Bronwyn Eyre says in a social media video that the province has filed an injunction to stop the CRA taking money over the non-payment of the carbon tax. (CJME file photo)
Deputy prime minister says 'vast, vast majority' of Liberal caucus supports Trudeau
MILTON, ONTARIO - The "vast, vast majority" of Liberal MPs continue to support their leader, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland insisted Thursday. Her comments came as questions continued to swir...
Jul 04, 2024
B.C. NDP ministers Bains, Ralston and Fleming won't seek re-election in Oct. 19 vote
VICTORIA - Three veteran New Democrat cabinet ministers and community stalwarts in Surrey and Victoria have announced they won't seek re-election in British Columbia's fall vote. Harry Bains, Bruce Ra...
Jul 04, 2024
B.C. seniors advocate seeks tenancy protection for residents of retirement homes
VICTORIA - British Columbia's seniors advocate has called for the enforcement of tenancy laws to protect retirement home residents who he said face illegal rent increases and evictions. Dan Levitt sai...
Jul 04, 2024
P.E.I. First Nations, Ottawa establish national park reserve on sacred Mi'kmaq land
LENNOX ISLAND, P.E.I. - The government of Canada and Prince Edward Island's Mi'kmaq First Nations announced an agreement on Thursday to turn a pristine chain of islands with sacred cultural significan...
Jul 04, 2024
Creating proposed online harms regulators estimated to cost $200 million: PBO
OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget officer estimates that staffing up the new regulators in the Liberals' Online Harms Act will cost around $200 million over five years. The federal government wants to...
Jul 04, 2024
OPINION
Sarah Mills: The season of the zipper merge has returned
It sometimes feels like leaders in our cities and towns don't plan for construction very well, but Sarah Mills says the ...
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The Evan Bray Show - Monday, April 20
On Monday's show, Evan hears concerns about the FSIN's transparency after its general assembly last week, discusses how ...