Murray Wood: April is the most frustrating month on the prairies
As much of Saskatchewan deals with another spring snowstorm, Murray Wood says we're all asking the same question: This i...
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Government members vote down committee investigation into Speaker's allegations
With the majority government members voting together on the House Services Committee Monday morning, no independent investigator was called to look into allegations made by Saskatchewan's legislative ...
Jun 18, 2024 With 'no' votes from the government members, the House Services Committee did not end up appointing an independent investigator to look into allegations made by Speaker Randy Weekes last month. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Emissions cap not possible without oil, gas production cuts: Deloitte
CALGARY - Canadian oil and gas companies facing a federally imposed emissions cap will decide to cut their production rather than invest in too-expensive carbon capture and storage technology, a new r...
Jun 18, 2024 The tribunal report says the mandates could reduce oil and gas production and cause government revenue losses of up to $43 billion by 2050. (CJME files)
Half a million immigrants could eventually get US citizenship under a new plan from Biden
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden is taking an expansive election year step to offer relief to potentially hundreds of thousands of immigrants without legal status in the U.S., aiming to balance h...
Jun 18, 2024
Canada sanctions 13 more Russians for role in Navalny's imprisonment and death
OTTAWA - Canada has sanctioned 13 more Russians, targeting officials who played a role in the poisoning, imprisonment and death of opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Jol...
Jun 18, 2024
Will Canada's biggest city legislate a maximum temperature in apartments?
TORONTO - Anushen Selvasegar can barely fit his hand through the narrow opening in his bedroom window to feel the breeze outside of his 14th-floor apartment in St. James Town, one of Toronto's most de...
Jun 18, 2024
B.C. environmental regulator orders LNG company to deploy 'floatel' near Squamish
A British Columbia government agency has ordered a liquefied natural gas company to deploy a cruise ship that's been renovated to house workers near Squamish, B.C. A statement from Woodfibre LNG says ...
Jun 17, 2024
Halifax MP Fillmore to leave federal politics ahead of expected mayoral run
OTTAWA - Liberal MP Andy Fillmore says he won't return to the House of Commons in the fall. Fillmore was first elected as MP for Halifax in the 2015 election that brought Prime Minister Justin Trudeau...
Jun 17, 2024
Navalny's widow to meet with Trudeau, Joly in Ottawa on Tuesday
OTTAWA - The widow of former Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is expected to meet with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly on Tuesday in Ottawa. Yulia Navaln...
Jun 17, 2024
North Vancouver's ICBC headquarters to become housing project development site
NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C. - The head office of the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia in North Vancouver will be transformed into an urban housing development with hundreds of homes near major tran...
Jun 17, 2024
Alberta to ban cellphones in K-12 classrooms starting in fall
CALGARY - Alberta is moving to ban cellphones in kindergarten to Grade 12 classrooms starting in the fall. Alberta Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides said Monday that cellphones help with learnin...
Jun 17, 2024
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Sarah Mills: A U.S. jury says Live Nation and Ticketmaster's monopoly hurt fans
An appeal is already underway, but Sarah Mills says the court case against Live Nation and Ticketmaster has exposed what...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 16
8:30 - There are no shortages of stories coming from Parliament Hill this week. Following the Liberal majority, the gas ...