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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Manitoba premier says he wants stability, increases in federal transfer payments
WINNIPEG - With questions being raised about equalization payments to the provinces, Manitoba is seeking predictability, with room for increases, from federal parties when it comes to all federal tran...
May 28, 2024
House set to vote to oust Speaker, but latest attempt by Tories is likely to fail
OTTAWA - MPs will vote tonight on a motion calling for House of Commons Speaker Greg Fergus to resign but it is not expected to succeed. The Conservatives say Fergus is too partisan for the role and w...
May 28, 2024
Judge denies request to restrict Trump statements about law enforcement in classified records case
WASHINGTON (AP) - The judge overseeing Donald Trump's classified documents case in Florida on Tuesday denied prosecutors' request to bar the former president from making public statements that could e...
May 28, 2024
Biden campaign sends allies De Niro and first responders to Trump's NY trial to put focus on Jan. 6
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden's campaign on Tuesday showed up outside former President Donald Trump's New York City criminal hush money trial with actor Robert De Niro and a pair of former pol...
May 28, 2024
Prosecutor says Trump tried 'to hoodwink voters' while defense attacks key witness in last arguments
NEW YORK (AP) - Donald Trump engaged in a conspiracy "to hoodwink voters" in 2016, a prosecutor told jurors Tuesday during closing arguments in the former president's hush money trial, while a defense...
May 28, 2024
Ottawa, Ontario reach deal on funding for housing after months-long dispute
Ontario and Ottawa say they've reached a deal under the national housing strategy that will unlock $357 million in federal funding for the province. The announcement comes after months of back and for...
May 28, 2024
'It's candid discussion': Harrison denies allegations of lying, harassment
Former Government House Leader Jeremy Harrison said candid conversations and an adherence to gun safety are behind allegations made by Speaker Randy Weekes at the end of the session this month. Weekes...
May 28, 2024 Minister Jeremy Harrison says difficult conversations with government members shouldn't be seen as harassment. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
First Nation legislator makes history at Queen's Park with speech in Oji-Cree
TORONTO - After decades of being told his first language should be forgotten, Sol Mamakwa stood on the floor of the Ontario legislature about to make history. But he couldn't shake the thought that he...
May 28, 2024
Spy watchdog's foreign meddling review finds 'unacceptable gaps' in accountability
OTTAWA - The Canadian Security Intelligence Service and Public Safety Canada lacked a system for tracking who received and read specific intelligence on foreign interference, creating "unacceptable ga...
May 27, 2024
Alberta hears mixing patients at long-term care facilities leading to violence
EDMONTON - The Alberta government is facing calls to stop admitting complex mental health patients into long-term care facilities until the risks are fully reviewed. Seniors' advocates joined Oppositi...
May 27, 2024
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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 ...