Murray Wood: Is this one of those times when money might be better in the government's pockets?
Windfall profits on oil are prompting a break in the federal fuel excise, but Saskatchewan isn't following suit. Murray ...
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Biden, Trump win Kentucky, Oregon primaries as presidential nominating season nears its end
President Joe Biden and his Republican rival, Donald Trump, piled up more delegates Tuesday as both presumptive nominees won primaries in Kentucky and Oregon. The symbolic decisions provide a few more...
May 20, 2024
Tough-on-crime challenger leading in race for district attorney in Portland, Oregon
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A centrist candidate who has vowed to be tough on crime was leading in the race for top prosecutor in Oregon's Multnomah County, home to Portland, in a contest that was seen as a...
May 20, 2024
Massie's role in failed bid to oust House speaker doesn't affect his victory in Kentucky GOP primary
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Rep. Thomas Massie's role in the failed bid to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson didn't harm his standing with Republican voters in his Kentucky district, where he easily won his ...
May 20, 2024
Trump hush money trial enters new phase after defense rests without testimony from former president
NEW YORK (AP) - Donald Trump's hush money trial moved into a new phase Tuesday, drawing closer to the moment when the jury will begin deciding his fate after testimony concluded without the former pre...
May 20, 2024
Fani Willis and judge presiding over Georgia Trump election case defeat challengers
ATLANTA (AP) - Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, the Georgia prosecutor who brought a sprawling racketeering case against former President Donald Trump and others, has won the Democratic pr...
May 20, 2024
Georgia Justice Andrew Pinson beats challenger as 2 Republicans head to runoff in open US House seat
ATLANTA (AP) - A Georgia state Supreme Court incumbent has won an election that was unusually heated by the standards of the state's nonpartisan judicial elections, while voters in the state also adva...
May 20, 2024
Election deniers moving closer to GOP mainstream, report shows, as Trump allies fill Congress
WASHINGTON (AP) - In the hours after the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, Ohio's then-Republican senator, Rob Portman, voted to accept President Joe Biden's win over the defeated former pre...
May 20, 2024
Trump's social media account shares a campaign video with a headline about a 'unified Reich'
NEW YORK (AP) - A video posted to Donald Trump's account on his social media network included references to a "unified Reich" among hypothetical news headlines if he wins the election in November. The...
May 20, 2024
Biden and Democrats raised $51 million in April, far less than Trump and the GOP's $76 million
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden and the Democratic National Committee said Monday that they raised more than $51 million in April, falling well short of the $76 million that Donald Trump and the...
May 20, 2024
Nevada abortion-rights measure has enough signatures for November ballot, supporters say
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Abortion access advocates in Nevada said Monday that they have submitted almost twice the number of petition signatures needed to qualify a measure for the November ballot that would ...
May 20, 2024
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Sarah Mills: The president has tested the faithful
The may be some who worship U.S. President Donald Trump, but like the Beatles before him, Sarah Mills says the president...
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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, April 15
8:30 - With a clear majority now secured, Mark Carney no longer has to bargain to survive confidence votes and can focus...