Murray Wood: Going to seed, in a good way
Murray Wood says seed sales are taking off this spring. Food prices are likely convincing some to grow their own vegetab...
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Police in riot gear order pro-Palestinian protesters to leave University of Calgary
CALGARY - Police in Calgary say multiple people were arrested during a pro-Palestinian protest at the University of Calgary Thursday night. Video posted on social media showed officers tearing down ma...
May 09, 2024
Gov. Gavin Newsom proposes painful cuts to close California's growing budget deficit
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California's budget deficit is at least $45 billion, a shortfall so large it prompted Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday to propose painful spending cuts impacting immigrants, kinde...
May 09, 2024
One man was a Capitol Police officer. The other rioted on Jan. 6. They're both running for Congress
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - For Derrick Evans, being part of the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol wasn't enough. The former West Virginia lawmaker wants to make his path to the halls of Congress permane...
May 09, 2024
Judge directs Michael Cohen to keep quiet about Trump ahead of his hush money trial testimony
NEW YORK (AP) - With Donald Trump's fixer-turned-foe Michael Cohen expected to take the witness stand Monday, the judge in the former president's hush money case issued prosecutors a stern warning: Ge...
May 09, 2024
What Canadians are saying about the death of Rex Murphy
The National Post is reporting that Rex Murphy has died. Murphy worked as a columnist for the newspaper, which said in an obituary on its website that he died at 77 after a battle with cancer. Here's ...
May 09, 2024
Broadcaster and commentator Rex Murphy dead at 77: National Post
The National Post is reporting that Rex Murphy, the pro-oil pundit who was at once the steady stickhandler of a national call-in radio show and a driver of divisive online discourse, has died. The new...
May 09, 2024 The National Post, where Rex Murphy worked as a columnist, says in an obituary on its website that Murphy died at age 77 following a battle with cancer. (WatchMojo.com/YouTube)
Federal government bans watercraft from Manitoba lake popular with tourists
WINNIPEG - The threat of zebra mussels has prompted the federal government to temporarily ban watercraft from a Manitoba lake popular with tourists. Parks Canada says personal watercraft, including no...
May 09, 2024
1 lawmaker stops South Carolina health care consolidation bill that had overwhelming support
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A bill that would have consolidated six South Carolina heath care agencies and was overwhelmingly passed by both chambers of the General Assembly died on the session's final day ...
May 09, 2024
Trump is limited in what he can say about his court case. His GOP allies are showing up to help
Former President Donald Trump is limited in what he can publicly say as he fights charges that he made payments to a porn actor to illegally influence the 2016 election. But he's getting help from som...
May 09, 2024
Alberta to shift the fixed election date to fall when natural disaster risk is lower
EDMONTON - Alberta is moving its election date from the spring to the fall to avoid clashing with major natural disasters -- but the Opposition says in doing so, Premier Danielle Smith's government is...
May 09, 2024
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Sarah Mills: We are feeling the pinch of rising prices, even beyond the gas pumps
Costs have already gone up with airlines. Parcel and delivery services could also increase, and even ride sharing may ja...
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, April 14
On Tuesday's show, Evan talks about the Prime Minister's transition from minority to majority government, explores a pro...