Murray Wood: Alberta is soon going to be living on 'Saskatchewan time'
Murray Wood says the debate about whether Saskatchewan should change it's clocks like other provinces is being replaced ...
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Man indicated in killing of Laken Riley, a Georgia case at the center of national immigration debate
ATLANTA (AP) - A Georgia man has been indicted on murder charges by grand jurors who said he intended to rape a nursing student whose body was found near a running trail on the University of Georgia c...
May 08, 2024
Georgia lawmakers vowed to restrain tax breaks. But the governor's veto saved a data-center break
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia lawmakers vowed they were going to rein in tax breaks for businesses this year. Their efforts came to nothing. Gov. Brian Kemp on Tuesday vetoed a two-year pause in a sales tax ...
May 08, 2024
Lawyers' coalition provides new messengers for Black voter engagement
WASHINGTON (AP) - Young Black lawyers and law students are taking on a new role ahead of the general election: Meeting with Black voters in battleground states to increase turnout and serve as watchdo...
May 08, 2024
New lawsuit renews challenge to Tennessee laws targeting crossover voting in primary elections
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A group of Tennesseans who say they were intimidated into not voting in a primary election or were threatened with prosecution after they did vote has filed a legal challenge t...
May 08, 2024
Former journalist Joyce Napier named Canada's ambassador to the Vatican
OTTAWA - Longtime Ottawa journalist Joyce Napier is headed to the Vatican as Canada's new ambassador. Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly announced Napier's appointment and says she will work to adva...
May 08, 2024
Jewish students say they don't feel safe, as MPs probe antisemitism at universities
OTTAWA - Jewish students from major Canadian universities appeared on Parliament Hill today to raise the alarm about a rise in antisemitism on their campuses amid the Israel-Hamas war. They appeared a...
May 08, 2024
Health minister committed to fixing dental-care double standard: hygienists
OTTAWA - A new national dental-care plan denies independent hygienists equal reimbursement for the same services offered in dentists' offices - and the federal health minister said this week he isn't ...
May 08, 2024
N.S. misses deadline to halt admissions of people with disabilities into institutions
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's failure to meet its deadline to halt new admissions of people with disabilities into large institutions has left some disability advocates feeling betrayed. After a landmark 20...
May 08, 2024
Public service unions promise 'summer of discontent' over in-office policy
OTTAWA - Public service unions say they'll launch further legal challenges and grievances over new rules that federal employees must work from the office at least three days a week. The unions are pro...
May 08, 2024
Feds defend carbon capture technology as Alberta project gets cancelled over cost
OTTAWA - Canada's energy minister is defending carbon capture and storage technology as both effective and affordable, after an Alberta power company walked away from a planned project and a study fou...
May 08, 2024
OPINION
Sarah Mills: Driver education shouldn't just be for high-school students
A soon-to-be learner driver in Sarah Mills' house is making her pause and think about some of the bad habits drivers dis...
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, April 21
8:30 - We're broadcasting on location from the Food, Fuel and Fertilizer Global Summit in Regina, where Saskatchewan's r...