Murray Wood: Signs of spring appearing in Saskatchewan
Murray Wood says signs of spring were all over the place on the weekend, even though the forecast remains wintery for th...
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Hochul announces budget outline as lawmakers continue to hash out details
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Monday announced the framework of a $237 billion budget that includes broad plans to drive new housing construction, address the influx of migrants an...
Apr 15, 2024
Tennessee schools would have to out transgender students to parents under bill heading to governor
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee would join the ranks of states where public school employees have to out transgender students to their parents under a bill advancing in the Republican-supermajority ...
Apr 15, 2024
Ontario, federal governments reach deal allowing Highway 413 project to proceed
TORONTO - Ontario has struck a deal with the federal government to proceed with the province's Highway 413 project while working together to mitigate the effects on species at risk. The two government...
Apr 15, 2024
New Orleans shooting that killed 1, injured 11 renews calls for changes to new concealed carry law
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A shooting outside a New Orleans nightclub that left one woman dead and 11 other people wounded prompted renewed calls Monday for changes to a pending Louisiana law allowing conceal...
Apr 15, 2024
Audit says Arkansas governor's office potentially violated laws with $19,000 lectern purchase
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders ' office potentially violated state laws on purchasing, state property and government records when it purchased a $19,000 lectern for the ...
Apr 15, 2024
'Puppet show': Saskatchewan finance minister apologizes for text to Speaker
REGINA - Saskatchewan's finance minister was ordered to apologize Monday after she sent the Speaker a text accusing him of letting the legislature devolve into an "Opposition puppet show." Donna Harpa...
Apr 15, 2024 Saskatchewan Finance Minister Donna Harpauer. (Britton Gray/980 CJME file photo)
B.C. to add 240 complex-care housing units in communities throughout the province
KELOWNA, B.C. - British Columbia is planning to add 240 new units to its complex-care housing program, providing homes for people with mental-health and addictions challenges that overlap with other s...
Apr 15, 2024
Maine joins compact to elect the president by popular vote but it won't come into play this November
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Maine will become the latest to join a multistate effort to elect the president by popular vote with the Democratic governor's announcement Monday that she's letting the proposa...
Apr 15, 2024
House Speaker Mike Johnson pushes towards a vote on aid for Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan
WASHINGTON (AP) - House Speaker Mike Johnson is pushing toward action this week on aid for Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan, unveiling an elaborate plan Monday to break the package into separate votes to sq...
Apr 15, 2024
Here's what the Liberals have promised will be in the federal budget on Tuesday
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is set to present the federal budget on Tuesday after a countrywide tour that teased many of the housing and affordability measures to be included in the do...
Apr 15, 2024
OPINION
Sarah Mills: Cancelled ferries on west coast put the short Saskatchewan commutes into perspective
Using the ferry system is a great way to enjoy BC from the water, but Sarah Mills says recent issues have had a big impa...
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, April 7
8:30 - Today is Green Shirt Day, which falls one day after the eighth anniversary of the Humboldt Bus Crash. The anniver...