Murray Wood: April is the most frustrating month on the prairies
As much of Saskatchewan deals with another spring snowstorm, Murray Wood says we're all asking the same question: This i...
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Trump loses bid to halt Jan. 6 lawsuits while he fights criminal charges in the 2020 election case
WASHINGTON (AP) - Donald Trump lost a bid Thursday to pause a string of lawsuits accusing him of inciting the U.S. Capitol attack, while the former president fights his 2020 election interference crim...
Apr 18, 2024
Thousands of short-term rentals in B.C. go back to long-term May 1: B.C. government
LANGLEY, B.C. - British Columbia Premier David Eby is warning real estate investors and speculators that his government is tilting the rules towards families seeking homes as it tightens the rules on ...
Apr 18, 2024
New York man pleads guilty to sending threats to state attorney general and Trump civil case judge
NEW YORK (AP) - A New York man has pleaded guilty to sending death threats to the state attorney general and the Manhattan judge who presided over former President Donald Trump's civil fraud case, pro...
Apr 18, 2024
Liquor sales in movie theaters, to-go sales of cocktails included in New York budget agreement
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York would expand access to booze by allowing movie theaters to sell liquor and continuing to let people buy takeout cocktails from bars and restaurants under a series of measu...
Apr 18, 2024
Democrats weigh prospect of helping Johnson save his job as House speaker
WASHINGTON (AP) - Some Democrats are entertaining the prospect of coming to House Speaker Mike Johnson's rescue should Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., force a vote seeking his ouster, though it wi...
Apr 18, 2024
Iraq's prime minister heads to Michigan to meet Arab Americans at a tense time for the Middle East
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - The leader of Iraq traveled to Michigan on Thursday following a sit-down with President Joe Biden to meet with the state's large Iraqi community and update them on escalating ten...
Apr 18, 2024
Alberta government announces plan to protect consumers from power price swings
EDMONTON - The Alberta government is proposing measures, to take effect in January, that aim to protect power consumers from wild price swings. Premier Danielle Smith told a Thursday news conference t...
Apr 18, 2024
Saskatchewan education minister apologizes for comment to woman whose daughter died
REGINA - Saskatchewan's education minister apologized in the legislature Thursday for rhetorically asking if he should give up his first-born child when speaking to a woman whose daughter died. Jeremy...
Apr 18, 2024
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. secures ballot access in battleground state of Michigan
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has secured a place on the ballot in the battleground state of Michigan, state officials confirmed Thursday, elevating his potential to affect ...
Apr 18, 2024
Coalition to submit 900,000 signatures to put tough-on-crime initiative on California ballot
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - A coalition backed by retailers like Walmart and Target announced Thursday it has collected enough signatures to put a ballot measure before California voters this November t...
Apr 18, 2024
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Sarah Mills: A U.S. jury says Live Nation and Ticketmaster's monopoly hurt fans
An appeal is already underway, but Sarah Mills says the court case against Live Nation and Ticketmaster has exposed what...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 16
Evan catches up on the latest happening in Ottawa, checks in on safety in downtown Saskatoon and discusses a three-strik...