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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Saskatchewan teachers to go back into bargaining with province following dispute
REGINA - Saskatchewan teachers are returning to the bargaining table and ending job action that had threatened to upend extracurricular activities, including graduation ceremonies. The Saskatchewan Te...
Apr 12, 2024
Trudeau says he can't understand why NDP is pulling back from carbon price support
OTTAWA - The New Democrats are facing political headwinds when it comes to carbon pricing, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau acknowledged Friday, but he said he doesn't understand why they're pulling back...
Apr 12, 2024
Democratic donors paid more than $1M for Biden's legal bills for special counsel probe
WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic donors covered more than $1 million in legal fees racked up by attorneys representing President Joe Biden in a yearlong special counsel probe into his handling of classifi...
Apr 12, 2024
Nova Scotia Teachers Union will focus on deal after overwhelming strike mandate
HALIFAX - The overwhelming strike mandate that unionized public school teachers in Nova Scotia gave themselves this week is a signal to the provincial government that it needs to get serious at the ba...
Apr 12, 2024
Arizona just revived an 1864 law criminalizing abortion. Here's what's happening in other states
Developments this week in Arizona underscored something that was already apparent about the 2024 elections in the United States: Abortion is going to loom large as an issue in state and federal electi...
Apr 12, 2024
AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Alabama's congressional primary runoffs
WASHINGTON (AP) - Voters in a new Alabama congressional district at the center of an ongoing legal and political dispute will return to the polls Tuesday to select the nominees in a U.S. House contest...
Apr 12, 2024
Liberals say their plan to 'solve the housing crisis' will build 3.9M homes by 2031
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals have unveiled their plan to solve the housing crisis, building on recent announcements with new tax incentives, more than a billion dollars for homelessness and a country...
Apr 12, 2024
Supreme Court of Canada says treaty entitled Alberta First Nation to larger reserve
OTTAWA - An Alberta First Nation ended up with less land than it should have received under a treaty made with the Crown well over a century ago, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled. In a 7-0 decisi...
Apr 12, 2024
Biden heads to his hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania, to talk about taxes
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden is headed to his hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania on Tuesday to talk about who he believes should be paying more in taxes (billionaires) and who should be payin...
Apr 12, 2024
How immigrant workers in US have helped boost job growth and stave off a recession
MIAMI (AP) - Having fled economic and political chaos in Venezuela, Luisana Silva now loads carpets for a South Carolina rug company. She earns enough to pay rent, buy groceries, gas up her car - and ...
Apr 12, 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...