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Major water users in southern Alberta agree to curb consumption in face of drought
CALGARY - More than three dozen major water users in southern Alberta have agreed to voluntarily curb their consumption if there's a severe drought this spring or summer, but critics warn the deals wo...
Apr 19, 2024
Nova Scotia justice minister steps down after domestic violence comments
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia Justice Minister Brad Johns resigned Friday evening, one day after he made comments downplaying the severity of domestic violence. Premier Tim Houston announced in a brief news r...
Apr 19, 2024
Quebec follows Ottawa and raises amount of capital gains subject to tax
Quebec says it will align its tax system with the federal government by increasing the percentage of capital gains subject to taxation. Like Ottawa announced in its budget Tuesday, Quebec says it will...
Apr 19, 2024
Canada urges halt to escalating violence as Israel suspected of airstrike on Iran
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau again called for the de-escalation of tensions in the Middle East Friday, following an airstrike in Iran widely suspected of being a retaliatory attack by Israel...
Apr 19, 2024
Quebec labour code doesn't infringe rights of casino managers, Supreme Court rules
OTTAWA - Excluding front-line supervisors at a Montreal casino from organizing under the Quebec labour-relations regime does not infringe their constitutional rights, the Supreme Court of Canada has r...
Apr 19, 2024
Toronto expands legal drinking in parks with more to come this summer
TORONTO - The consumption of alcohol will be allowed in at least one park in every Toronto ward this summer despite the objections of some city councillors. City council backed the expansion of the pr...
Apr 19, 2024
The Latest | Opening statements in Trump hush money trial set for Monday after latest appeal fails
NEW YORK (AP) - Opening statements in Donald Trump's hush money case are set to begin next week after a jury of 12 people and six alternates was seated Friday. The seating of the jury sets the stage f...
Apr 19, 2024
AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Pennsylvania's presidential and state primaries
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will go before voters Tuesday in Pennsylvania's presidential primaries, a prelude to the November general election, when the com...
Apr 19, 2024
Biden administration restricts oil and gas leasing in 13 million acres of Alaska's petroleum reserve
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - The Biden administration said Friday it will restrict new oil and gas leasing on 13 million acres (5.3 million hectares) of a federal petroleum reserve in Alaska to help protect ...
Apr 19, 2024
Biden’s new Title IX rules protect LGBTQ+ students, but avoid addressing transgender athletes
The rights of LGBTQ+ students will be protected by federal law and victims of campus sexual assault will gain new safeguards under rules finalized Friday by the Biden administration. The new provision...
Apr 19, 2024
OPINION
Sarah Mills: Accountability is a word some elected officials seem to be forgetting
From four people walking away from the RM of Sherwood council with little to no explanation to the reaction of some coun...
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, April 28
8:30 - The war involving Iran has increased uncertainty in global energy markets, largely because the Strait of Hormuz h...