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Manitoba offers $300 rebate for security upgrades at homes and small businesses
WINNIPEG - Manitobans will soon be able to apply for rebates for security upgrades at their homes and small businesses. The $300 rebate, announced in the recent provincial budget, will be available fo...
Apr 15, 2024
Volunteer search group says more talks needed to flesh out proposed Nova Scotia Guard
HALIFAX - The president of the Nova Scotia Ground Search and Rescue Association says she's keeping an open mind as the province gets ready to create a new volunteer corps. However, Sherry Veinot said ...
Apr 15, 2024
Judge orders Alberta to produce massive trove of coal documents after four-year fight
EDMONTON - The Alberta government must produce thousands of documents on its attempts to encourage coal mining in the Rocky Mountains after a judge threw out a bid to block their release. In denying t...
Apr 15, 2024
Urban firefighters to get additional training to also battle wildfire blazes
OTTAWA - The federal government is doubling its investment to train urban firefighters to battle wildfires - a growing threat to Canada's cities and towns. Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinso...
Apr 15, 2024
Canada announces more sanctions on Belarus as opposition leader visits Ottawa
OTTAWA - Canada is imposing more sanctions on officials in Belarus as the country's exiled opposition leader visits Ottawa. Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly has laid sanctions on 21 people accused...
Apr 15, 2024
Canada belatedly lays Sudan sanctions as ex-envoy seeks pathway to end year-long war
OTTAWA - As the federal government belatedly laid sanctions Monday against those it blames for perpetuating a year-long civil war in Sudan, the country's former ambassador in Ottawa said Canada can he...
Apr 15, 2024
The Latest | First day of Trump's hush money trial adjourns with no jurors selected
NEW YORK (AP) - The first day of Donald Trump 's historic hush money trial ended Monday after hours of pretrial motions and an initial jury selection process that saw dozens of prospective jurors excu...
Apr 15, 2024
Protest averted as Newfoundland and Labrador premier helps reach pricing deal on crab
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A potentially volatile dispute over Newfoundland and Labrador's crab fishery has been averted with the help of Premier Andrew Furey. Late on Sunday, Furey helped negotiate a pricing...
Apr 15, 2024
Quebec employers group worried 'politicized' immigration debate will hurt jobs
MONTREAL - The latest spat between Quebec and Ottawa over immigration is based on politics and not the reality of the labour market, says the head of a major employers group. "In some ways, it's deplo...
Apr 15, 2024
'Fire in the sky:' Canadian family in Israel says it's business as usual after attack
The rumbles and tremors rattling Leah Appel's Jerusalem apartment building jolted her from sleep around 1:45 on Sunday morning. Unbeknownst to her at the time, Iran had just unleashed a barrage of dro...
Apr 15, 2024
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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...