Sarah Mills: We need more 'regular guys' in the civic process
Standing in front of CEOs, lobbyists, advocates and others at a council meeting is not an exciting prospect, but Sarah M...
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Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
WASHINGTON (AP) - ABC's "This Week" - Gov. Chris Sununu, R-N.H.; Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn. ___ NBC's "Meet the Press" - Govs. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Mich., and Wes Moore, D-Md.; Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio. ...
Apr 12, 2024
Judge declines to delay Trump’s NY hush money trial over complaints of pretrial publicity
NEW YORK (AP) - The judge in Donald Trump's hush money criminal case on Friday turned down the former president's request to postpone his trial because of publicity about the case. It's the latest in ...
Apr 12, 2024
Biden tells racial justice meeting, 'We've kept our promises,' as he looks to energize Black voters
NEW YORK (AP) - President Joe Biden virtually addressed the Rev. Al Sharpton's racial justice conference on Friday, telling a sympathetic crowd "we've kept our promises" as he ramps up efforts to ener...
Apr 12, 2024
Jill Biden calls Trump a 'bully' who is 'dangerous' to LGBTQ people
WASHINGTON (AP) - Jill Biden rallied LGBTQ voters for President Joe Biden 's reelection campaign on Friday, calling likely rival Donald Trump a "bully" who is "dangerous" to their community and urging...
Apr 12, 2024
How a Black conservative activist arranged Donald Trump's stop at an Atlanta Chick-fil-A
WASHINGTON (AP) - The scenes of Donald Trump being warmly greeted on Wednesday by a Black audience at a Chick-fil-A restaurant in Atlanta electrified conservative political media at a moment when Repu...
Apr 12, 2024
Ottawa to provide $132 million to help people fleeing civil war in Sudan
OTTAWA - Canada will provide $132 million in aid for people fleeing Sudan's yearlong civil war and facing "famine-like conditions," International Development Minister Ahmed Hussen said Friday. "The sh...
Apr 12, 2024
Trump pushes Arizona lawmakers to 'remedy' state abortion ruling that he says 'went too far'
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - Former President Donald Trump urged Arizona lawmakers on Friday to swiftly "remedy" the state Supreme Court ruling allowing prosecutors to enforce a near-total abortion ban that h...
Apr 12, 2024
Trump will be first ex-president on criminal trial. Here's what to know about the hush money case
NEW YORK (AP) - Donald Trump will make history as the first former president to stand trial on criminal charges when his hush money case opens Monday with jury selection. The case will force the presu...
Apr 12, 2024
Manitoba tax change to help most people despite raising more money, premier says
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew continued to promote a property tax change Friday that has been criticized by the Opposition as a tax grab on the middle class. Kinew held a press conference in s...
Apr 12, 2024
Jurors in Coutts blockade public mischief trial will hear final arguments next week
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - The Crown and defence lawyers have wrapped up their cases in the trial of three men accused of orchestrating the border shutdown at Coutts, Alta., in early 2022. The prosecution ca...
Apr 12, 2024
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Murray Wood: Why I hate the latest round of changes in the CFL
Eight of the CFL's nine teams will qualify for the playoffs under the league's latest round of changes, but Murray Wood ...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 30
Evan finds out what to do if you find space junk on your farm, analyzes the outrage over Ticketmaster prices and the fut...