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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'I'm dying, you're not': Those terminally ill ask more states to legalize physician-assisted death
DENVER (AP) - On a brisk day at a restaurant outside Chicago, Deb Robertson sat with her teenage grandson to talk about her death. She'll probably miss his high school graduation. Death doesn't fright...
Apr 11, 2024
'I'm dying, you're not': Those terminally ill ask more states to legalize physician-assisted death
DENVER (AP) - On a brisk day at a restaurant outside Chicago, Deb Robertson sat with her teenage grandson to talk about her death. She'll probably miss his high school graduation. She declined the ext...
Apr 11, 2024
Manhattan court must find a dozen jurors to hear first-ever criminal case against a former president
NEW YORK (AP) - Of the 1.4 million adults who live in Manhattan, a dozen are soon to become the first Americans to sit in judgment of a former president charged with a crime. Jury selection is set to ...
Apr 11, 2024
Trump gives support to embattled Speaker Mike Johnson at pivotal Mar-a-Lago meet
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Donald Trump offered a political lifeline Friday to House Speaker Mike Johnson, saying the beleaguered GOP leader is doing a "very good job," and tamping down the far-right for...
Apr 11, 2024
A near-total ban on abortion has supercharged the political dynamics of Arizona, a key swing state
PHOENIX (AP) - Arizona was already expected to be one of the most closely contested states in November's U.S. presidential election. But a ruling this week instituting a near-total abortion ban superc...
Apr 11, 2024
Many say Biden and Trump did more harm than good, but for different reasons, AP-NORC poll shows
WASHINGTON (AP) - There's a reason why President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are spending so much time attacking each other - people don't think either man has much to brag about when ...
Apr 11, 2024
Low-income renters got a benefit. Scammers took one day to target it, BC Housing says
VANCOUVER - BC Housing is warning of scammers targeting recipients of a support scheme for elderly low-income renters, just one day after it was announced. The housing agency says in a "fraud alert" o...
Apr 11, 2024
Alberta dismisses fears federal funding veto bill would put chill on academic freedom
EDMONTON - Alberta's advanced education minister is rejecting concerns her government's proposed gatekeeping law would lead to political interference and jeopardize $500 million of federal funding for...
Apr 11, 2024
Former Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey says the abortion ruling from justices he chose goes too far
A ban on nearly all abortions in Arizona doesn't sit well with the Republican former governor whose expansion of the state Supreme Court allowed him to appoint the four conservative justices whose rul...
Apr 11, 2024
Nebraska lawmakers pass a bill to restore voting rights to newly released felons
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska lawmakers passed a bill Thursday to restore the voting rights of those convicted of felonies upon the completion of their sentences, including prison and parole time. The b...
Apr 11, 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 - Friday, May 1
8:30 - Drivers are yet again feeling the pinch at the gas pump. Prices have climbed almost 20 cents per litre at some st...