Murray Wood: April is the most frustrating month on the prairies
As much of Saskatchewan deals with another spring snowstorm, Murray Wood says we're all asking the same question: This i...
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Foreign interference inquiry: Han Dong sought support from international students
OTTAWA - Former Liberal Han Dong met with international students from China and encouraged them to register as Liberal members during his nomination race in 2019 - but the MP didn't mention that to an...
Apr 02, 2024
Manitoba's NDP government delivers tax cuts, rebates in first postelection budget
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is delivering on promised rebates and tax cuts in its spring budget, while also changing property taxes in a way that will see many homeowners and commercial propert...
Apr 02, 2024
Kansas GOP lawmakers revive a plan to stop giving voters 3 extra days to return mail ballots
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Republican legislators in Kansas have revived a proposal to stop giving voters three extra days after polls close to return mail ballots after making key concessions in a bid to ge...
Apr 01, 2024
Wisconsin voters approve ban on private money support for elections
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Private money to fund elections will be banned in Wisconsin after voters approved a constitutional amendment Tuesday put forward by Republicans in reaction to grants received in 2...
Apr 01, 2024
Trump accuses Biden of causing a border 'bloodbath' as he escalates his immigration rhetoric
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - Donald Trump accused President Joe Biden of unleashing a "bloodbath" at the U.S.-Mexico border Tuesday, escalating his inflammatory rhetoric as he campaigned in two Midweste...
Apr 01, 2024
Eller wins Republican runoff in Mississippi 2nd District, will face Democratic Rep. Thompson
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Ron Eller won a Republican primary runoff Tuesday in Mississippi's 2nd Congressional District and will face longtime Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson in the Nov. 5 general electio...
Apr 01, 2024
Biden and Trump win Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York and Wisconsin primaries
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) - Voters in four states weighed in Tuesday on their parties' presidential nominees, a largely symbolic vote now that both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have ...
Apr 01, 2024
Donald Trump has posted a $175 million bond to avert asset seizure as he appeals NY fraud penalty
NEW YORK (AP) - Donald Trump posted a $175 million bond on Monday in his New York civil fraud case, halting collection of the more than $454 million he owes and preventing the state from seizing his a...
Apr 01, 2024
Judge expands Trump's gag order after ex-president's social media posts about judge's daughter
NEW YORK (AP) - The judge in Donald Trump's April 15 hush-money criminal trial declared his family off-limits to the former president's rancor on Monday, expanding a gag order days after Trump assaile...
Apr 01, 2024
Oregon governor signs a bill recriminalizing drug possession into law
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Oregon's Democratic Gov. Tina Kotek on Monday signed into law a bill that recriminalizes the possession of small amounts of drugs, ending a first-in-the-nation experiment with decri...
Apr 01, 2024
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Sarah Mills: A U.S. jury says Live Nation and Ticketmaster's monopoly hurt fans
An appeal is already underway, but Sarah Mills says the court case against Live Nation and Ticketmaster has exposed what...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 16
8:30 - There are no shortages of stories coming from Parliament Hill this week. Following the Liberal majority, the gas ...