Murray Wood: Elbows down, taxpayer subsidies for U.S. flights up
Murray Wood wonders why it's OK for Saskatchewan to prop up air travel to the U.S. with taxpayer dollars, but it was wro...
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Biden opposes plan to sell US Steel to a Japanese firm, citing the need for 'American steel workers'
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden came out in opposition to the planned sale of U.S. Steel to Nippon Steel of Japan, saying on Thursday that the U.S. needs to "maintain strong American steel compa...
Mar 14, 2024
Censorship efforts at libraries continued to soar in 2023, according to a new report
NEW YORK (AP) - Bannings and attempted bannings of books soared again in the U.S. last year, continuing to set record highs, according to a new report from the American Library Association. On Thursda...
Mar 14, 2024
Tentative deal averts planned strike by thousands of Edmonton city workers
EDMONTON - Library workers are now part of a tentative deal that has averted a strike by thousands Edmonton civic workers. Civic Service Union 52 made the announcement Thursday night on X, formerly kn...
Mar 14, 2024
Alberta First Nations want Ottawa to class oilsands tailings component as toxin
Two Alberta First Nations have asked the federal government to examine whether a component of oilsands tailings pond water known to harm fish and other animals should be classed as toxic. The move cou...
Mar 14, 2024
Biden visits Michigan county emerging as the swing state's top bellwether
SAGINAW, Mich. (AP) - Hurley Coleman Jr.'s parents were drawn to Michigan from the South by the promise of middle-class jobs in the booming automotive industry, an origin story shared by many African ...
Mar 13, 2024
Oklahoma's push to weaken penalties for cockfighting is frustrating opponents of the bloodsport
WILSON, Okla. (AP) - Before Oklahoma became one of the last places in the U.S. to outlaw cockfighting in 2002, it wasn't uncommon to see hundreds of spectators packed into small arenas in rural parts ...
Mar 13, 2024
Judge rejects bid by Donald Trump to throw out classified documents case on constitutional grounds
FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) - A federal judge on Thursday rejected one bid by Donald Trump to throw out out his classified documents criminal case, and appeared skeptical during hours of arguments of a sep...
Mar 13, 2024
Kim Rudd, former Ontario Liberal MP and entrepreneur, dies at 66
COBOURG, Ont. - Kim Rudd, a former Liberal MP who represented a southern Ontario riding, has died. An online obituary says Rudd died of ovarian cancer on Tuesday at a hospice in Cobourg, Ont. Rudd, wh...
Mar 13, 2024
Race for Chicago-area prosecutor seat features tough-on-crime judge, lawyer with Democratic backing
CHICAGO (AP) - An open seat to lead the nation's second-largest prosecutor's office has become one of the most spirited races in the Illinois primary with a Democratic matchup between a tough-on-crime...
Mar 13, 2024
In a first, Vice President Harris visits Minnesota abortion clinic to blast ‘immoral’ restrictions
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Vice President Kamala Harris visited a Planned Parenthood clinic on Thursday, marking what her office said was the first time a president or vice president has toured a facility...
Mar 13, 2024
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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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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...