Murray Wood: Going to seed, in a good way
Murray Wood says seed sales are taking off this spring. Food prices are likely convincing some to grow their own vegetab...
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Here’s a look at the 2024 B.C. budget, by the numbers
VICTORIA - British Columbia Finance Minister Katrine Conroy has delivered an election-year budget that includes benefits for families and businesses as well as an increased deficit. Here are some of i...
Feb 22, 2024
B.C. budget highlights, from soaring deficit to family benefit boost and free IVF
VICTORIA - The 2024 British Columbia budget includes new spending measures designed to ease high costs of living, while significantly boosting the province's deficit. Here are some highlights: THE DEF...
Feb 22, 2024
Georgia board upholds firing of teacher for reading a book to students about gender identity
ATLANTA (AP) - The firing of a Georgia teacher who read a book on gender fluidity to her fifth grade class was upheld Thursday by the Georgia Board of Education. Katie Rinderle had been a teacher for ...
Feb 22, 2024
Republicans vote to make it harder to amend Missouri Constitution
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Republican lawmakers on Thursday voted to make it harder to change the Missouri Constitution amid a campaign to restore abortion rights through a voter-backed constitutional...
Feb 22, 2024
Canada pledges $80.5M for Kenya-led mission to improve security in Haiti
Ottawa is putting $80.5 million toward a mission to improve security conditions in Haiti, where rampant gang violence has caused an ongoing crisis, Global Affairs Canada said Thursday. The money will ...
Feb 22, 2024
Mayor of Gatineau resigns citing difficult climate for municipal politicians
MONTREAL - France Blisle, the mayor of Gatineau, Que., abruptly resigned her post Thursday, citing a difficult climate for municipal politicians in the province. "I really questioned the price paid to...
Feb 22, 2024
Trudeau jabs Poilievre over bill that could usher in digital ID for porn browsing
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau took an unprompted jab at his main political rival on Thursday over a Senate porn bill that the prime minister said could usher in a digital ID for adults who want to browse ce...
Feb 22, 2024
Trudeau announces funding for affordable housing construction in Cape Breton
MEMBERTOU, NOVA SCOTIA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau travelled to Nova Scotia on Thursday to announce $13.3 million in funding to fast-track construction of 367 housing units over the next three yea...
Feb 22, 2024
Online fundraisers for violent West Bank settlers raised thousands, despite international sanctions
JERUSALEM (AP) - When the Biden administration imposed sanctions this month against Israeli settler Yinon Levi for allegedly assaulting Palestinian civilians in the occupied West Bank, his supporters ...
Feb 22, 2024
Saskatchewan to spend extra $750M this fiscal year; Opposition calls for transparency
REGINA - The Saskatchewan government is spending $750 million more than it had budgeted this year, a move that's raising questions from Opposition New Democrats. The province approved the extra dollar...
Feb 22, 2024
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Sarah Mills: We are feeling the pinch of rising prices, even beyond the gas pumps
Costs have already gone up with airlines. Parcel and delivery services could also increase, and even ride sharing may ja...
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, April 14
On Tuesday's show, Evan talks about the Prime Minister's transition from minority to majority government, explores a pro...