Murray Wood: Federal gun initiatives take aim at small business
Darryl Schemenauer is closing down his Regina gun store after 35 years, and he puts the blame squarely on the federal Li...
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Country star Corb Lund criticizes Alberta minister over coal application support
TABER, Alta. - An Alberta country music star is criticizing the province's energy minister for advising its energy regulator to accept initial applications for a coal mine project in the eastern slope...
Feb 24, 2024
China wants Canadian private investment in Belt and Road projects, amid scrutiny
OTTAWA - China's ambassador in Ottawa says he wants Canadian business to collaborate with Beijing on its Belt and Road Initiative, amid scrutiny from Western governments. Ambassador Cong Peiwu says Ca...
Feb 24, 2024
Trudeau signs support pact, attacks 'weakling' Putin in unannounced Kyiv visit
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau surveyed the wreckage of one of the first battles in the brutal war that has gripped Ukraine for the last two years, as Ukrainians used Saturday's anniversary of the figh...
Feb 24, 2024
Trump wins South Carolina, easily beating Haley in her home state and closing in on GOP nomination
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - Donald Trump won South Carolina's Republican primary on Saturday, easily beating former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley in her home state and further consolidating his path to a th...
Feb 23, 2024
Info watchdog investigating record destruction allegations related to ArriveCan app
OTTAWA - The federal information watchdog says she will look into allegations about destruction of records related to the controversial ArriveCan app. In a statement late Friday, information commissio...
Feb 23, 2024
Trump says his criminal indictments boosted his appeal to Black voters
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Former President Donald Trump claimed Friday that his four criminal indictments have boosted his support among Black Americans because they see him as a victim of discrimination,...
Feb 23, 2024
West Virginia lawmakers push to remove a suicide risk exemption from gender-affirming care bill
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Some Republican lawmakers in West Virginia want to ban transgender youth at risk for self-harm or suicide from accessing medical interventions such as hormone therapy. The GOP...
Feb 23, 2024
NCAA president says Congress must act to preserve sports at colleges that can't pay athletes
WASHINGTON (AP) - NCAA President Charlie Baker said Friday that action by Congress was needed to protect what he described as the "95 percent" of athletes whose ability to play college sports would be...
Feb 23, 2024
Trump's lawyers seek to suspend $83M defamation verdict, citing 'strong probability' it won't stand
NEW YORK (AP) - Donald Trump's lawyers asked a New York judge Friday to suspend an $83.3 million defamation verdict against the former president, saying there was a "strong probability" that it would ...
Feb 23, 2024
Interference inquiry head says feds have signalled need for closed-door hearings
OTTAWA - The head of a federal inquiry into foreign interference says the government has told her it will be necessary to hear some evidence behind closed doors. In a notice issued late Friday, commis...
Feb 23, 2024
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Sarah Mills: The season of the zipper merge has returned
It sometimes feels like leaders in our cities and towns don't plan for construction very well, but Sarah Mills says the ...
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The Evan Bray Show - Monday, April 20
8:30 - Last week, the FSIN held its first general assembly since being told it needed to repay $29-million in federal fu...