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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Changing jobs? Keeping track of pension key as regulator warns of 'stranded' benefits
Two years ago, Ihor Weryha finally felt ready to retire. The Mississauga, Ont., resident had spent 40 years working in the petrochemical industry, most of which had been evenly split between two compa...
Feb 29, 2024
A California county ditched its vote-counting machines. Now a supporter faces a recall election
REDDING, Calif. (AP) - Voters in this rural California county have twice voted for Donald Trump by wide margins while electing staunch conservatives to their local governing board, even going so far a...
Feb 29, 2024
A California county ditched its vote counting machines. Now a supporter faces a recall election
REDDING, Calif. (AP) - Voters in Northern California's rural Shasta County have twice voted for Donald Trump by wide margins while electing staunch conservatives to the local county board. They've eve...
Feb 29, 2024
Canada bringing back visa requirements for Mexico to slow asylum claims
OTTAWA - New visa requirements Ottawa is imposing on Mexican nationals are meant to curb the number of asylum claims in Canada as well as stem the flow of people crossing into the United States, Immig...
Feb 29, 2024
Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge picked up last month in sign of still-elevated prices
WASHINGTON (AP) - An inflation gauge favored by the Federal Reserve increased in January, the latest sign that the slowdown in U.S. consumer price increases is occurring unevenly from month to month. ...
Feb 29, 2024
The future is now: 16- and 17-year-olds win the right to vote in local elections in a Vermont town
BRATTLEBORO, Vt. (AP) - A Vermont town has acted on the notion that young voters offer hope for the future, giving 16- and 17-year-olds the right to vote next week in local elections. Those who turn 1...
Feb 29, 2024
AP Decision Notes: What to expect in North Dakota's GOP caucuses
WASHINGTON (AP) - North Dakota will hold its Republican presidential caucuses on Monday, the last chance for Donald Trump's rivals for the GOP nomination to slow his momentum heading into Super Tuesda...
Feb 29, 2024
Pennsylvania sets up election security task force ahead of 2024 presidential contest
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Law enforcement agencies, civil defense officials and election administrators have begun meeting in Pennsylvania to coordinate how they will identify and fight election threats ...
Feb 29, 2024
'Measured choices': Health, education come out ahead in restrained Alberta budget
EDMONTON - Health care and education came out ahead Thursday in a generally restrained Alberta provincial budget forecasting a paper-thin surplus that could easily go up in smoke. "It is a solid budge...
Feb 29, 2024
Quebec Appeal Court rules secularism law is constitutional, English schools rebuffed
MONTREAL - The Quebec Court of Appeal ruled Thursday that the province's secularism law is constitutional and a lower court was wrong to exempt English school boards from the law, known as Bill 21. In...
Feb 29, 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...