Murray Wood: The 'dumbest trade war in history' is back on
The Wall Street Journal writes that the trade war between Canada and the U.S. just got dumber. Murray Wood says the U.S....
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New safety officers at Manitoba hospitals aimed at reducing workplace violence
WINNIPEG - Specially trained and better equipped security staff are scheduled to start Monday at Manitoba's largest hospital - the Health Sciences Centre - in a bid to reduce violence against health-c...
Apr 10, 2024
Iowa governor signs bill that gives state authority to arrest and deport some migrants
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - It will be a state crime for a person to be in Iowa if previously denied admission to or removed from the United States under a bill signed into law by Gov. Kim Reynolds on Wed...
Apr 10, 2024
Mischief trial hears Mounties tried to convince Alberta border protesters to quit
An RCMP officer has described the tenuous, and often fraught, relationship police forged with protesters as they tried to end the COVID-era border blockade in Coutts, Alta. Sgt. Greg Tulloch continued...
Apr 10, 2024
Alberta tables gatekeeper bill on federal funding, cites housing money as last straw
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has introduced legislation to gatekeep and if necessary veto any future deal struck between municipalities and the federal government. Smith says the final st...
Apr 10, 2024
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders urges lawmakers to pass budget as session kicks off
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Wednesday urged lawmakers to pass her $6.3 billion budget proposal that boosts spending on a new school voucher program. But she stoppe...
Apr 10, 2024
French universities want exemption from foreign student cap, file language complaint
OTTAWA - The office of Canada's official languages commissioner says it has received a complaint from a group representing francophone post-secondary institutions outside Quebec about Ottawa's cap on ...
Apr 10, 2024
Iowa puts $1 million toward summer meal sites, still faces criticism for rejecting federal funds
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Iowa is directing nearly a million dollars in grant funding to expand summer meal sites for low-income kids. It is an effort that advocates welcome, but some remained worried t...
Apr 10, 2024
Former high-ranking Democratic legislator in New Mexico pleads not guilty in federal fraud case
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A former high-ranking Democratic legislator in New Mexico has pleaded not guilty to numerous federal charges stemming from a corruption investigation into allegations that mil...
Apr 10, 2024
NDP backs Tory motion, saying carbon price not 'be-all, end-all' of climate policy
OTTAWA - The federal New Democrats backed Conservative demands Wednesday that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau take part in a televised "emergency meeting" on carbon pricing with Canada's premiers. The f...
Apr 10, 2024
Trump assails Jewish voters who back Biden: 'Should have their head examined'
ATLANTA (AP) - Donald Trump on Wednesday lashed out at Jewish voters who back President Joe Biden and framed this year's election as a referendum on the strength of Christianity in the U.S., part of h...
Apr 10, 2024
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Sarah Mills: Technology is advancing faster than we can comprehend
Sarah Mills says an old journalism professor spoke of a multimedia world that was hard to imagine at the time. Not only ...
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The Evan Bray Show - Monday, August 24
8:30 - Canada and the United States are now in a trade war - and energy could be one of Canada's biggest sources of both...