Murray Wood: Is this one of those times when money might be better in the government's pockets?
Windfall profits on oil are prompting a break in the federal fuel excise, but Saskatchewan isn't following suit. Murray ...
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Louisiana lawmaker proposes adding nitrogen gas and electrocution to the state's execution methods
BATON ROGUE, La. (AP) - Louisiana's infamous electric chair - dubbed by death row inmates as "Gruesome Gertie" - was last used for an execution in 1991, when the state moved to lethal injections as th...
Feb 14, 2024
Things to know about California's Proposition 1
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California voters this March will decide on a statewide ballot measure that Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom said would transform the outdated mental health system and address th...
Feb 14, 2024
Nebraska Republican gives top priority to bill allowing abortions in cases of fatal fetal anomalies
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A Nebraska lawmaker who tanked an effort last year by his fellow Republicans to pass a near-total abortion ban has given top priority this year to a bill that would allow abortion...
Feb 14, 2024
House Homeland chairman announces retirement a day after leading Mayorkas' impeachment
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee Republican U.S. Rep. Mark Green on Wednesday announced that he won't run for a fourth term, pointing to the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayor...
Feb 14, 2024
Assisted-dying expansion delay not based on stereotypes around mental illness: Virani
OTTAWA - Canada's justice minister is rejecting charges that the federal government is perpetuating mental-illness stereotypes by delaying a planned expansion of medical assistance in dying. Arif Vira...
Feb 14, 2024
Missouri high court says Planned Parenthood can receive funding; cites failed appeal by state
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - The Missouri Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected the latest attempt by Republican state officials to block taxpayer dollars from going to Planned Parenthood, citing a failur...
Feb 14, 2024
National Republican party sides with former Rep. Pete Hoekstra in battle over Michigan GOP chair
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Former Congressman Pete Hoekstra has been officially recognized by the national Republican party as the Michigan GOP chairman in a vote that also affirmed that Kristina Karamo wa...
Feb 14, 2024
First Nations, Jim Balsillie slam government over lack of consultation on AI bill
OTTAWA - The Assembly of First Nations is warning it could take the Liberal government to court over its proposed privacy and artificial intelligence bill. And former tech executive Jim Balsillie told...
Feb 14, 2024
Special counsel asks Supreme Court to let Trump's 2020 election case proceed to trial without delay
WASHINGTON (AP) - Special counsel Jack Smith urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to let former President Donald Trump's 2020 election interference case proceed to trial without further delay. Pr...
Feb 14, 2024
Carbon price rebates rising in most provinces April 1
OTTAWA - The federal carbon price will increase April 1 to $85 per tonne, up from $60. The quarterly rebates associated with it - which the Liberals rebranded Wednesday as the "Canada Carbon Rebate" -...
Feb 14, 2024
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Sarah Mills: The president has tested the faithful
The may be some who worship U.S. President Donald Trump, but like the Beatles before him, Sarah Mills says the president...
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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, April 15
8:30 - With a clear majority now secured, Mark Carney no longer has to bargain to survive confidence votes and can focus...