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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Republican lawmakers are backing dozens of bills targeting diversity efforts on campus and elsewhere
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Diversity initiatives would be defunded or banned from universities and other public institutions under a slate of bills pending in Republican-led legislatures, with some lawmake...
Feb 09, 2024
How Biden and his allies are pushing back against a special counsel's claims about his memory
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden's Democratic allies are launching an aggressive defense against a special counsel's explosive claims that the 81-year-old president couldn't remember major milest...
Feb 09, 2024
White House downplays Biden, national security aide's blunt comments on Israel
WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House on Friday sought to downplay sharp criticism levied against Israel by President Joe Biden and a senior national security official over how Prime Minister Benjamin Net...
Feb 09, 2024
Texas woman is sentenced to 3 years in prison for threatening judge overseeing Trump documents case
HOUSTON (AP) - A Texas woman was sentenced Friday to three years in prison after pleading guilty to charges of threatening a Florida judge who is overseeing the criminal case against former President ...
Feb 09, 2024
The Senate is pushing past far-right objections to aiding Ukraine. But next steps are uncertain
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Senate is plodding past far-right Republican opposition to helping Ukraine fight Russia, working through the weekend on a $95.3 billion military aid package for Kyiv, Israel...
Feb 09, 2024
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
WASHINGTON (AP) - ABC's "This Week" - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del.; Gov. Brian Kemp, R-Ga. ___ NBC's "Meet the Press" - Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro May...
Feb 09, 2024
'Depressing' to see 'W5' affected by Bell Media cuts, says former host Kevin Newman
TORONTO - Former "W5" host Kevin Newman says the demise of Canada's longstanding prime-time investigative program is "depressing" and he worries about the future of hard-hitting journalism in the coun...
Feb 09, 2024
Uproar over Biden classified documents report carries echoes of 2016 Clinton email case
WASHINGTON (AP) - The release of a harshly critical Justice Department special counsel report on President Joe Biden has triggered instant flashbacks to history-shaping events of 2016. That's when FBI...
Feb 09, 2024
Georgia Republicans say Fani Willis inquiry isn't a 'witch hunt,' but Democrats doubt good faith
ATLANTA (AP) - The Republican leading a specially-appointed Georgia state Senate committee that's supposed to investigate whether Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis committed misconduct procl...
Feb 09, 2024
Ontario teachers awarded additional pay to compensate for wage restraint law
TORONTO - Public high school teachers and elementary teachers will get additional retroactive salary increases to compensate them for constrained wages under a law known as Bill 124. When the Elementa...
Feb 09, 2024
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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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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...