Murray Wood: April is the most frustrating month on the prairies
As much of Saskatchewan deals with another spring snowstorm, Murray Wood says we're all asking the same question: This i...
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Bell ends some CTV newscasts, sells radio stations in media shakeup amid layoffs
Bell Media is ending multiple television newscasts and making other programming cuts after its parent company announced widespread layoffs and the sale of 45 of its 103 regional radio stations. In an ...
Feb 08, 2024
Oyez, oyez, oyez: A listener's guide to Supreme Court arguments over Trump and the ballot
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court hears arguments Thursday over whether former President Donald Trump can be kept off the 2024 ballot because of his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results, cu...
Feb 08, 2024
Senior Biden campaign officials kick-start coordination with House Democrats for 2024 race
WASHINGTON (AP) - Senior officials for President Joe Biden's reelection effort met with House Democrats on Thursday to outline in detail post-Super Tuesday campaign plans - a strategy session that mar...
Feb 08, 2024
Ottawa to explore tougher auto-theft penalties, curb access to tools used by bandits
OTTAWA - The Liberal government is looking to put a dent in automobile theft by finding ways to ban devices commonly used to steal vehicles and eyeing tougher criminal penalties for perpetrators. The ...
Feb 08, 2024
Delayed Alberta report shows little caribou progress despite federal deal
EDMONTON - An Alberta government document suggests the province has made little progress in protecting its 15 threatened caribou herds, despite having signed an agreement with Ottawa that promised it ...
Feb 08, 2024
Kansas lawmakers are allowing a 93% pay raise for themselves to take effect next year
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Kansas is set to nearly double state legislators' pay at the start of next year, making their compensation better than it is for their counterparts in a majority of states, includi...
Feb 08, 2024
Biden determined to use stunning Trump-backed collapse of border deal as a weapon in 2024 campaign
WASHINGTON (AP) - How it began: President Joe Biden was urgently seeking more money from Congress to aid Ukraine and Israel. He took a gamble by seizing on GOP demands to simultaneously address one of...
Feb 07, 2024
Donald Trump wins Nevada’s Republican caucuses after being the only major candidate to participate
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Former President Donald Trump won Nevada's Republican presidential caucuses Thursday after he was the only major candidate to compete, winning his third straight state as he tries to ...
Feb 07, 2024
The Supreme Court seems poised to reject efforts to kick Trump off the ballot over the Capitol riot
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court seems poised to reject attempts to kick former President Donald Trump off the 2024 ballot. A definitive ruling for Trump, the leading Republican candidate for presi...
Feb 07, 2024
More Republicans back spending on child care, saying it's an economic issue
Like a lot of mothers, North Dakota state Rep. Emily O'Brien struggled to find infant care when her daughter Lennon was born in 2019. So O'Brien, a Republican who represents the Grand Forks region, br...
Feb 07, 2024
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Sarah Mills: A U.S. jury says Live Nation and Ticketmaster's monopoly hurt fans
An appeal is already underway, but Sarah Mills says the court case against Live Nation and Ticketmaster has exposed what...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 16
8:30 - There are no shortages of stories coming from Parliament Hill this week. Following the Liberal majority, the gas ...