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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Rockets fired at Kabul airport amid US withdrawal hit homes
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Rocket fire apparently targeting Kabul's international airport struck a nearby neighborhood on Monday, the eve of the deadline for American troops to withdraw from the countr...
Aug 29, 2021
Excerpts from an interview with Manitoba premier as he prepares to leave office
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister has said that he plans to step down Wednesday. Here are some quotes from an interview with The Canadian Press: On low polling numbers: "If you govern with a...
Aug 29, 2021
A list of milestones in Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister's political career
WINNIPEG - A timeline of major events in Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister's political career: Sept. 15, 1992: Pallister wins a provincial byelection in Portage la Prairie. He is re-elected in 1995 and...
Aug 29, 2021
Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister looks back on career before stepping down Wednesday
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister plans to leave office Wednesday and have the Tory caucus choose an interim leader. Pallister, who announced his intention to step down earlier this month, s...
Aug 29, 2021
Montreal mayor invests $5.5 million to boost police resources to fight gun crime
Montreal Mayor Valrie Plante says the city will invest an additional $5.5 million in its police force in order to help fight gun crime. Plante said today alongside Chief Sylvain Caron that the amount ...
Aug 29, 2021
Afghan official says 3 children killed in US strike on IS
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - An Afghan official says three children were killed in a drone strike that U.S. officials said struck a vehicle carrying Islamic State suicide bombers. The official spoke on c...
Aug 29, 2021
Yemeni official: Missile, drone attack on airbase kills 30
SANAA, Yemen (AP) - A missile and drone attack on a key military base in Yemen's south on Sunday killed at least 30 troops, a Yemeni military spokesman said. It was one of the deadliest attacks in the...
Aug 29, 2021
Ongoing protest over old-growth logging on Vancouver Island marks one year
PORT RENFREW, B.C. - In the year since the first camp was set up to prevent old-growth logging around the Fairy Creek watershed on southern Vancouver Island, an expert in Canadian environmental moveme...
Aug 29, 2021
Trudeau climate promises interrupted by angry crowd in Ontario
OTTAWA - An angry crowd of agitators surrounded Justin Trudeau's campaign buses and screamed profanity at the Liberal Leader during a campaign event in Cambridge, Ont., Sunday. The event was delayed m...
Aug 29, 2021
'Clearly discriminatory and systemically racist': Report on B.C. school board
VICTORIA - A report that found systemic racism in a British Columbia school board and called for a provincewide review is "vindicating," the deputy chief of a First Nation in the province said Saturda...
Aug 28, 2021
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Sarah Mills: We are feeling the pinch of rising prices, even beyond the gas pumps
Costs have already gone up with airlines. Parcel and delivery services could also increase, and even ride sharing may ja...
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, April 14
On Tuesday's show, Evan talks about the Prime Minister's transition from minority to majority government, explores a pro...