Murray Wood: Federal gun initiatives take aim at small business
Darryl Schemenauer is closing down his Regina gun store after 35 years, and he puts the blame squarely on the federal Li...
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'No blindsiding,' Hochul vows as she takes helm in New York
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - On her first day at the helm, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said she will mandate masks in schools. The Democrat also said Tuesday afternoon that she wants all school staff to be vacc...
Aug 24, 2021
Algeria breaks off diplomatic ties with neighboring Morocco
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) - Algeria formally broke off diplomatic relations with neighboring Morocco on Tuesday, with the foreign minister citing a series of alleged hostile acts. The move culminates a pe...
Aug 24, 2021
Manitoba brings back masks, requires COVID-19 vaccination for front-line workers
WINNIPEG - Manitoba is bringing back its mask mandate and requiring all front-line provincial employees who work with vulnerable populations to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The changes come a...
Aug 24, 2021
N.W.T. reports first death related to COVID-19, outbreak grows to 219 active cases
YELLOWKNIFE - The chief public health officer of the Northwest Territories has confirmed the territory's first death related to COVID-19 as the N.W.T. experiences its worst outbreak since the beginnin...
Aug 24, 2021
Biden rejects U.S. extension in Kabul, as Trudeau, G7 leaders extend offers to stay
OTTAWA - While Prime Minister Justin Trudeau offered Tuesday to keep Canadian military personnel in Afghanistan after Aug. 31, his fellow G7 leaders were not able to persuade President Joe Biden to ex...
Aug 24, 2021
Biden keeps to Kabul Aug. 31 deadline despite criticism
KABUL - U.S. President Joe Biden declared Tuesday he is sticking to his Aug. 31 deadline for completing a risky airlift of Americans, endangered Afghans and others seeking to escape Taliban-controlled...
Aug 24, 2021
'It is criminal, it is negligent': NDP react to back to school planning
With the school season around the corner, the New Democratic Party (NDP) of Saskatchewan feels the lack of plan for kids returning to be worrying, and a moment of deja-vu. "The Saskatchewan Party took...
Aug 24, 2021 Sask. NDP Leader, Ryan Meili, reacted to the governments back to school plan. (Mattea Columpsi/980 CJME)
US troops surge evacuations, CIA chief meets with Taliban
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. military has pulled off its biggest day of evacuation flights from Afghanistan since the operation began, but deadly violence that has blocked many desperate evacuees from e...
Aug 24, 2021
G-7 leaders can't sway Biden to delay Afghanistan withdrawal
WASHINGTON (AP) - Sharply divided leaders of the Group of Seven industrialized democracies clashed Tuesday over U.S. President Joe Biden's insistence on withdrawing from Afghanistan by August 31 in th...
Aug 24, 2021
B.C. reintroduces mandatory mask policy, including for students in Grades 4 and up
VICTORIA - British Columbia is reintroducing a public health order requiring people to wear masks in all indoor public spaces including malls, grocery stores and on transit starting Wednesday to help ...
Aug 24, 2021
OPINION
Sarah Mills: The season of the zipper merge has returned
It sometimes feels like leaders in our cities and towns don't plan for construction very well, but Sarah Mills says the ...
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The Evan Bray Show - Monday, April 20
On Monday's show, Evan hears concerns about the FSIN's transparency after its general assembly last week, discusses how ...