Murray Wood: Elbows down, taxpayer subsidies for U.S. flights up
Murray Wood wonders why it's OK for Saskatchewan to prop up air travel to the U.S. with taxpayer dollars, but it was wro...
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Agriculture minister says first exports of canola seed and beef soon going to China
China is moving quickly to import Canadian canola and beef after Ottawa struck a deal with Beijing to reduce tariffs, Federal Agriculture Minister Heath MacDonald said Tuesday. MacDonald told reporter...
Jan 20, 2026
Alberta Opposition NDP calls on Smith to reconvene legislature over hospital crisis
EDMONTON - Alberta Opposition NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi is calling on Premier Danielle Smith's government to reconvene the legislature five weeks early, saying her government needs to take accountabili...
Jan 20, 2026
Carney takes cautious approach to Trump's invitation to join 'Board of Peace'
WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Mark Carney is sounding a cautious note on his invitation to take part in U.S. President Donald Trump's "Board of Peace" - even as other leaders balk at the hefty price tag...
Jan 20, 2026
Starting small: How young investors can begin building wealth with just $500
For many young Canadians, the barrier to entry for investing feels impossibly high. Between student loans, rising rent, and the cost of living, scraping together a starter fund can seem daunting. Yet,...
Jan 20, 2026
Carney says beefing up Arctic security key to solving Greenland crisis
OTTAWA - There are solutions to the crisis enveloping Greenland, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday, as global leaders at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland absorbed another escalation in U....
Jan 20, 2026
'I'm traumatized': Terrified Haitians in U.S. make dangerous journey to Canada
MONTREAL - Frantz Andr says his phone rings every day with scared Haitians in the United States considering the dangerous journey across the northern border. The head of a Montreal-based migrant advoc...
Jan 20, 2026
Quebec's finance minister says Ontario's Crown Royal whisky ban is misguided
MONTREAL - Quebec's finance minister says he has shared his concerns with his Ontario counterpart about that province's intention to remove Crown Royal whisky from government-owned liquor stores, sayi...
Jan 20, 2026
Carney calls on middle powers to band together in World Economic Forum speech
DAVOS - The world has entered a risky new age of great power rivalries and middle powers need to join forces to survive, Prime Minister Mark Carney told the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland,...
Jan 20, 2026
Alberta emergency doctors detail waiting room horrors, preventable deaths to minister
EDMONTON - Alberta's emergency room doctors, in a letter to the provincial government, have detailed front-line horror stories of preventable deaths along with indignities and suffering by patients in...
Jan 19, 2026
Three years after announcement, Canada opens Fiji diplomatic mission
OTTAWA - Canada has opened a high commission in Fiji more than three years after pledging to launch its first diplomatic mission in the Pacific Islands. Global Affairs Canada announced the move in a s...
Jan 19, 2026
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Sarah Mills: We need more 'regular guys' in the civic process
Standing in front of CEOs, lobbyists, advocates and others at a council meeting is not an exciting prospect, but Sarah M...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 30
Evan finds out what to do if you find space junk on your farm, analyzes the outrage over Ticketmaster prices and the fut...