Sarah Mills: It's a dream come true - I get to see England in the World Cup
After months of waiting and wading through FIFA's Kafkaesque ticket-buying process, Sarah Mills finally has tickets to s...
Tag Archives: Politics
Blinken reaffirms US support for Ukraine amid Russia tension
KYIV, Ukraine - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken reaffirmed Washington's support for Ukraine at a meeting Thursday with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the wake of Kyiv's heightened tensions wi...
May 06, 2021
US sends more warplanes to protect pullout from Afghanistan
WASHINGTON - The United States has deployed a dozen additional warplanes to bolster protection of American and coalition troops making a final withdrawal from Afghanistan as Taliban insurgents step up...
May 06, 2021
US proposes ending rule that weakened wild bird protections
BILLINGS, Mont. - Longstanding protections for wild birds would be restored under a proposal unveiled Thursday to bring back prosecutions of avian deaths by industry that were ended under former Presi...
May 06, 2021
AP source: Sheldon Silver ordered back to federal prison
WASHINGTON - Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver will be returned to federal prison after federal authorities denied him home confinement, a person familiar with the matter told The Associ...
May 06, 2021
No tickets, charges issued in Quebec for travellers violating hotel quarantine order
MONTREAL - No one in Quebec has been fined or ticketed for violating the national health order requiring travellers arriving in Canada to quarantine at a designated hotel, according to province's pros...
May 06, 2021
Alberta eases security payment burden for oilsands companies
EDMONTON - Last year's dive in oil prices has caused Alberta to change how it calculates the payments oilsands mines make to ensure there's enough money to clean up the mess they leave behind. "The in...
May 06, 2021
NACI chair says advice not meant to give AstraZeneca recipients vaccine remorse
OTTAWA - The chair of the National Advisory Committee on Immunization says people who already got the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine should not feel they made a bad choice. Dr. Caroline Quach and the othe...
May 06, 2021
Canada agrees to take part in WTO talks to waive patent protections on vaccines
WASHINGTON - Canada agreed Thursday to join World Trade Organization talks on waiving the rules that protect vaccine trade secrets - a measure drug companies and a number of world leaders say would on...
May 06, 2021
NDP promises foreign buyers' tax, half a million new homes to cool housing market
OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is pledging a hefty foreign home buyers' tax and "massive" investment in housing to chill a boiling-hot real estate market. Unveiled today at a virtual news conferenc...
May 06, 2021
Supreme Court will hear appeal of Quebec money laundering case quashed over delays
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will hear an appeal in a case where the conviction of four people accused of money laundering on behalf of the Hells Angels was quashed over unreasonable legal del...
May 06, 2021
OPINION
Murray Wood: A star-crossed leader is beset by floor-crossing MPs
Murray Wood says Pierre Poilievre has suffered some bad timing in his career as Conservative leader, but the question is...
LATEST WEATHER
TODAY ON EVAN BRAY
The Evan Bray Show - Friday, April 24
On Friday's show, Evan looks at the stormy forecast for Saskatchewan heading into the weekend, the potential delays to s...