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'A first step': Crowsnest Pass mayor excited about Northback drilling approval
CALGARY - The mayor of Crowsnest Pass in southwestern Alberta says the Alberta Energy Regulator's approval of a controversial coal exploration project on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains is l...
May 16, 2025
Strip searches of teen girls in detention were unconstitutional, Ontario judge rules
TORONTO - An Ontario judge has ruled that repeated strip searches of teen girls accused in the fatal swarming of a homeless Toronto man were unconstitutional. Four of the eight girls accused in the at...
May 16, 2025
Stockwell Day supports Alberta vote on separation, warns it's dangerous for Tories
OTTAWA - The Alberta separatist movement presents a danger to the federal Conservative party, said former Tory member of Parliament Stockwell Day. "I'll lose friends saying this: - it will only split ...
May 16, 2025
Jury convicts ex-Tennessee House speaker and his aide in legislative mail scheme
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A federal jury on Friday convicted a former Tennessee House speaker and his onetime chief of staff in a scheme to win taxpayer-funded mail business from state lawmakers even af...
May 16, 2025
Ontario investing $38 million to revamp Wasaga Beach
WASAGA - Ontario announced today it will invest nearly $40 million to help revitalize Wasaga Beach. Premier Doug Ford says $25 million will go toward rebuilding the Nancy Island Historic Site. That si...
May 16, 2025
Separation referendum would be 'bad for the country': Calgary Chamber of Commerce
CALGARY - The head of a group representing Calgary's business community says a referendum on separation would inflict grave damage on the economies of Alberta and Canada - regardless of the result. "B...
May 16, 2025
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith shuffles her cabinet, splits health portfolio
CALGARY - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announced Friday an overhaul of several government ministries, creating two new health services portfolios and replacing her Indigenous relations minister. For...
May 16, 2025
Clock starts on timing of byelection Poilievre hopes to use to return to Parliament
OTTAWA - The Conservatives know more today about when their leader could return to the House of Commons, now that Damien Kurek has been officially declared the member of Parliament for Battle River-Cr...
May 16, 2025
Former top Doug Ford staffer broke lobbying rules, integrity commissioner says
TORONTO - Ontario's integrity commissioner says a former top staffer to Premier Doug Ford broke lobbying rules. Amin Massoudi now runs Atlas Strategic Advisors, but previously served as Ford's princip...
May 16, 2025
University of Calgary launches initiative to study new relationship with the U.S.
CALGARY - Alberta is putting $6.5 million toward a new initiative at the University of Calgary to study how Canada's relationship with the United States is changing with U.S. President Trump in the Wh...
May 16, 2025
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Sarah Mills: Whose standards do we use when we measure offence?
Sarah Mills says we all have different standards when it comes to what offends us. But when standards don't align, who's...
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, Sept. 19
Evan talks with Premier Moe about his trip to China and the current state of canola tariffs, Ray Wilgenbusch about the M...