Murray Wood: Signs of spring appearing in Saskatchewan
Murray Wood says signs of spring were all over the place on the weekend, even though the forecast remains wintery for th...
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In Canada, U.S., vaccine 'passports' could be new point of cross-border contention
WASHINGTON - As if the COVID-19 pandemic hadn't produced enough ways to complicate life at the border between Canada and the United States, here comes another: whether or not to require proof of vacci...
Apr 07, 2021
Georgia lawmaker won't face charges for voting bill protest
ATLANTA - The Georgia lawmaker who was arrested after knocking on the door of the governor's office as he made televised comments in support of the sweeping, controversial new election law he'd just s...
Apr 07, 2021
Singh rejects more extreme NDP policy resolutions, like scrapping military
OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is standing by several controversial proposals from rank-and-file party members while rejecting more extreme ones - including a call to abolish the military - ahead o...
Apr 07, 2021
6 charged in NH youth detention centre sex abuse probe
CONCORD, N.H. - Six former staffers at New Hampshire's state-run youth detention centre were arrested Wednesday in connection with the abuse of 11 children over the course of a decade, including one w...
Apr 07, 2021
Charged with ignoring COVID-19 health rules: Alberta church shut down, fenced off
EDMONTON - About 30 people sang hymns and a woman walked back and forth with a Bible in her hand as Alberta health officers on Wednesday closed down and fenced off a church charged with refusing to fo...
Apr 07, 2021
Climate change group pushes NDP, Green leaders to form election climate alliance
OTTAWA - An advocacy group alarmed by the pace of global warming is urging federal NDP and Green Party of Canada leaders to partner in the next general election in hopes of sending more climate-minded...
Apr 07, 2021
Parliamentary budget officer says basic income program could halve poverty rate
OTTAWA - The pressure on the federal Liberal government to introduce a universal basic income ratcheted up a notch Wednesday with a report from the parliamentary budget officer that suggests it could ...
Apr 07, 2021
Vaccine panel confirms choice to delay doses up to four months in Canada
OTTAWA - The National Advisory Committee on Immunization is standing by its emergency recommendation to extend timing of second doses of COVID-19 vaccines up to four months after the first, but says m...
Apr 07, 2021
Ahead of budget, agency funds skills-training program to buffer against future shocks
OTTAWA - When COVID-19 forced the closure of department stores, Mary Junne Boyco and her co-workers lost their jobs, ending more than a decade of working in the service sector. The 35-year-old lost sl...
Apr 07, 2021
Manitoba budget cuts tax on property, enacts tax on digital services
WINNIPEG - Manitobans will soon pay less in property tax but fork out more to stream movies or buy certain goods online. The Progressive Conservative government's 2021-22 budget released Wednesday inc...
Apr 07, 2021
OPINION
Sarah Mills: Cancelled ferries on west coast put the short Saskatchewan commutes into perspective
Using the ferry system is a great way to enjoy BC from the water, but Sarah Mills says recent issues have had a big impa...
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, April 7
8:30 - Today is Green Shirt Day, which falls one day after the eighth anniversary of the Humboldt Bus Crash. The anniver...