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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Biden feels heat on emissions goal as climate summit nears
WASHINGTON - As President Joe Biden convenes a virtual climate summit on Thursday with 40 world leaders, he faces a vexing task: how to put forward a nonbinding but symbolic goal to reduce greenhouse ...
Apr 19, 2021
Putin foe Navalny sent to prison hospital amid hunger strike
MOSCOW - Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who is in the third week of a hunger strike while behind bars, was moved to a hospital in another prison after his doctor said he could be near death...
Apr 19, 2021
Liberals to release federal budget with eye on managing crisis, post-pandemic growth
OTTAWA - The federal government is set to unveil spending plans Monday afternoon to manage the remainder of the COVID-19 crisis and chart an economic course for a post-pandemic Canada. The Liberals' f...
Apr 19, 2021
A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Apr. 19, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Monday April 19, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 198,376 new vaccinations administered for a total of 9,973,643...
Apr 19, 2021
Federal government expecting 1M vaccine doses this week after Moderna delays delivery
OTTAWA - Canada will have to wait a little longer for a promised influx of COVID-19 vaccines. The federal government says it expects about 1 million shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to arrive this...
Apr 19, 2021
Huawei CFO's team asks judge for adjournment in final extradition hearings
VANCOUVER - Lawyers for Meng Wanzhou asked a B.C. Supreme Court judge Monday to delay the final leg of hearings in the Huawei executive's extradition case one week before it is set to begin. Richard P...
Apr 19, 2021
NDP wins seat by drawing lots in Yukon, Liberals plan to form minority government
WHITEHORSE - The NDP won a legislature seat in Yukon by drawing lots on Monday after a judicial recount, but despite the outcome Liberal Leader Sandy Silver says he is ready to form the territory's ne...
Apr 19, 2021
A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on April 18, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Sunday April 18, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 198,376 new vaccinations administered for a total of 9,973,64...
Apr 18, 2021
Alberta joins Ontario in lowering minimum age for AstraZeneca vaccine
Two provinces will offer the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine to those aged 40 and over starting Tuesday, officials announced Sunday following days of mounting pressure to lower the minimum age. Alberta and...
Apr 18, 2021
Nothing stopping provinces from offering AstraZeneca vaccine to all adults: Hajdu
Provinces are free to offer the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine to all adults, Canada's health minister said Sunday as calls mounted in at least one province hard hit by COVID-19 to lower the age restricti...
Apr 18, 2021
OPINION
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
8:30 - A mega-farm in Saskatchewan is raising major concerns about debt, rapid expansion and financial pressures facing ...