Murray Wood: Arrest in 2001 Saskatoon assault case should make perpetrators worried
A 52-year-old man has been charged in connection with a 2001 sexual assault allegation in Saskatoon. Murray Wood says he...
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U.S. secretary of state plans virtual visits Friday with Trudeau, Garneau, Mexico
WASHINGTON - Antony Blinken will meet virtually Friday with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau in a day of online diplomacy for the U.S. secretary of state. Blinke...
Feb 25, 2021
Vaccine hesitancy declining among Quebec health-care workers, researchers say
MONTREAL - Lucie Tremblay wants her colleagues in Quebec's health-care sector to get vaccinated against COVID-19. The head of nursing at the regional health board for west-central Montreal has taken a...
Feb 25, 2021
Pandemic increased direct aid to fossil fuel producers, new study shows
OTTAWA - A new report suggests the economic impact of the pandemic led to a massive increase in federal aid to Canada's oilpatch. But the annual inventory of fossil fuel subsidies published by the Int...
Feb 25, 2021
Poll finds strong support for expanding access to medical assistance in dying
OTTAWA - A new poll suggests months of controversy has not dampened Canadians' strong support for expanding access to medical assistance in dying. Sixty-nine per cent of respondents to the Ipsos web-b...
Feb 25, 2021
Alberta's budget promises more help for COVID-19 with a hard deficit
EDMONTON - Alberta's COVID-19-era budget made a hard landing Thursday with an $18.2-billion deficit but also a promise that good times will return. Finance Minister Travis Toews said a continued vacci...
Feb 25, 2021
Who have provinces have pegged to receive COVID-19 vaccines in the coming weeks?
As COVID-19 vaccine supplies gradually ramp up across the country, most provinces and territories have released details of who can expect to receive a shot in the coming weeks. Here's a list of their ...
Feb 25, 2021
Complaints spike as taxpayers' watchdog to review CRA handling of locked accounts
OTTAWA - The federal taxpayers' watchdog says complaints to his office spiked in the hours after he went public with concerns about how the Canada Revenue Agency locked users out of their online accou...
Feb 25, 2021
Feds get another month to reform assisted-dying law as bill stalls in the Commons
OTTAWA - The federal government was granted one more month Thursday to expand access to medical assistance in dying even as its efforts to do so stalled in the House of Commons. Quebec Superior Court ...
Feb 25, 2021
Armenian PM slams 'coup attempt' as political tensions rise
YEREVAN, Armenia - Armenia's prime minister accused top military officers on Thursday of attempting a coup after they demanded he step down, adding fuel to months of protests calling for his resignati...
Feb 25, 2021
Admiral Art McDonald steps aside as defence chief amid investigation
OTTAWA - Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan says Admiral Art McDonald has voluntarily stepped down as chief of the defence staff as he is investigated on unspecific allegations. Sajjan said in a release l...
Feb 24, 2021
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Sarah Mills: Trying to score World Cup tickets is a fool's game under FIFA
Sarah Mills spent five hours and 50 minutes in a queue for FIFA's general sale for World Cup tickets on Wednesday, only ...
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The Evan Bray Show - Monday, April 6
8:30 - Saskatchewan Ministers have been given a warning from the House Speaker about increased heckling, interruptions a...