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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Snowbirds in pandemic hot seat with Canada's latest travel rules
VANCOUVER - The latest rules for travellers arriving in Canada are ruffling feathers among snowbirds wintering south of the border, while those who stayed home wonder why thousands opted to travel dur...
Feb 12, 2021
Museum must ask 'hard questions' after racism, toxic workplace reports, says chair
VICTORIA - The Royal British Columbia Museum has been thrust into a public modernization of its internal and external culture after reports alleging racism and toxic working conditions at the institut...
Feb 12, 2021
Military police investigated Vance in 2015, no charges laid, DND says
OTTAWA - The Department of National Defence says military police opened an investigation in 2015 into Gen. Jonathan Vance's conduct while he was serving in Italy the previous year, but that no charges...
Feb 11, 2021
A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 32,101 new vaccinations administered for a total of 1,186,0...
Feb 11, 2021
Cut police, build affordable housing instead, says B.C. human rights commissioner
VICTORIA - The all-party committee tasked with reviewing British Columbia's Police Act should consider deploying fewer police officers and using the money saved to build affordable housing, says the p...
Feb 11, 2021
Alberta to expand world's largest connected stretch of boreal forest preserve
EDMONTON - Alberta plans to expand the world's largest connected stretch of boreal forest preserve. Environment Minister Jason Nixon said Thursday the province wants to protect more than 1,400 square ...
Feb 11, 2021
Senators demand race-based data on who requests, receives MAID in Canada
OTTAWA - Senators want the federal government to collect race-based data on who requests and receives medical assistance in dying in Canada. They approved Thursday an amendment to Bill C-7 requiring t...
Feb 11, 2021
Canadian blueberries pose no peril to American producers, U.S. trade commission says
WASHINGTON - The panel that evaluates international trade disputes in the United States has squashed a complaint about Canadian blueberries. Recent spikes in blueberry imports from countries including...
Feb 11, 2021
Ottawa to define "prior consent" through dialogue with First Nations: Lametti
Ottawa can build a shared understanding of free, prior and informed consent with First Nations, Mtis and Inuit into a new law to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Pe...
Feb 11, 2021
Biden hopes infrastructure can bridge partisan divide
WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden is hoping that launching an effort to build roads and bridges can help to unite Democrats and Republicans in a time of sharp partisan divisions. Biden met with lawmake...
Feb 11, 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...