Murray Wood: April is the most frustrating month on the prairies
As much of Saskatchewan deals with another spring snowstorm, Murray Wood says we're all asking the same question: This i...
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Canadian provinces push back vaccination plans as Pfizer deliveries grind to a halt
Some provinces were forced to push back vaccination for health-care workers and vulnerable seniors on Monday as deliveries from a major manufacturer ground to a temporary halt. Canada is not due to re...
Jan 25, 2021
Lynn Beyak, who defended 'good' of residential schools, retires early from the Senate
OTTAWA - Ontario Sen. Lynn Beyak is leaving the upper chamber three years before her mandatory retirement and defiantly standing by her views on residential schools on her way out.Named to the Senate ...
Jan 25, 2021
NDP warns of long delays in equal pay for women in federal pay equity rules
OTTAWA - The federal New Democrats say new rules to close a gender wage gap in federally regulated workplaces will take too long to make a difference. The government's pay equity regulations require t...
Jan 25, 2021
GOP Ohio Sen. Portman not seeking reelection, cites gridlock
CINCINNATI - Ohio Sen. Rob Portman said Monday that he won't seek reelection to a third term in 2022, expressing dismay with the deep partisanship and dysfunction in American politics. The career esta...
Jan 25, 2021
Supreme Court ends Trump emoluments lawsuits
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Monday brought an end to lawsuits over whether Donald Trump illegally profited off his presidency, saying the cases are moot now that Trump is no longer in office. Th...
Jan 25, 2021
U.S. president signs executive order instituting stringent new Buy American regimen
WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden imposed stringent new made-in-America rules for U.S. government spending Monday, adding a caveat likely troubling to Canada: exceptions to those rules will be allowed ...
Jan 25, 2021
Dominion Voting Systems sues Giuliani over election claims
WASHINGTON - Dominion Voting Systems filed a defamation lawsuit on Monday against Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, who led the former president's efforts to spread baseless claims about t...
Jan 25, 2021
Trump impeachment goes to Senate, testing his sway over GOP
WASHINGTON - House Democrats delivered the impeachment case against Donald Trump to the Senate late Monday for the start of his historic trial, but Republican senators were easing off their criticism ...
Jan 25, 2021
AP source: Lawmakers threatened ahead of impeachment trial
WASHINGTON - Federal law enforcement officials are examining a number of threats aimed at members of Congress as the second trial of former President Donald Trump nears, including ominous chatter abou...
Jan 25, 2021
Dutch police use tear gas, water cannon amid rioting
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Groups of youths confronted police in Dutch towns and cities Monday night, defying the country's coronavirus curfew and throwing fireworks. Police in the port city of Rotterda...
Jan 25, 2021
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Sarah Mills: A U.S. jury says Live Nation and Ticketmaster's monopoly hurt fans
An appeal is already underway, but Sarah Mills says the court case against Live Nation and Ticketmaster has exposed what...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 16
Evan catches up on the latest happening in Ottawa, checks in on safety in downtown Saskatoon and discusses a three-strik...