Murray Wood: Federal gun initiatives take aim at small business
Darryl Schemenauer is closing down his Regina gun store after 35 years, and he puts the blame squarely on the federal Li...
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Hoekstra downplays fears of Trump administration meddling in Canada's politics
OTTAWA - U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra is downplaying concerns that America's new national security strategy could lead to his government supporting politically aligned parties in Canada. Wh...
Dec 10, 2025 U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra participates in an interview at the United States Embassy in Ottawa, on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Alberta legislature passes bill invoking Charter override for fourth time
EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA - Alberta's governing United Conservatives stayed up into the early pre-dawn hours of Wednesday morning to pass a bill that marks the fourth time in under two months they hav...
Dec 10, 2025 Alberta Premier Danielle Smith speaks at the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal in Montreal on Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
Kelvin Goertzen, former Manitoba cabinet minister and premier, won't run again
WINNIPEG - Kelvin Goertzen, a veteran Manitoba politician who briefly served as premier, has announced he will not run in the next election. Goertzen, 56, said after 22 years in the legislature, he wa...
Dec 10, 2025
Democrat wins Miami mayor’s race for the first time in nearly 30 years
MIAMI (AP) - Democrat Eileen Higgins won the Miami mayor's race on Tuesday, defeating a Republican endorsed by President Donald Trump to end her party's nearly three-decade losing streak and give Demo...
Dec 09, 2025
Kirsten Hillman, Canada's ambassador to the U.S., resigning next year
OTTAWA - Kirsten Hillman, Canada's ambassador to the U.S., said Tuesday she will end her tenure in Washington, D.C., in the new year. In a statement posted to social media, Hillman said it's the right...
Dec 09, 2025
Alberta begins final debate on bill to apply notwithstanding clause to 3 more laws
EDMONTON - The Alberta government moved to the final stage of debate early Wednesday on legislation that, if passed, would see the Charter's notwithstanding clause invoked four times in less than two ...
Dec 09, 2025
Liberal MP Gould opts not to make bid for Ontario party leadership
OTTAWA - Ontario Liberal MP and former cabinet minister Karina Gould says she will not seek the leadership of the Ontario Liberal Party. Gould began exploring the possibility of a run after Bonnie Cro...
Dec 09, 2025
Sipekne’katik First Nation bans N.S. premier, ministers in cannabis spat
INDIAN BROOK - A Nova Scotia First Nation says it has banned the province's premier and two of his senior ministers from band lands. The Sipekne'katik First Nation says Premier Tim Houston, Attorney G...
Dec 09, 2025
B.C. announces new measures to combat intimate partner violence
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's attorney general has announced further provincial measures aimed at combating intimate partner violence, while calling newly tabled federal legislation "a step toward ju...
Dec 09, 2025
More consultation, possible delay offered by Manitoba government on consumption site
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government promised more consultation Tuesday with inner-city residents and business owners upset about a planned supervised drug consumption site. Premier Wab Kinew also said ...
Dec 09, 2025
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Sarah Mills: The season of the zipper merge has returned
It sometimes feels like leaders in our cities and towns don't plan for construction very well, but Sarah Mills says the ...
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The Evan Bray Show - Monday, April 20
8:30 - Last week, the FSIN held its first general assembly since being told it needed to repay $29-million in federal fu...