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...
Tag Archives: Politics
Atikamekw leaders taken aback by Quebec government refusal to adopt Joyce's Principle
MONTREAL - Atikamekw leaders in Quebec say they are disappointed by the provincial government's refusal to adopt measures aimed at improving Indigenous health care this week over a reference to system...
Nov 28, 2020
High court takes up census case, as other count issues loom
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's attempt to exclude people living in the country illegally from the population count used to divvy up congressional seats is headed for a post-Thanksgiving Supreme...
Nov 28, 2020
UK appoints vaccines minister to oversee COVID inoculations
LONDON - The British government appointed a vaccines minister on Saturday as it prepares to inoculate millions of people against the coronavirus, potentially starting within days. Prime Minister Boris...
Nov 28, 2020
UN: Ethiopia's victory claim doesn't mean war is finished
NAIROBI, Kenya - Ethiopia's announcement that it has completed its military offensive in its defiant Tigray region "does not mean the conflict is finished," the U.N. refugee chief said Sunday, adding ...
Nov 28, 2020
Biden's win means some Guantanamo prisoners may be released
WASHINGTON - The oldest prisoner at the Guantanamo Bay detention centre went to his latest review board hearing with a degree of hope, something that has been scarce during his 16 years locked up with...
Nov 28, 2020
Europe's Christmas dilemma: risk empty chairs next year?
BRUSSELS - Please leave a chair empty at this year's family Christmas dinner as a precaution, or face the possibility of having that chair empty forever. That's the stark dilemma Belgium's prime minis...
Nov 28, 2020
Mountie says he suggested meeting with CBSA on Meng arrest to avoid 'problems'
VANCOUVER - The Mountie who says he warned against arresting Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou by boarding her plane when it landed in Vancouver says he made his own decision to come into the airport and ...
Nov 27, 2020
Study suggests pandemic-induced recession could impact paternity leave take-up rates
OTTAWA - New research suggests a bump in the number of fathers who planned to take time off with a new baby under a nascent national leave program could be affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. It has be...
Nov 27, 2020
With deficit closing in on $400 billion, Liberals detail more spending to come
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals are proposing $25 billion in new spending to help Canadian businesses and workers make it through a COVID-19 winter and vowing tens of billions more to help the country r...
Nov 27, 2020
Conservatives attack Trudeau's 'reset' but they have ideas for their own
OTTAWA - Conservative finance critic Pierre Poilievre says building up the Canadian economy after the COVID-19 pandemic can't be achieved without a massive overhaul of the tax system and regulatory re...
Nov 27, 2020
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...