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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Canada can make vaccines, just not the ones leading the COVID-19 race
OTTAWA - The head of a Canadian biotech industry association says Canada can and does make vaccines - just not the ones expected first to help stop the COVID-19 pandemic. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau...
Nov 25, 2020
Barack Obama to be honoured next month by PEN America
NEW YORK - Former President Barack Obama, already a million-selling author, is also a prize-winning author. PEN America announced Wednesday that Obama will receive its second annual Voice of Influence...
Nov 25, 2020
Man held for driving into gate outside Merkel offices, again
BERLIN - A car crashed into the front gate of the building housing German Chancellor Angela Merkel's offices on Wednesday morning, causing minor damage, authorities said. The driver, who authorities s...
Nov 25, 2020
Ex-Mexico treasury chief rejects 2nd set of accusations
MEXICO CITY - Mexico's former treasury and foreign relations secretary, Luis Videgaray, angrily denied accusations Tuesday by a lawyer for another former Cabinet secretary who claimed he used embezzle...
Nov 24, 2020
California OK'd aid in name of Scott Peterson, other killers
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California's system for paying unemployment benefits is so dysfunctional that the state approved more than $140 million for at least 20,000 prisoners, local and federal prosecutor...
Nov 24, 2020
Despite reduction, Canada calls U.S. softwood lumber duties 'unfair,' 'unjustified'
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The federal government says American duties on Canadian softwood lumber exports continue to be "unfair" and "unjustified," even if they have been reduced. An administrative re...
Nov 24, 2020
Advocacy groups slam regulator's latest statement on airline refunds
OTTAWA - Consumer rights advocates are criticizing the latest statement on airline refunds from the country's transport regulator, saying it contradicts federal and provincial rules to the detriment o...
Nov 24, 2020
'No option:' Alberta bans home gatherings as COVID-19 cases continue to climb
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, his province bending precariously under the weight of record COVID-19 cases, imposed new sweeping public health restrictions Tuesday that include a ban on gath...
Nov 24, 2020
Top public servant says few redactions of cabinet confidences made to WE documents
OTTAWA, Ohio - The top federal public servant says only a small fraction of the 5,000-plus pages of documents the government has released on the WE Charity affair were blacked out. Privy Council clerk...
Nov 24, 2020
Families of 737 Max crash victims say plane is still unsafe, demand public inquiry
OTTAWA, Ill. - Families of Canadians killed in the Boeing 737 Max crash say the plane remains unsafe and should stay grounded, despite being cleared for takeoff by regulators in the United States. Pau...
Nov 24, 2020
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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
On Monday's show, Evan hears concerns about the FSIN's transparency after its general assembly last week, discusses how ...