Murray Wood: Elbows down, taxpayer subsidies for U.S. flights up
Murray Wood wonders why it's OK for Saskatchewan to prop up air travel to the U.S. with taxpayer dollars, but it was wro...
Tag Archives: Politics
EXPLAINER: Pandemic to factor into inauguration planning
WASHINGTON - Every four years at the stroke of noon on Jan. 20, the president-elect or the reelected president of the United States takes the oath of office for a four-year term. The inaugural ceremon...
Nov 02, 2020
EXPLAINER: They lost the popular vote but won the elections
Five times in U.S. history, candidates have lost the popular vote but won the presidency - most recently in 2016. Could Donald Trump be the first to do it twice? A look at an American political anomal...
Nov 02, 2020
EXPLAINER: What's 270? The math game behind the US election
WASHINGTON - What's all this hubbub about 270? It's not about the 270 whales stranded this fall on Australia's island state of Tasmania. It's not about congestion on Interstate 270 feeding commuters i...
Nov 02, 2020
EXPLAINER: A long night, or more, before president is known
WASHINGTON - Americans won't know the winner of the 2020 U.S. presidential election until well into Wednesday - if not beyond that. The main reason? Many states made it easier to request a mail ballot...
Nov 02, 2020
US judge blocks Trump immigration rule on public benefits
CHICAGO - A federal judge in Chicago struck down a key immigration rule Monday that would deny green cards to immigrants who use food stamps or other public benefits, a blow to the Trump administratio...
Nov 02, 2020
Trump 'army' of poll watchers led by veteran of fraud claims
WASHINGTON - A veteran Republican operative who got his start in politics by helping to persuade a judge to throw out hundreds of mail-in ballots is organizing an "army" of volunteers for President Do...
Nov 02, 2020
In 2020 finale, Trump combative, Biden on offence
PITTSBURGH - In the closing hours of a campaign shadowed by a once-in-a-century pandemic, President Donald Trump charged across the nation Monday delivering an incendiary but unsupported allegation th...
Nov 02, 2020
The Latest: Trump predicts he'll 'so easily' win Michigan
WASHINGTON - The Latest on the presidential campaign (all times local): 12:20 a.m. President Donald Trump declared he would win Michigan "so easily" as he rallied supporters in a midnight gathering th...
Nov 02, 2020
Quebec attack brings back bad memories of 2017 mosque slaying that killed six
MONTREAL - For Mohamed Labidi, the deadly attack in Quebec City Saturday night brought back memories of that cold January night in 2017. Back then, he was president of the mosque in the provincial cap...
Nov 02, 2020
Mural on systemic racism has led to 'difficult conversations': Victoria mayor
VICTORIA - Mayor Lisa Helps says the vandalism of art in public places isn't acceptable after a mural in Victoria that has sparked a debate over freedom of expression and systemic racism was defaced o...
Nov 02, 2020
OPINION
Sarah Mills: We need more 'regular guys' in the civic process
Standing in front of CEOs, lobbyists, advocates and others at a council meeting is not an exciting prospect, but Sarah M...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 30
8:30 - A mega-farm in Saskatchewan is raising major concerns about debt, rapid expansion and financial pressures facing ...