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...
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Premiers call on PM to schedule meeting on health funding without delay
OTTAWA - Canada's premiers are growing impatient with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's failure to schedule a meeting to discuss their demand for at least $28 billion more each year for health care. Tru...
Oct 30, 2020
'No manual or checklist:' Yukon ditching fall time change this year
WHITEHORSE - As most Canadians get ready for the clocks to fall back an hour on Sunday, Yukon is sticking with daylight time.The territory decided to adopt year-round daylight time in March after a su...
Oct 30, 2020
Fierce fight brewing as unhappy jail guards in Ontario seek to form new union
TORONTO - Disaffected Ontario correctional officers are pushing for their own union in an increasingly bitter battle to win the hearts and cards of thousands of front-line jail workers. Backed by a we...
Oct 30, 2020
Georgia governor tests negative for COVID-19 after exposure
ATLANTA - Republican Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp tested negative for COVID-19 after having had "direct exposure" to someone who tested positive, but he is quarantining as a precaution, according to a stat...
Oct 30, 2020
'Have to get things under control:' Manitoba brings back tougher COVID restrictions
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is ordering many businesses to close, limiting hospital visits and capping attendance at religious services after a record daily increase in COVID-19 cases. The prov...
Oct 30, 2020
Canadian Rangers deployed to Neskantaga First Nation during water crisis, Miller says
OTTAWA - Canadian Rangers were expected to arrive in Neskantaga First Nation on Friday to help the remote community in northern Ontario as it grapples with a water crisis. Much of the First Nati...
Oct 30, 2020
Canadians need to cut contacts by a quarter to control COVID-19 outbreak: Tam
New federal projections suggest that Canadians need to cut a quarter of their contacts to keep the COVID-19 outbreak under control, as several provinces wrestle with how far their lockdown measures sh...
Oct 30, 2020
Fallen construction magnate ordered to pay $2 million after pleading guilty to fraud
MONTREAL - One-time Quebec construction magnate Tony Accurso and several companies tied to him have been ordered to pay $4.2 million after pleading guilty to tax fraud.Quebec's Revenue Department said...
Oct 30, 2020
Hockey legend Bobby Orr endorses U.S. President Trump's re-election bid
Hockey Hall of Famer Bobby Orr has endorsed the re-election bid of United States President Donald Trump. The Boston Bruins legend took out a full-page ad in Friday's New Hampshire Union Leader, where ...
Oct 30, 2020
Lobster dispute: RCMP release images of men near fish plant that was torched
HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia RCMP released images Friday showing two men walking away from a fish plant on the night it burned to the ground amid an escalating dispute over an Indigenous lobster fishery....
Oct 30, 2020
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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
Evan finds out what to do if you find space junk on your farm, analyzes the outrage over Ticketmaster prices and the fut...