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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Melania Trump slams Biden, Dems in first solo campaign stop
ATGLEN, Pa. - Melania Trump lined up squarely with her husband Tuesday on her first solo trip of the 2020 campaign, slamming Joe Biden, Democrats and the media as she pushed the president's reeelectio...
Oct 27, 2020
Canadians support professor's use of offensive language, in context: poll
OTTAWA - A new survey suggests Canadians are broadly supportive of freedom of speech on university campuses, at all costs. The poll comes as debate continues over a case at the University of Ott...
Oct 27, 2020
Top public servant offers to explain redactions to WE Charity documents
OTTAWA - The country's top public servant is offering to testify about controversial redactions to some 5,000 pages of documents the government released on the WE Charity affair. Ian Shugart, clerk of...
Oct 27, 2020
Trump signs proclamation formally exempting Canadian aluminum from tariffs — for now
WASHINGTON, Wash. - Donald Trump has officially let Canadian aluminum producers out of the national-security doghouse - for now. The U.S. president formally signed a proclamation today exempting...
Oct 27, 2020
Nunavut legislation would create civilian police oversight with cultural adviser
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut is not closing the door on having its own police oversight body and new legislation would allow it to start hiring civilian investigative groups, says the territory's deputy...
Oct 27, 2020
Freeland says aid needed, but not infinite, as central bank targets 2022 for recovery
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland laid out how federal spending might be reshaped along a bumpy recovery, saying relief will be targeted and likely greater than what was needed after the las...
Oct 27, 2020
COVID-19 death toll surpasses 10,000 as second wave continues to surge
OTTAWA - More than 10,000 Canadians have died due to COVID-19, a grim milestone reached by a pandemic that is far from over. Twenty-eight new deaths reported in Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba and Alberta p...
Oct 27, 2020
Corrections watchdog urges moratorium on doctor-assisted deaths in Canadian prisons
OTTAWA - Canada's prison ombudsman is calling for a moratorium on allowing medically assisted deaths inside federal correctional institutions, part of a sweeping annual report that also took a closer ...
Oct 27, 2020
Feds split rapid-housing cash between big cities, offer up rest for projects
OTTAWA - Fifteen cities will share $500 million in federal funding so they can buy properties being sold because of the COVID-19 pandemic and use them to help keep people from becoming homeless. Canad...
Oct 27, 2020
Canada-U. S. refugee pact to remain in place until court challenge is resolved
OTTAWA - A judge says a refugee pact between Canada and the United States will remain in place until a full legal hearing of the measure is resolved.In a new ruling, Federal Court of Appeal Justice Da...
Oct 27, 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 ...