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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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
Most Canadians don’t want federal election until at least 2022, new poll suggests
OTTAWA - A new poll suggests most Canadians don't want a federal election during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic - or even next year. The results suggest 47 per cent of respondents want the n...
Oct 27, 2020
Transport Canada's dangerous-goods registry has outdated, missing data: audit
OTTAWA - Transport Canada isn't always following up when it finds safety violations in the movement of dangerous goods and still doesn't have the full picture of the companies and locations it is supp...
Oct 27, 2020
U.S. election results one factor that could impact immigration to Canada next year
OTTAWA - After four years of Canada positioning itself as a more welcoming destination than the U.S. for new immigrants, the upcoming presidential election could change that dynamic. But as the ...
Oct 27, 2020
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 8:15 p.m. As of Oct. 26, federal Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says there were 362 active cases of COVID-10 in First ...
Oct 27, 2020
Stop the music! Chorus of artists tell Trump to tune it down
LOS ANGELES - From the beloved opening lines of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" to the rousing, children's-choir conclusion of the Rolling Stones' "You Can't Always Get What You Want," President Donald T...
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
Evan finds out what to do if you find space junk on your farm, analyzes the outrage over Ticketmaster prices and the fut...