Murray Wood: What happened to basic manners?
At the risk of sounding old fashioned, Murray Wood is questioning the manners of some of the people he meets. He says pe...
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Trump administration freezes $2.2 billion in grants to Harvard over campus activism
BOSTON (AP) - The federal government says it's freezing more than $2.2 billion in grants and $60 million in contracts to Harvard University, since the institution said Monday it won't comply with the ...
Apr 14, 2025
Alberta's Smith resists calls from NDP to pull lawyers from health probe process
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says hiring lawyers to funnel requests from the auditor general isn't meant to obstruct an investigation into multimillion-dollar health contracts -- it's abo...
Apr 14, 2025
Manitoba bills on booze, elections, housing and more delayed until fall
WINNIPEG - Some of the bills now before the Manitoba legislature will have to wait until the fall to be passed into law. The Opposition Progressive Conservatives have exercised their right under legis...
Apr 14, 2025
Manitoba ends some electricity exports to U.S., with plans to turn northward
WINNIPEG - Manitoba will soon have more energy for itself and other Canadian jurisdictions after two hydroelectric contracts with a Minnesota utility expire at the end of this month, Premier Wab Kinew...
Apr 14, 2025
Manitoba premier says Winnipeg property to be expropriated, turned into park
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is planning to expropriate a private property in south Winnipeg that has seen clashes between its owner and area residents. Premier Wab Kinew says the government wil...
Apr 14, 2025
Soaring power rates forcing N.B. to consider 'all options' for future of utility
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt announced on Monday a comprehensive review of the province's debt-laden electric utility. Holt said the independent review of Crown-owned NB Power will b...
Apr 14, 2025
Members of Ontario's legislature choose Donna Skelly as first female Speaker
TORONTO - The members of Ontario's legislature have chosen Donna Skelly as the province's first female Speaker, a milestone she calls remarkable, if not many years too late. "It's overwhelming," she s...
Apr 14, 2025
P.E.I. college makes cuts, cites Ottawa's cap on international student study permits
CHARLOTTETOWN - A P.E.I. college says it is suspending a number of programs for the upcoming school year as a result of the federal government's cap on international student study permits. Holland Col...
Apr 13, 2025
Poilievre promises tougher ethics, Carney still taking a break, Singh campaigns in Ontario
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is promising to tighten financial transparency rules for elected officials - and is using that promise to take aim at Liberal Leader Mark Carney. Poilievr...
Apr 13, 2025 This composite image made from five file photos shows, from left to right, Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, Liberal Leader Mark Carney, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and co-leader of the Green party Elizabeth May. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi, Justin Tang, Adrian Wyld)
School tax increases raise questions about Manitoba's property tax changes
WINNIPEG - Recent increases in school taxes have put a dent in the Manitoba government's estimate of how many homeowners are better off under its new tax-credit system. "We have seen some unexpectedly...
Apr 13, 2025
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, Sept. 18
Evan talks with Fraser Institute Senior Fellow Michael Zwaagstra aobut his recent research about university student beha...