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
Four Moe Years: Scott Moe and Saskatchewan Party defeat NDP for 4th straight majority
SASKATOON - Scott Moe led his Saskatchewan Party into rare territory Monday winning a fourth straight majority for the longest-serving government in the country.The centre-right party was elected or l...
Oct 26, 2020
Lithuania swings to the centre-right as opposition wins vote
VILNIUS, Lithuania - A centre-right coalition in Lithuania, led by the conservative Homeland Union, is headed back to power after eight years in the opposition after winning the most votes in a weeken...
Oct 26, 2020
Halloween goes on at the White House with a few twists
WASHINGTON - With a bit of rejiggering, President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump played host Sunday to hundreds of superheroes, unicorns, skeletons and even a miniature version of themselve...
Oct 26, 2020
Trump, Biden hit battleground Pennsylvania amid pandemic
ALLENTOWN, Pa. - President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden zeroed in on the critical battleground of Pennsylvania on Monday, demonstrating starkly different approaches to rallying voters j...
Oct 26, 2020
Armenia, Azerbaijan accuse each other of truce violations
YEREVAN, Armenia - Armenia and Azerbaijan on Monday accused each other of violating the new cease-fire announced the day before in a bid to halt the fighting over the separatist region of Nagorno-Kara...
Oct 26, 2020
Angry women block traffic across Poland over abortion ban
WARSAW, Poland - Women's rights activists and many thousands of their supporters held a fifth day of protests across Poland on Monday, defying pandemic restrictions to express their fury at a top cour...
Oct 26, 2020
Barrett confirmed by Senate for Supreme Court, takes oath
WASHINGTON - Amy Coney Barrett was confirmed to the Supreme Court late Monday by a deeply divided Senate, with Republicans overpowering Democrats to install President Donald Trump's nominee days befor...
Oct 26, 2020
Early vote total exceeds 2016; GOP chips at Dems' advantage
With eight days before Election Day, more people already have cast ballots in this year's presidential election than voted early or absentee in the 2016 race as the start of in-person early voting in ...
Oct 26, 2020
Health Minister Hajdu says she went maskless at airport only while eating
OTTAWA - Federal Health Minister Patty Hajdu says she took off a face mask at the airport only to eat or drink, following a Twitter post showing her without a face covering at Pearson airport in Toron...
Oct 25, 2020
Liberals face probe into pandemic response after losing House vote
OTTAWA - Opposition parties won their bid Monday to launch a probe of the Liberals' handling of the COVID-19 pandemic following a week of parliamentary turbulence over how to review their management o...
Oct 25, 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 ...