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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Canada's bill to outlaw LGBTQ2 conversion therapy has global influence: UN expert
OTTAWA - A United Nations expert says proposed Canadian legislation that would ban forcing children or adults into therapy to alter their sexual orientation or gender identity could help further LGBTQ...
Oct 21, 2020
Liberal minority survives confidence vote in the Commons with NDP and Green backing
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau's minority government survived its most serious confidence test yet Wednesday, but opposition resentment over the Liberals' high-stakes brinkmanship may make it more difficult ...
Oct 21, 2020
One crisis after another for Trudeau since last federal election one year ago
OTTAWA - One year ago today, Canadians elected to put Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberals on a shorter leash, returning them to government but with only a minority of seats in the House of Common...
Oct 21, 2020
How Trump plowed through $1 billion, losing cash advantage
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's sprawling political operation has raised well over $1 billion since he took the White House in 2017 - and set a lot of it on fire. Trump bought a $10 million Supe...
Oct 20, 2020
Duterte: Hold me responsible for killings in drug crackdown
MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine president has said he accepts responsibility for the thousands of killings committed during police operations in his crackdown on drugs, adding that he was even re...
Oct 20, 2020
US, Russia appear set to extend last remaining nuclear pact
WASHINGTON - The United States and Russia inched closer Tuesday to a deal to extend their last remaining arms control pact, after U.S. threats to allow the deal to expire early next year. The two side...
Oct 20, 2020
Danish submarine killer briefly escapes from prison
COPENHAGEN - A Danish man convicted of torturing and murdering a Swedish journalist on his homemade submarine made a dramatic but brief escape from a suburban Copenhagen prison Tuesday, reportedly tak...
Oct 20, 2020
Amnesty: Credible reports protesters shot dead in Nigeria
LAGOS, Nigeria - Amnesty International said late Tuesday there was "credible but disturbing evidence" that security forces in the megacity of Lagos had fatally shot protesters who were demonstrating a...
Oct 20, 2020
Nagorno-Karabakh fighting continues despite truce efforts
YEREVAN, Armenia - Armenia and Azerbaijan reported more fighting on Tuesday over the separatist territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, where clashes have continued for over three weeks despite two attempts at...
Oct 20, 2020
Troops ordered to keep guard up to protect military from COVID-19 resurgence
OTTAWA - Top defence officials have ordered Canadian troops to keep up their guard against COVID-19 while painting a gloomy picture of how the pandemic could affect the military and country for the ne...
Oct 20, 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 ...