Murray Wood: Federal gun initiatives take aim at small business
Darryl Schemenauer is closing down his Regina gun store after 35 years, and he puts the blame squarely on the federal Li...
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Few to use new sickness benefit for COVID-19 diagnosis, PBO suggests in new report
OTTAWA - Parliament's spending watchdog says relatively little of the government's new sickness benefit will go to people who have tested positive for COVID-19. In a report Wednesday morning, the parl...
Oct 07, 2020
Appeals court: Trump must turn over taxes to prosecutor
NEW YORK - President Donald Trump's accountant must turn over his tax records to a New York state prosecutor, an appeals court ruled Wednesday in a decision that likely sets up a second trip to the U....
Oct 07, 2020
Free votes for Conservative MPs on assisted dying, conversion therapy ban: O'Toole
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole promised free votes for his MPs Wednesday on two pieces of legislation that are a source of tension within the party.Both have been put on the agenda early by...
Oct 07, 2020
The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): --- 7:05 p.m. Health officials in B.C. are reporting 115 new cases of COVID-19 and no additional deaths. The number of active in...
Oct 07, 2020
Straws, stir sticks and bags among first targets of countrywide plastics ban
OTTAWA - Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says six single-use plastic items that aren't easily recycled and already have more environmentally-friendly alternatives will be the first to go under...
Oct 07, 2020
US charges British IS members in deaths of American hostages
WASHINGTON - Two Islamic State militants from Britain were brought to the United States on Wednesday to face charges in a gruesome campaign of torture, beheadings and other acts of violence against fo...
Oct 07, 2020
England's big northern cities braced for more lockdown curbs
LONDON - The British government is mulling fresh restrictions on everyday life in England, potentially in the big northern cities such as Liverpool and Manchester, amid mounting fears that hospitals i...
Oct 07, 2020
Pence, Harris spar over COVID-19 in vice-presidential debate
SALT LAKE CITY - Trading barbs through plexiglass shields, Republican Mike Pence and Democrat Kamala Harris turned the only vice-presidential debate of 2020 into a dissection of the Trump administrati...
Oct 07, 2020
Voter beware: US tells public how to avoid election mischief
WASHINGTON - The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security's cybersecurity agency have issued a series of advisories in recent weeks aimed at warning voters about problems that could surface in the ...
Oct 07, 2020
Viewer's Guide: Virus response on stage with Pence, Harris
Mike Pence and Kamala Harris do not have a tough act to follow. The vice-presidential debate set for Wednesday night follows the disorderly prime-time spectacle last week that had viewers of President...
Oct 07, 2020
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Sarah Mills: The season of the zipper merge has returned
It sometimes feels like leaders in our cities and towns don't plan for construction very well, but Sarah Mills says the ...
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The Evan Bray Show - Monday, April 20
On Monday's show, Evan hears concerns about the FSIN's transparency after its general assembly last week, discusses how ...