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White House rejects Putin response to US arms control offer
WASHINGTON - The U.S. and Russia on Friday rejected each other's proposals for potentially salvaging the last remaining legal constraint on their strategic nuclear forces. President Vladimir Putin cal...
Oct 16, 2020
Belarus's exiled opposition leader holds Canada in her heart, Champagne says
OTTAWA - The exiled opposition leader of Belarus holds Canada in her heart for its support of her embattled country's pro-democracy movement, Foreign Affairs Minister Franois-Philippe Champagne said F...
Oct 16, 2020
Kyrgyzstan's prime minister becomes acting president
MOSCOW - Kyrgyzstan's prime minister became the acting head of state Friday in the wake of the president's resignation amid turmoil sparked by a disputed parliamentary election. Supporters of newly ap...
Oct 16, 2020
Justices to weigh Trump census plan to exclude noncitizens
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court agreed Friday to take up President Donald Trump's policy, blocked by a lower court, to exclude people living in the U.S. illegally from the census count that will be use...
Oct 15, 2020
GOP pushes Barrett toward court as Democrats decry 'sham'
WASHINGTON - Republicans powered Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett closer to confirmation Thursday, pushing past Democratic objections and other priorities during the COVID-19 crisis in the driv...
Oct 15, 2020
Trump, Biden go at it - from a distance - in town halls
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden squared off, in a way, Thursday night in dueling televised town halls that showcased striking differences in temperament, views on racial jus...
Oct 15, 2020
Supreme Court of Canada sides with women in RCMP pension dispute over job-sharing
OTTAWA - Women who enrolled in the RCMP's job-sharing program while raising young children were unfairly denied the chance to bolster their pensions, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled. In a 6-3 de...
Oct 15, 2020
Jewish leaders call COVID rules 'blatantly anti-Semitic'
NEW YORK - Three Rockland County Jewish congregations are suing New York state and Gov. Andrew Cuomo, saying he engaged in a "streak of anti-Semitic discrimination" with a recent crackdown on religiou...
Oct 15, 2020
C-SPAN suspends Scully after he admits to lie about hack
NEW YORK - C-SPAN suspended its political editor Steve Scully indefinitely Thursday after he admitted to lying about his Twitter feed being hacked when he was confronted about a questionable exchange ...
Oct 15, 2020
TV gives viewers a split-screen comparison of Trump, Biden
NEW YORK - Instead of the expected debate between President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden, television viewers were left Thursday with what ABC's David Muir called "split-screen America." Biden p...
Oct 15, 2020
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Sarah Mills: Accountability is a word some elected officials seem to be forgetting
From four people walking away from the RM of Sherwood council with little to no explanation to the reaction of some coun...
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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, April 29
8:30 - The spring fiscal update released yesterday includes new measures such as a major skilled trades training program...