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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As virus surges, Iran breaks one-day record for deaths again
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's single-day death toll from the coronavirus smashed a record set less than a week ago, with 337 dead confirmed Monday as a resurgence of infections is overwhelming hospitals. On s...
Oct 19, 2020
Armenia, Azerbaijan blame each other for truce violations
YEREVAN, Armenia - Despite a second attempt at a cease-fire, Armenia and Azerbaijan traded accusations Sunday of violating the new truce in their destructive conflict over the separatist region of Nag...
Oct 18, 2020
Regina woman advocates for climate change awareness in interesting way
A chilly Saturday afternoon didn't deter a Regina woman from advocating for climate change awareness in an interesting way. Amy Snider, a board member for Envirocollective, hurdled over seven signs co...
Oct 18, 2020 Amy Snider hurdles over some signs in Victoria Park in Regina on Oct. 17. (Logan Stein/980 CJME)
Trump 'running angry,' attacks polls, press and Dr. Fauci
TUCSON, Ariz. - An angry President Donald Trump came out swinging Monday against Dr. Anthony Fauci, the press and polls that show him trailing Democrat Joe Biden in key battleground states in a disjoi...
Oct 18, 2020
Canada inches toward to 200,000 COVID-19 case mark, with most new cases in Quebec
TORONTO - Canada's COVID-19 caseload edged closer to the 200,000 mark on Sunday after a weekend in which Quebec had the majority of new infections and public health officials urged Canadians to remain...
Oct 18, 2020
Opposition parties gear up for next round of fight with Liberals over WE controversy
OTTAWA - The threat of a possible snap election will be hovering over Parliament Hill this week as opposition parties resume their fight with the Liberal government over the WE controversy and prepara...
Oct 18, 2020
UCP members pass resolution at AGM calling for privately funded health care option
EDMONTON - Members of Alberta's governing United Conservative Party have narrowly endorsed a resolution at their party's annual general meeting that supports the option of a privately funded and priva...
Oct 18, 2020
Hardliner wins Turkish Cypriot leadership election
NICOSIA, Cyprus - A hardliner who won a Turkish Cypriot leadership election said Sunday he's ready to resume dormant talks aimed at ending Cyprus' 46-year ethnic division, as long as rival Greek Cypri...
Oct 18, 2020
N.S. calls on Ottawa to define a 'moderate livelihood,' as fishing dispute boils over
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil is urging Ottawa to define what constitutes legal harvesting in a "moderate livelihood" fishery, after a dispute about Indigenous fishing treaty rights boi...
Oct 18, 2020 Debris from a burnt out fish plant is scattered along the shore in Middle West Pubnico, N.S. on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2020. A large fire destroyed a commercial building that was the scene of a confrontation earlier in the week between Indigenous and non-Indigenous fishermen.Tensions remain high over an Indigenous-led lobster fishery that has been the source of conflict. THE CANADIAN PRESS /Andrew Vaughan
B.C.'s snap election means 700k ballots will be counted manually, delaying results
VANCOUVER - British Columbia residents won't learn the results of next Saturday's snap election for at least two weeks after polls close thanks to the need to count hundreds of thousands of mail-in ba...
Oct 17, 2020
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Murray Wood: Why I hate the latest round of changes in the CFL
Eight of the CFL's nine teams will qualify for the playoffs under the league's latest round of changes, but Murray Wood ...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 30
Evan finds out what to do if you find space junk on your farm, analyzes the outrage over Ticketmaster prices and the fut...