Murray Wood: Alberta is soon going to be living on 'Saskatchewan time'
Murray Wood says the debate about whether Saskatchewan should change it's clocks like other provinces is being replaced ...
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Business rent aid to fall short of budget, PBO says as credit program expands
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals threw a credit lifeline to small businesses on the eve of rent coming due, extending a loan program as new figures showed a rent-relief effort is going to fall well ...
Aug 31, 2020
Nova Scotia candidate's withdrawal shrinks Green Party leadership field
OTTAWA - The field of contenders vying to become leader of the federal Green Party just got a little smaller. Nova Scotia computer scientist and veteran Judy Green is withdrawing from the race and thr...
Aug 30, 2020
Tories call on WE to release documents requested by parliamentary committee
OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives are calling on WE Charity to release a series of documents the Toronto-based youth organization promised to hand over to a House of Commons committee before Prime Mi...
Aug 30, 2020
Recent spike in COVID-19, so Manitoba reworks six-figure ad campaign
WINNIPEG - Manitoba's COVID-19 numbers were once the envy of most other provinces, but there have been several outbreaks in recent weeks, and the government is having to alter its six-figure ad campai...
Aug 30, 2020 A billboard related to the COVID-19 pandemic from the Manitoba government is shown in Winnipeg on Friday Aug. 28, 2020. The government has reworked its pandemic advertising campaign following a rise in COVID-19 cases in recent weeks. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Steve Lambert
How would an O'Toole-led Conservative government handle the COVID-19 recovery?
OTTAWA - As the Liberal government toils away on a throne speech and post-pandemic recovery plan, newly elected Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole is equally at work on his own response. He's not said w...
Aug 30, 2020
Conservative MP Kerry-Lynne Findlay apologizes for tweet linking Freeland, Soros
OTTAWA - Conservative MP Kerry-Lynne Findlay is apologizing for "thoughtlessly" spreading material about Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland from a source she said she later discovered traffics in hate...
Aug 29, 2020
Artist Banksy on migrant crisis: 'All Black Lives Matter'
LONDON - Street artist Banksy has released a video with a strong political message explaining why he became involved in a search-and-rescue ship helping migrants in the Mediterranean Sea. "Like most p...
Aug 29, 2020
Canadian commitment to Mali questioned as coup ushers in new era
OTTAWA - When armed soldiers arrested Mali's embattled president earlier this month and forced him to resign on television in a coup that has been widely condemned by the international community, Cana...
Aug 29, 2020
Party leaders pledge support for tourism, economy as N.B. election campaign continues
FREDERICTON - Three of New Brunswick's party leaders are campaigning in the northeast of the province Saturday, as the second week of the election campaign wrapped up with more promises to support loc...
Aug 29, 2020
Kanye West sues to get on Wisconsin presidential ballot
MADISON, Wis. - Rapper Kanye West filed a lawsuit Friday demanding election officials place him on Wisconsin's presidential ballot in November. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that West's camp...
Aug 28, 2020
OPINION
Sarah Mills: Driver education shouldn't just be for high-school students
A soon-to-be learner driver in Sarah Mills' house is making her pause and think about some of the bad habits drivers dis...
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, April 21
On Tuesday, Evan speaks with Premier Scott Moe from the Food, Fuel and Fertilizer Global Summit, explores nuclear power ...