Murray Wood: They Fly You Buy
Murray Wood breaks down how much Saskatchewan taxpayers are putting up to subsidize flights to the U.S.
Tag Archives: Politics
US approves Taiwan drone purchase as arms sales escalate
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration has notified Congress that it has approved the sale of $600 million in armed drones to Taiwan, the latest in a series of arms transfers for the island. The State ...
Nov 03, 2020
EXPLAINER: Despite the angst, voting problems not widespread
WASHINGTON - In Spalding County, Georgia, machine problems led to a two-hour extension for voting. Wait times stretched beyond an hour at four voting centres in Baltimore. And this, unique to 2020: Sa...
Nov 03, 2020
Pennsylvania emerges as online misinformation hot spot
A single voting machine jammed for just minutes Tuesday morning at a precinct in Joe Biden's hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania -- but misleading posts on Facebook and Twitter claimed multiple machine...
Nov 03, 2020
EXPLAINER: Postal Service, judge at odds over ballot search
WHAT HAPPENED: The U.S. Postal Service says it can't meet a federal judge's order to sweep processing centres for undelivered mail-in ballots. It is arguing that doing so would be disruptive to its El...
Nov 03, 2020
Push to relax drug laws gains big victories on state ballots
A nationwide push to relax drug laws took a significant step forward Tuesday as more states legalized marijuana for adults and voters made Oregon the first state to decriminalize the possession of sma...
Nov 03, 2020
AP VoteCast: Voters split on virus, economy, even football
WASHINGTON - As they chose a leader in a time of turmoil, supporters of President Donald Trump and former Vice-President Joe Biden found little common ground on the top crises facing the nation. The d...
Nov 03, 2020
Carlos Gimenez wins House seat over Rep. Mucarsel-Powell
Republican Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez has won a Florida seat in the U.S. House, defeating a single-term Democrat. Gimenez, a former firefighter, prevailed over Debbie Mucarsel-Powell in a ...
Nov 03, 2020
EXPLAINER: Why AP called Virginia for Biden
WHY AP CALLED VIRGINIA FOR BIDEN: The AP declared Democratic nominee Joe Biden the winner of Virginia at 7:31 p.m. EST, after results from early returns and an AP survey of the electorate showed the f...
Nov 03, 2020
House Latest: Okla. congresswoman Horn loses to GOP’s Bice
WASHINGTON - The Latest on the 2020 House races (all times local): 3:15 a.m. An Oklahoma Republican has defeated Democratic congresswoman Kendra Horn and taken back the only Democratic-held seat in th...
Nov 03, 2020
EXPLAINING RACE CALLS: How AP called the race for Biden
WASHINGTON - Democrat Joe Biden captured the presidency on Saturday when The Associated Press declared him the victor in his native Pennsylvania at 11:25 a.m. EST. That got him the state's 20 electora...
Nov 03, 2020
OPINION
Sarah Mills: Who won the deal for the Gordie Howe Bridge?
A leader came out on top when it comes to the details of the agreement to finally open the bridge between Ontario and Mi...
LATEST WEATHER
TODAY ON EVAN BRAY
The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, July 15
On Wednesday's show, guest host Tamara Cherry talks about the conflict in the Middle East, a possible pipeline in wester...