Evan Bray: Rain, rain don't go away - but come again another day
Evan Bray says his grandfather was a farmer who always told him to never complain about the rain. However, the much-need...
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Conversion therapy ban gets approval in principle, exposes Conservative divisions
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole's efforts to straddle the divide between social conservatives and more moderate members of his caucus were on display Wednesday as the House of Commons gave a...
Oct 28, 2020
COVID-19 death rates higher in neighbourhoods with more visible minorities: StatCan
OTTAWA - A new Statistics Canada report says communities with the most visible minorities had the highest mortality rates during the first wave of the novel coronavirus.The report's authors say it is ...
Oct 28, 2020
Don Mazankowski, former Alberta MP and cabinet minister, dies at 85
EDMONTON - Donald Frank Mazankowski, a former Tory deputy prime minister, has died at the age of 85. Speaker Anthony Rota announced the news in the House of Commons Wednesday and MPs held a moment of ...
Oct 28, 2020
Former DHS official says he wrote 'Anonymous' Trump critique
WASHINGTON - A former Trump administration official who penned a scathing anti-Trump op-ed and book under the pen name "Anonymous" revealed himself Wednesday as a former chief of staff at the Departme...
Oct 28, 2020
Innovation minister defends 'superclusters' following critical report
OTTAWA - Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains is seeking to pump enthusiasm back into the government's "supercluster" program following a report from the parliamentary spending watchdog that says the eff...
Oct 28, 2020
Report raises 'serious concerns' about progress on prison isolation units: minister
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Bill Blair acknowledges that an independent report raises "serious concerns" about progress on implementing new units for isolating federal prisoners from the general j...
Oct 28, 2020
Former Conservative leader Andrew Scheer not casting a ballot in U.S. election
OTTAWA - Former Conservative leader Andrew Scheer, whose dual U.S.-Canadian citizenship became an issue in last year's federal election, won't be casting a ballot in the upcoming American vote. ...
Oct 28, 2020
'Everyone's hands are tied.' Lionel Desmond fatality inquiry delayed until next year
HALIFAX - Lawyers taking part in an inquiry investigating why former soldier Lionel Desmond killed his family and himself in 2017 say hearings won't resume until next year, a delay they say is difficu...
Oct 28, 2020
Alberta union leaders launch protest website against Kenney government
EDMONTON - Labour-union leaders are urging Albertans to sign up to protest Premier Jason Kenney's government through rallies and demonstrations and, if necessary, provincewide general strikes. Gil McG...
Oct 28, 2020
Focus on infrastructure, involve community to fix reserve water issues: observers
The evacuation of a remote Ontario First Nation over the latest development in a decades-long water crisis has highlighted the need to focus on reserve water infrastructure systems as a whole and invo...
Oct 28, 2020
OPINION
Sarah Mills: How do you police a social media ban?
Sarah Mills says the majority of those surveyed in Saskatchewan want a social media ban for those under 16, but as Austr...
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, September 8
On Tuesday's show, Evan talks to Erin O'Toole about the tariff situation. Stephanie Pocha of Discover Saskatoon talks ab...