Murray Wood: Going to seed, in a good way
Murray Wood says seed sales are taking off this spring. Food prices are likely convincing some to grow their own vegetab...
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Trudeau still bullish on NAFTA, but admits Canada is ‘ready for anything’
WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau emerged from a day of meetings in the U.S. capital Wednesday continuing to champion a continental trade deal that many around him suggest may be doomed. But ...
Oct 12, 2017
Trudeau says approach to Trump will be to find common ground on trade
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is to meet U.S. President Donald Trump today to seek common ground as uncertainty looms over the future of NAFTA. Trudeau and Trump are to talk at the White House as roun...
Oct 11, 2017
Two PMs, one U.S. capital: Trudeau, Harper talk NAFTA in D.C. on same day
WASHINGTON - In an ironic scheduling twist, the current prime minister and his predecessor will both be in Washington, speaking on the same day, about the same issue: the renegotiation of NAFTA, which...
Oct 10, 2017
Demise of Energy East exposes deep political divide between energy, environment
OTTAWA - TransCanada's decision to cancel the Energy East pipeline project exposed deep divisions across the political landscape Thursday, highlighting the ever-present clash between energy developmen...
Oct 06, 2017
Premiers tell Trudeau about doubts over pot, tax plans
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is getting an earful from premiers about the federal government's controversial small business tax reform plan and the tight timeline for legalizing cannabis by ...
Oct 03, 2017
Sask. Party leadership hopefuls to take stage for 6 debates
Candidates vying to become the next leader of the Saskatchewan Party will get to show their stuff in six debates. Tina Beaudry-Mellor, Ken Cheveldayoff, Alanna Koch, Scott Moe and Gordon Wyant have al...
Sep 18, 2017 Alanna Koch announces a run for Sask. Party leadership at a farm south of Regina Aug. 28, 2017. (Sarah Mills/980 CJME)
NDP questions Sask. Party MLA's private trip to China
One day after he announced his retirement from politics, Bill Boyd's name is being connected with what the NDP says is a questionable trip to China. Boyd said he was there earlier in the year as a pri...
Aug 16, 2017 Bill Boyd, a longtime MLA in the Kindersley constituency, helped form the Saskatchewan Party in 1997. (Saskatchewan Party/Twitter)
Speculation remains over who will replace Brad Wall
As the dust settled on Brad Wall's retirement news, one question is set to dominate the political landscape: who will be the next premier of Saskatchewan? There are plenty of names already being sugge...
Aug 14, 2017
Batters attacked online on anniversary of husband’s death
On the 11th anniversary of Dave Batters' death, his widow is facing attacks online. The Regina MP took his own life on June 29, 2009. On Facebook this week, former NDP employee and federal candidate B...
Jun 29, 2017 Regina MP Dave Batters committed suicide on June 29, 2009. (Senator Denise Batters/Facebook)
Saskatoon MP concerned over Lyme disease
A Saskatchewan MP says the federal government needs to start taking Lyme disease more seriously. Saskatoon-Grasswoods MP Kevin Waugh said he has been hearing from sufferers who got tested in Saskatche...
Jun 14, 2017
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Sarah Mills: We are feeling the pinch of rising prices, even beyond the gas pumps
Costs have already gone up with airlines. Parcel and delivery services could also increase, and even ride sharing may ja...
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, April 14
8:30 - With the by-elections now decided, Mark Carney's Liberals have secured a majority in the House of Commons, comple...