Murray Wood: Elbows down, taxpayer subsidies for U.S. flights up
Murray Wood wonders why it's OK for Saskatchewan to prop up air travel to the U.S. with taxpayer dollars, but it was wro...
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Advocates call for quotas, reform to boost number of women in Parliament
OTTAWA - Canada's international ranking on gender parity in politics has plummeted over the past 25 years, and advocates say Canada must do better. "What we want to see are concrete actions, not vague...
Sep 22, 2025
Ontario PC backbencher arrested, out of caucus
TORONTO - The Ontario member of provincial parliament for Sault Ste. Marie is facing domestic violence charges of assault and assault with a weapon, prompting him to be removed Monday from the Progres...
Sep 22, 2025
Ontario wants return of mandatory minimum sentences, 'three-strikes' bail rule
Ontario is asking Ottawa for a series of specific measures to tighten bail and sentencing rules, as the federal government gets closer to tabling legislation to reform those aspects of the justice sys...
Sep 22, 2025
Carney to meet other leaders attending UN General Assembly
NEW YORK - Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to meet with world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly on Monday after joining other nations in recognizing Palestinian statehood as the institu...
Sep 22, 2025 Bob Rae, Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations, left, looks towards Prime Minister Mark Carney as he speaks during a meeting with Namibia’s President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on Sunday, Sept. 21, 2025. This year marks the 80th anniversary of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
No donation limits allow companies, unions to fund N.L. election campaigns
ST. JOHN'S - As members of Newfoundland and Labrador's main political parties travel the province to campaign for votes, their signs, pamphlets, buses and gas bills are paid for in part by unions and ...
Sep 22, 2025
UBCM leaders call on B.C. to fill housing gaps that led to increased homelessness
VICTORIA - Municipal leaders in British Columbia are calling on the provincial government to fill housing gaps that have been pressing for "far too long" and have increased homelessness in their commu...
Sep 22, 2025
Supreme Court considering $2-million dispute between Kanesatake and Quebec lawyer
MONTREAL - Canada's top court is currently weighing a $2-million dispute that has embroiled a Quebec lawyer and a Montreal-area Mohawk community for more than two decades. The Supreme Court's decision...
Sep 22, 2025
Canada, major fossil-fuel producers widen gap between output and climate targets: report
Canada and other major fossil fuel-producing countries are derailing the world's chance to hit key targets to rein in climate change, a new international report suggests, with 2030 production levels e...
Sep 21, 2025
Quebec premier promises new legislation inspired by federal major projects law
MONTREAL - Quebec Premier Franois Legault says his government will table new legislation to speed up environmental approvals, modelled on the federal major projects law. During a Sunday evening appear...
Sep 21, 2025
Canadian recognition of Palestinian state greeted with cheers, dismay
OTTAWA - Canada's formal recognition of a Palestinian state drew applause from longtime advocates of the move and sharp denunciation from voices who said it would not foster a lasting peace. Prime Min...
Sep 21, 2025
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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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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 30
8:30 - A mega-farm in Saskatchewan is raising major concerns about debt, rapid expansion and financial pressures facing ...