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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Quebec premier shuffles cabinet, promises 'shock treatment' in year before election
MONTREAL - Quebec Premier Franois Legault, one year away from the general election and deeply unpopular with the electorate, announced a major cabinet shuffle on Wednesday and promised to soon present...
Sep 10, 2025
Carney plans to announce the first series of major projects on Thursday
EDMONTON - The first major industrial projects under the federal government's strategy to reduce Canada's economic reliance on the U.S. will be announced Thursday, Prime Minister Mark Carney told his ...
Sep 10, 2025
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, target of the Trump administration, will face Josh Kraft in fall election
BOSTON (AP) - Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, a frequent target of the Trump administration, advanced in Tuesday's preliminary election and will face Josh Kraft, the son of the Patriots owner, in November. ...
Sep 09, 2025
Trump dines at a restaurant near the White House to promote his DC crime crackdown
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump had dinner Tuesday night at a seafood restaurant near the White House, promoting his deployment of the National Guard and federalizing the police force in an e...
Sep 09, 2025
Democrat James Walkinshaw wins US House special election in Virginia
Democrat James Walkinshaw, a politician with experience working on Capitol Hill, has won a special election to be the next U.S. House representative of the Virginia district home to the state's most p...
Sep 09, 2025
Ottawa man confirmed dead in Lisbon streetcar crash
OTTAWA - An Ottawa man was among the tourists killed when a streetcar crashed in Lisbon earlier this month. Aziz Benharref, a Canadian who lived in the Orleans neighbourhood of Ottawa, was on vacation...
Sep 09, 2025
Carney condemns 'intolerable' Israeli strike on Qatar that killed Hamas officials
OTTAWA - Canada condemned Israel's military strike on Qatar on Tuesday, saying the attack undermines the Gulf country's sovereignty and risks escalating conflict across the Middle East. An explosion k...
Sep 09, 2025
Saskatchewan NDP wants review of government response to 'Queen of Canada' occupation
RICHMOUND - Saskatchewan's Opposition is asking why the province and its health authority responded so late to the occupation of a compound by the so-called "Queen of Canada," months after the sewer s...
Sep 09, 2025 Romana Didulo, a conspiracy theorist and self-proclaimed "Queen of Canada," looks on while leaving provincial court after she was granted bail in Swift Current, Sask., Monday, Sept. 8, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu
Supreme Court to quickly consider if President Donald Trump has power to impose sweeping tariffs
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court granted an unusually quick hearing on President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs on Tuesday, putting a policy at the center of his economic agenda squarely before th...
Sep 09, 2025
Canada sending $2.6M in humanitarian, refugee aid after months of Pakistan flooding
OTTAWA - Canada is providing $2.6 million in humanitarian aid for people in Pakistan displaced by flooding, and for Afghan refugees. Pakistan has been grappling since June with floods and heavy monsoo...
Sep 09, 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
Evan finds out what to do if you find space junk on your farm, analyzes the outrage over Ticketmaster prices and the fut...