Murray Wood: A call to prayer results in a call to controversy
Murray Wood says a Regina mosque's weekly call to prayer is creating a real-life Venn diagram of religious freedom, back...
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Alberta applications for $100 payments open, hit website traffic snag
EDMONTON - Heavy traffic on a website for Albertans to apply for $100 from the provincial government has clogged the site on the day it opened. In an email Wednesday, Alberta's technology and innovati...
Jul 01, 2026
U.S. not renewing trade agreement with Canada and Mexico in 'current form'
WASHINGTON - The United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer says the U.S. is not renewing the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement "in its current form" - but the trade agreement will remain in place a...
Jul 01, 2026
Congress hears drug seizures at U.S.-Canada border dropping despite Republican claims
WASHINGTON - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials told a hearing on Capitol Hill on Tuesday that there's been a significant drop in drug seizures at the border with Canada. Acting Deputy Chief...
Jul 01, 2026
Application portal opens for $100 affordability payments for Albertans
EDMONTON - Albertans can start applying today for $100 from the provincial government to help deal with the high cost of living. Premier Danielle Smith announced earlier this month that residents can ...
Jul 01, 2026
Chips, rotisserie chickens and other foods go provincial sales tax-free in Manitoba
WINNIPEG - Manitoba is cutting its provincial sales tax on store-bought food starting today. Most groceries are already tax-exempt, but the July 1 change means there will no longer be seven per cent P...
Jul 01, 2026
Carney, Inuit meeting wraps with pledge on new program to replace child funding
KUUJJUAQ - A meeting between Prime Minister Mark Carney and Inuit leaders Tuesday wrapped with a commitment for a new program to replace the Inuit Child First Initiative, and for Ottawa to use its cha...
Jul 01, 2026
Democratic socialist Melat Kiros defeats longtime US House incumbent in Colorado
Democratic socialist Melat Kiros beat U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette in a Colorado House primary Tuesday, a stunning victory for the first-time candidate against a nearly 30-year incumbent and another win fo...
Jun 30, 2026
Stranded campers able to leave drenched Kananaskis Country in southern Alberta
KANANASKIS - The Alberta government says crews have finished evacuating remaining campers who were tucked away at sites in Kananaskis Country. Parks Alberta Minister Todd Loewen said earlier in the da...
Jun 30, 2026
Alberta UCP to invite political scientist, pollster to advise on riding boundaries
EDMONTON - Alberta's United Conservative Party government is inviting a political scientist and a pollster to help a panel tasked with redrawing the province's voting lines. The legislature committee ...
Jun 30, 2026
B.C. Conservative leader Findlay retains former rival Milobar in shadow cabinet
VICTORIA - New B.C. Conservative leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay has kept former rival Peter Milobar and his supporters in her shadow cabinet, a day after installing a caucus leadership team that skewed to...
Jun 30, 2026
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Sarah Mills: It is time for Gianni Infantino to go
Sarah Mills says the current FIFA president's secret plans to sell off the World Cup and accusations of blackmail agains...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, August 6
8:30 - The Saskatchewan government is throwing its support behind new event centre projects in Saskatoon, Prince Albert,...