Murray Wood: Drought or deluge, it's Saskatchewan weather
Murray Wood notes that while we have seen years with "perfect" weather in the province, they aren't that commo...
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Fixing problems with Phoenix payroll system cost taxpayers $5.1 billion: official
OTTAWA - A top federal official said fixing the payroll problems caused by Phoenix cost taxpayers more than $5 billion - and they'll keep paying extra to run two public service payroll platforms at on...
Jun 23, 2025
Creativity with a backhoe clears fallen rocks from tourist-destination tunnel
WINNIPEG - A well-known cave-like tunnel that attracts boaters to eastern Manitoba has reopened thanks to some ingenuity involving a backhoe, a grappling bucket and a crew removing fallen rock from a ...
Jun 23, 2025
Judge refuses to allow more avian flu tests on ostriches at B.C. farm
OTTAWA - The Federal Court of Appeal is refusing to allow the owners of a British Columbia ostrich farm to conduct further testing of their flock for avian flu in a bid to avert a cull ordered by the ...
Jun 23, 2025
Manitoba premier ends state of emergency as wildfire danger recedes, evacuees return
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says the provincewide state of emergency has been lifted as the danger from wildfires recedes. He announced Monday that while the emergency rules are no longer ne...
Jun 23, 2025
Canada changes course, starts busing citizens out of Israel
OTTAWA - Ottawa has started offering buses to Canadians looking to leave Israel and the West Bank, along with those who manage to flee Iran - but few have taken up the offer days after Canada told cit...
Jun 23, 2025
Mark Carney names Kirsten Hillman chief negotiator with U.S.
OTTAWA - Canada's Ambassador to the U.S. Kirsten Hillman will take on the role of top negotiator for Canada as the country seeks a new trade and security pact with the Donald Trump administration. Pri...
Jun 23, 2025
Newly launched Access to Information review is flawed, transparency advocates say
OTTAWA - A newly launched federal review of the Access to Information system is being greeted with deep skepticism by transparency advocates. The Treasury Board Secretariat announced the government re...
Jun 23, 2025
B.C. professor trapped in Iran says Canada has offered 'almost nothing' to help
A British Columbia professor who is trapped in Iran said that federal officials told him there was "almost nothing" the Canadian government could do to help him and his family. Simon Fraser University...
Jun 23, 2025
Alberta voters to decide today if NDP's Nenshi, separatists to hold legislature seats
EDMONTON - Alberta NDP leader Naheed Nenshi is looking to finally win a seat in the legislature after a year of sitting on the sidelines. He's running in one of three provincial byelections today as a...
Jun 23, 2025 Leader of the Alberta NDP Naheed Nenshi speaks to media about the Alberta 2025 budget in Edmonton, on Thursday February 27, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
Canada signs new security and defence partnership with Europe
BRUSSELS - Canada and the European Union opened a new era of transatlantic co-operation Monday by signing a security and defence partnership at a joint summit in Brussels. The agreement commits Canada...
Jun 23, 2025
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Sarah Mills: The Met Gala isn't just silly fashion, but a work of art
The fundraiser for New York's Metropolitan Museum may be all theatrics, but Sarah Mills says at its heart is interpretat...
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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, May 6
8:30 - This morning, we're joined by Saskatchewan's Premier Scott Moe for a check-in. This comes after the province anno...