Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
Every Friday, Murray Wood takes a look at the week's news and decides who's hot... and who's not. This week's list inclu...
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Arizona governor vetoes bill requiring local officials to help with federal immigration efforts
PHOENIX (AP) - Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs on Friday vetoed a Republican-backed bill intended to support the Trump administration's immigration crackdown by requiring local and state officials in Ariz...
Apr 18, 2025
Judge says detained Tufts student must be transferred from Louisiana to Vermont
A Tufts University student from Turkey being held in a Louisiana immigration facility must be returned to New England no later than May 1 to determine whether she was illegally detained for co-writing...
Apr 18, 2025
Judge blocks Trump administration’s from passport changes affecting transgender Americans
BOSTON (AP) - A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from enacting a policy that bans the use of "X" marker used by many nonbinary people on passports as well as the changing of ge...
Apr 18, 2025
US senator returns from El Salvador trip, says Abrego Garcia case is about far more than one man
WASHINGTON (AP) - The dispute over the wrongful deportation and imprisonment of Kilmar Abrego Garcia "is not only about one man" but about Donald Trump's disregard of the American judicial system as w...
Apr 18, 2025
Wisconsin governor can lock in 400-year school funding increase using a veto, court says
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The Wisconsin governor's creative use of his uniquely powerful veto to lock in a school funding increase for 400 years may be "attention grabbing," but it was constitutional, the ...
Apr 18, 2025
Federal judge in Baltimore temporarily limits DOGE access to Social Security data
BALTIMORE (AP) - A federal judge on Thursday imposed new restrictions on billionaire Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, limiting its access to Social Security systems that hold personal ...
Apr 17, 2025
Alberta names new interim chief medical officer of health
EDMONTON - The Alberta government has announced the appointment of a new interim chief medical officer of health, days after the previous one's contract expired. Officials say Dr. Sunil Sookram is to ...
Apr 17, 2025
Former Alberta minister details allegation Premier Smith purposely misled cabinet
EDMONTON - An outspoken member of Alberta's legislature, booted from the United Conservative Party caucus, is airing more detailed allegations of what he calls government deception over a health-care ...
Apr 17, 2025
Vancouver Park Board preparing for 'unpermitted' cannabis events on 4-20
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Park Board says it's gearing up for "unpermitted" events on April 20 including on Sunset Beach, where thousands of people gathered in recent years to smoke cannabis to the ch...
Apr 17, 2025
Alberta transportation minister wants bike lanes gone, critics say stay in your lane
EDMONTON - Alberta's transportation minister is calling on the province's two major cities to remove bike lanes from key roadways, prompting critics to say the government is overstepping and making an...
Apr 17, 2025
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Sarah Mills: May long weekend looks different this year
Sarah Mills says we should be excited about the official start to summer, as the May long weekend represents all that li...
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, May 15
On Friday's show, Evan welcomes the new leader of the federal NDP, chats about energy and power with Premier Scott Moe a...