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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Karina Gould's progressive approach sets her apart from the Liberal leadership pack
OTTAWA - In a leadership race dominated by high-profile insiders vying for outsider status, Karina Gould stands out. The plain-spoken suburban mom from Burlington, Ont. is facing opponents with high l...
Mar 01, 2025
Canada's plans to fuel Ukraine's war effort with Russian cash, explained
OTTAWA - Canada is set to take its first steps toward expropriating assets held by the Russian government and sanctioned Russian citizens to help fund Ukraine's war effort - measures that could test t...
Mar 01, 2025
Alberta to announce third-party reviewer to probe health contracts next week: Smith
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says an external reviewer is to be announced next week, as her government continues to face questions surrounding allegations of corruption in health-care con...
Feb 28, 2025
Ottawa tells First Nations chiefs committee to sort out child welfare talks with AFN
OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu says Ottawa needs the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) and a committee trying to renegotiate a child welfare agreement to decide who's leading the talk...
Feb 28, 2025
Ex-Liberal Martinez Ferrada will make bid for Montreal mayor with Ensemble Montreal
MONTREAL - Former federal cabinet minister Soraya Martinez Ferrada is officially in the running to be the next mayor of Montreal. Municipal party Ensemble Montral says Martinez Ferrada has been named ...
Feb 28, 2025
More 'Buy BC' ads coming as Eby touts local food in response to U.S. tariff threat
VANCOUVER - British Columbia Premier David Eby says it has been "absolutely inspirational" to see people step up across the province and Canada to support homegrown businesses in response to the tarif...
Feb 28, 2025
N.S. Tories criticized for removing online data about people seeking family doctor
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's Progressive Conservative government is facing criticism after it took down an online dashboard that provided detailed information about the number of people waiting for a famil...
Feb 28, 2025
Independent Ontario candidate wins rare and resounding second election victory
Bobbi Ann Brady set out in this Ontario election to prove that her win in Haldimand-Norfolk as an independent in 2022 was not a fluke, but winning by the second-largest margin in the province is "mind...
Feb 28, 2025
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith touts budget's income tax cut despite $5.2B deficit
CALGARY - Premier Danielle Smith defended on Friday the massive income-tax break in Alberta's proposed 2025 budget, as critics accused her of giving with one hand while taking with the other. "We felt...
Feb 28, 2025
Quebec replaces digital technology minister who resigned over auto board scandal
QUBEC - Quebec Premier Franois Legault replaced his cybersecurity and digital technology minister Friday after a scandal with the auto insurance board's online platform forced the resignation of ric C...
Feb 28, 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...