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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Manitoba conservation officers tasked with helping border patrol amid Trump threat
GRETNA, Man. - The Manitoba government said Monday its plan to have conservation officers help keep an eye on the United States border was underway, but the officers' union was still unclear as to how...
Jan 27, 2025
Pedneault intends to become co-leader of the Greens again after six-month pause
OTTAWA - Jonathan Pedneault says he intends to return as co-leader of the Green Party of Canada. He says that the party has asked him to return to co-leadership with Elizabeth May after he stepped bac...
Jan 27, 2025
Ford government pledges $1.4B to boost primary health care, days before election call
TORONTO - Ontario cabinet ministers shovelled a pile of announcements out the door Monday in the waning hours of Premier Doug Ford's second term in government, anchored by a pledge to increase efforts...
Jan 27, 2025
Federal inquiry into Canada Post kicks off hearings
OTTAWA - An inquiry into Canada Post kicked off hearings Monday, looking into a month-long strike that ended in government intervention and the viability of the postal service's business model. Canada...
Jan 27, 2025
Former Calgary councillor accused of lying on travel expenses guilty of fraud
CALGARY - While serving as Calgary city councillor, Joe Magliocca claimed he was hosting and meeting with politicians across the country -- including a Quebec cabinet minister, Ontario's NDP leader an...
Jan 27, 2025
Land long reserved for possible Pickering airport will go to Parks Canada: minister
After more than a half century in limbo, the federal government has abandoned plans for an airport at a site in Pickering, Ont., and will instead look to expand the area's urban national park. Transpo...
Jan 27, 2025
Ford's decision to speed up alcohol sales expansion will cost province $612M: report
TORONTO - Premier Doug Ford's decision to speed up the rollout of alcohol sales in corner stores - which first sparked early election speculation last spring - will cost the province more than $600 mi...
Jan 27, 2025
Trump says Canada should be part of U.S. Our head of state isn't weighing in.
OTTAWA - Canada's political leadership has found rare unanimity in recent weeks: nobody wants the country to become the "51st state," as U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly pitched. The heads o...
Jan 27, 2025
Economists expect sixth straight - but modest - rate cut from Bank of Canada
TORONTO - Economic forecasts suggest the Bank of Canada will likely lower its key policy rate by a quarter of a percentage point on Wednesday in light of recent inflation and jobs data, bringing it do...
Jan 27, 2025
Auschwitz survivors fear rising hate could bring on another Holocaust 80 years later
KRAKOW - As she prepared to return to Auschwitz-Birkenau on Monday, Miriam Ziegler vividly recalled how it felt to be a little girl orphaned by the Nazis and left alone in a world ruined by war. Eight...
Jan 27, 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...