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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Canada Post gets $1-billion loan from federal government amid financial struggles
OTTAWA - The federal government is providing a $1-billion loan to Canada Post to help the Crown corporation continue operating amid "significant financial challenges." Canada Post says it was notified...
Jan 24, 2025 The Canada Post logo is seen on the outside the company's Pacific Processing Centre in Richmond, B.C., on Thursday June 1, 2017. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck)
Nova Scotia Mounties issue warning about fake texts that appear to be from the RCMP
HALIFAX - The Mounties in Nova Scotia are warning the public about a new texting scam that involves messages that appear to be from the RCMP. Investigators say potential victims have reported receivin...
Jan 24, 2025
Regina Public Schools sees change rooms outcome as a positive
The head of Regina Public Schools is giving the decision to let school divisions create their own change room policies a thumbs-up. On Thursday, the province announced it is requiring divisions to cre...
Jan 24, 2025 The Regina Public School Division is one of many in the province which already had its own policy around who can use which washrooms and changerooms.
Amazon stays course on Quebec shutdown plan despite pressure from Ottawa
OTTAWA - Plans to close all seven of Amazon warehouses in Quebec are unchanged, the company said Friday even as the federal industry minister called for a review of Ottawa's "business relationship" wi...
Jan 24, 2025
Ottawa planning processing centre for asylum seekers in Quebec near U.S. border
MONTREAL - Canadian authorities are planning to open a processing centre for asylum seekers near the United States border in Quebec in case there is a sharp rise in the number of would-be refugees ent...
Jan 24, 2025
Former chief negotiator says Alberta undermining Canada in tariff talks
OTTAWA - Ottawa's former chief trade negotiator Steve Verheul says Alberta is undermining Canada's attempts to prevent the U.S. from levying damaging tariffs. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has rallied...
Jan 24, 2025
Trump proposes 'getting rid of FEMA' while visiting North Carolina
SWANNANOA, N.C. (AP) - President Donald Trump said he was considering "getting rid of" the Federal Emergency Management Agency during a trip to disaster zones Friday, offering the latest sign of how h...
Jan 24, 2025
'Better pray we get elected': Doug Ford says he will call snap Ontario election
Ontario Premier Doug Ford plans to call a snap election Wednesday, seeking an even larger majority than his current government holds and using the threat of 25 per cent tariffs from U.S. President Don...
Jan 24, 2025
'Canada is not for sale' hat offers tough lesson in domestic manufacturing
TORONTO - The weeks since Liam Mooney and Emma Cochrane dreamt up a viral hat meant to fend off any notion that Canada will be taken over by the U.S. has been more of a crash course in manufacturing t...
Jan 24, 2025
Gould stirs debate among Liberal MPs over whether they 'lost trust' of Canadians
OTTAWA - Liberal leadership contender Karina Gould opened up a soul-searching debate in her party's caucus after declaring Canadians "lost trust" in the Liberals during Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's...
Jan 24, 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...