Murray Wood: The most charming words kids say are usually the wrong ones
Kids mispronounce the funniest things. And Murray Wood thinks that sometimes, parents shouldn't rush to fix them.
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Manitoba premier cites need for affordable electricity rates as rate hike floated
WINNIPEG - Manitoba hydroelectricity rates must remain affordable, partly in order to help people switch from other fuels and protect the environment, Premier Wab Kinew said Monday. Kinew was asked fo...
Feb 10, 2025
Hawaii court rules against insurance companies in Maui wildfire, allowing $4B settlement to proceed
HONOLULU (AP) - Hawaii's Supreme Court ruled Monday that insurance companies can't bring their own legal actions against those blamed for Maui's catastrophic 2023 wildfire, allowing a $4 billion settl...
Feb 10, 2025
Unspent aid worth billions lacks oversight as Trump dismantles USAID, watchdog warns
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Agency for International Development has lost almost all ability to track $8.2 billion in unspent humanitarian aid following the Trump administration's foreign funding freez...
Feb 10, 2025
Hawaii court rules against insurance companies in Maui wildfire, allowing $4B settlement to proceed
HONOLULU (AP) - Hawaii's Supreme Court has ruled that insurance companies can't bring their own legal actions against those blamed for Maui's catastrophic 2023 wildfire, the deadliest in the U.S. in m...
Feb 10, 2025
Claims process for First Nations child welfare class action opens in March, AFN says
OTTAWA - First Nations children and their families who lived under Canada's First Nations child welfare system between 1991 and 2022 will be able to apply for compensation under a class-action settlem...
Feb 10, 2025
Singh promises 100% tariffs on Tesla, revival of electric vehicle incentive program
OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says Canada should charge 100 per cent tariffs on Tesla vehicles for as long as the trade war with the United States continues. In a news release issued Monday, Singh...
Feb 10, 2025
'A two-year stay of execution': Montana legislature defeats bill to resume executions
The clock has been reset for a Canadian who has been on death row in Montana for 42 years after state legislators defeated an attempt to resume executions. Ronald Smith, 67, is originally from Red Dee...
Feb 10, 2025
New laws not the 'only tool' to bolster ballot integrity: Elections chief
OTTAWA - Canada's chief electoral officer acknowledges that proposed changes to bolster the integrity of the next national vote are unlikely to become law before Canadians head to the polls. But Stpha...
Feb 10, 2025
Ontario's party leaders pledge to help whales at Marineland
The leaders of Ontario's main political parties pledged Monday to help the remaining animals at Marineland should they win the election. The Niagara Falls, Ont., tourist attraction euthanized a seven-...
Feb 10, 2025
Manitoba government boosts school funding, but formula overhaul has yet to come
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government announced Monday an increase in school operating funding while saying a long-anticipated overhaul of the way schools are funded is still a work in progress. The 3.4 ...
Feb 10, 2025
OPINION
Sarah Mills: Snowbirds' grounding is a chance for Liberal government to stand behind its words
We are told the Snowbirds will return. We are told that the plan is to get new planes quickly. Sarah Mills says now, the...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, May 21
Evan hosts his monthly mayoral panel this Thursday and talks about some of the oddities farmers have found in their fiel...