Murray Wood: Is this one of those times when money might be better in the government's pockets?
Windfall profits on oil are prompting a break in the federal fuel excise, but Saskatchewan isn't following suit. Murray ...
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Biden commutes roughly 1,500 sentences and pardons 39 people
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of roughly 1,500 people who were released from prison and placed on home confinement during the coronavirus pandemic and is pardoning 3...
Dec 12, 2024
Biden commutes roughly 1,500 sentences and pardons 39 people in biggest single-day act of clemency
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of roughly 1,500 people who were released from prison and placed on home confinement during the coronavirus pandemic and is pardoning 3...
Dec 12, 2024
Russian living in B.C. claims Scotiabank wrongfully withholding funds over sanctions
VANCOUVER - A Russian woman who has been living and working in Canada for the last eight years says her money is locked in limbo due to sanctions against Russia's largest bank, so she's taking Scotiab...
Dec 12, 2024
Alberta to put $29M into border security patrol unit with sheriffs, dogs, drones
CALGARY - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the province is putting $29 million toward creating a new sheriff patrol unit to shore up security at the Canada-United States border. The unit is to be s...
Dec 12, 2024
New Brunswick's first female premier seeking to build province with compassion
FREDERICTON - Susan Holt was puzzled when an envelope with an orange U.S. stamp depicting an African daisy arrived in her mail last month. It was postmarked New York. The newly elected New Brunswick p...
Dec 12, 2024
Alberta UCP backbenchers support loosening ethics rules
EDMONTON - Alberta's Opposition NDP says the province would become the most corrupt and secretive government in Canada if potential ethics rule changes become law. United Conservative Party legislatur...
Dec 11, 2024
Trudeau's comments on Kamala Harris 'not helpful,' premiers say, as Musk blasts PM
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's comments likening Kamala Harris's election loss to an attack on women's rights and progress earned him criticism from the country's premiers and from American ...
Dec 11, 2024
House approves $895B defense bill with military pay raise, ban on transgender care for minors
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House on Wednesday passed a $895 billion measure that authorizes a 1% increase in defense spending this fiscal year and would give a double-digit pay raise to about half of the e...
Dec 11, 2024
Higher property taxes, chance of reduced snow plowing in Winnipeg budget plan
WINNIPEG - Winnipeg is eyeing the largest property tax increase in decades and considering a cut to snow plowing in an attempt to address a fiscal squeeze. The city's preliminary budget for next year ...
Dec 11, 2024
Public inquiry called into conduct of Vancouver police in Myles Gray's beating death
VICTORIA - Seven Vancouver police officers who were present when Myles Gray was beaten to death in August 2015 will face a public hearing into their conduct, B.C.'s police complaint commissioner says....
Dec 11, 2024
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Sarah Mills: The president has tested the faithful
There may be some who worship U.S. President Donald Trump, but like the Beatles before him, Sarah Mills says the preside...
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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, April 15
On Wednesday's show, Evan finds out who Saskatchewan's Smartest Radio Listener is, talks with some NHL legends and conti...