Murray Wood: Big companies seem to be allergic to answering questions
Murray Wood says it's surprising that during a SaskTel outage last week, it was very difficult to get the Saskatchewan t...
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Mark Carney names Kirsten Hillman chief negotiator with U.S.
OTTAWA - Canada's Ambassador to the U.S. Kirsten Hillman will take on the role of top negotiator for Canada as the country seeks a new trade and security pact with the Donald Trump administration. Pri...
Jun 23, 2025
Newly launched Access to Information review is flawed, transparency advocates say
OTTAWA - A newly launched federal review of the Access to Information system is being greeted with deep skepticism by transparency advocates. The Treasury Board Secretariat announced the government re...
Jun 23, 2025
B.C. professor trapped in Iran says Canada has offered 'almost nothing' to help
A British Columbia professor who is trapped in Iran said that federal officials told him there was "almost nothing" the Canadian government could do to help him and his family. Simon Fraser University...
Jun 23, 2025
Alberta voters to decide today if NDP's Nenshi, separatists to hold legislature seats
EDMONTON - Alberta NDP leader Naheed Nenshi is looking to finally win a seat in the legislature after a year of sitting on the sidelines. He's running in one of three provincial byelections today as a...
Jun 23, 2025 Leader of the Alberta NDP Naheed Nenshi speaks to media about the Alberta 2025 budget in Edmonton, on Thursday February 27, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
Canada signs new security and defence partnership with Europe
BRUSSELS - Canada and the European Union opened a new era of transatlantic co-operation Monday by signing a security and defence partnership at a joint summit in Brussels. The agreement commits Canada...
Jun 23, 2025
Ontario proposes to weaken impending new recycling rules over costs to producers
TORONTO - Ontario Premier Doug Ford's government is proposing to weaken an impending slate of new recycling rules because producers of the materials said the system is getting too expensive. The provi...
Jun 23, 2025
Judge orders Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s release from jail before trial, but ICE plans to detain him
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A Tennessee judge on Sunday ordered the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose mistaken deportation has become a flashpoint in President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown, w...
Jun 22, 2025
Receiver planning sale of Yukon gold mine involved in contaminant release disaster
The court-appointed receiver of a Yukon gold mine that suffered a catastrophic heap-leach facility failure last year said it plans to sell the mine and will be seeking approval within the week to star...
Jun 22, 2025
John McCallum dead at 75: A political veteran of 'good humour and grace'
OTTAWA - John McCallum, a former Liberal cabinet minister and a mainstay of 21st century Canadian politics, has died at age 75, his family confirmed on Sunday. A statement said McCallum passed away pe...
Jun 22, 2025
Undocumented students push for right to education, but Alberta noncommittal
EDMONTON - Ariana Zapata's favourite subject in school is social studies. For the 13-year-old in Edmonton, this means lessons on historical societies, colonialism, how worldviews are developed and so ...
Jun 22, 2025
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, August 26
8:30 - As we eagerly await the Premier's visit to China in hopes of striking a deal to remove canola tariffs, we're stil...