Murray Wood: Police officers in the line of fire need more support from Ottawa.
Two RCMP officers were wounded in Melville, and officers have been killed in Montreal and Toronto. Murray Wood says the ...
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Alberta premier defends COVID-19 report, unsure which recommendations to take
CALGARY - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she's not sure which recommendations from a controversial COVID-19 report her government will implement. The 269-page report, released publicly without no...
Jan 29, 2025
Manitoba government orders health authority to cut its use of private nurses
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government has ordered a regional health authority to cut the amount of money its spends on private-agency nurses by 15 per cent by March of next year. Premier Wab Kinew says P...
Jan 29, 2025
Smith says Ottawa should appoint 'border czar' to work collaboratively with U.S.
CALGARY - As the threat of 25 per cent tariffs looms over Canada, Alberta's premier says Ottawa should appoint a "border czar" to work collaboratively with the United States. Danielle Smith told repor...
Jan 29, 2025
Kyra Wilson wins vote to become new leader of Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs
WINNIPEG - Newly elected Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs Grand Chief Kyra Wilson has vowed to offer the same support to First Nations leaders in the province that her predecessor once gave her in 2022. Wi...
Jan 29, 2025
Human smuggling attempt thwarted in Fort Erie, Ont., near U.S. border: authorities
Canadian authorities say they've intercepted a human smuggling attempt in Ontario's Niagara region as part of a larger border security effort. The Canada Border Services Agency and the RCMP say they c...
Jan 29, 2025
B.C. assembles 'war room' as U.S. tariff threat looms on Saturday
VANCOUVER - The relationship between the U.S. and Canada has "fundamentally changed," regardless of whether U.S. President Donald Trump's promised tariffs on Canadian goods materialize on Saturday, ac...
Jan 29, 2025
At signing of Laken Riley Act, Trump says he plans to send migrants in US illegally to Guantanamo
WASHINGTON (AP) - At the signing of the Laken Riley Act, President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he is directing the opening of a detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to hold up to 30,000 migr...
Jan 29, 2025
Alberta holds auction, bidder ponies up US$400K to hunt one bighorn sheep
EDMONTON - The right to hunt a single bighorn sheep, Alberta's official mammal, has netted the province US$400,000 at auction. The Alberta government says it's a record-setting price and hopefully a s...
Jan 29, 2025
Abdelrazik's lawyer cites 'serial hypocrisies' in final detention case arguments
OTTAWA - A lawyer for Abousfian Abdelrazik accused the federal government of "serial hypocrisies" as closing arguments began on his client's lawsuit over his prolonged detention in Sudan. Lawyer Paul ...
Jan 29, 2025
Canada can strike back swiftly if U.S. imposes tariffs, experts say
OTTAWA - If the U.S. follows through on President Donald Trump's threat to impose massive tariffs on Canada as early as Saturday, Ottawa could hit back with retaliatory tariffs within hours or days, a...
Jan 29, 2025
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Sarah Mills: Saskatchewan wildfire report should bring about immediate change
Saskatchewan is not new to wildfires. They happen every year, but Sarah Mills says the review of the 2025 fire season sh...
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, June 23
8:30 - Two Saskatchewan RCMP officers are recovering after being seriously injured in a shooting while responding to a c...