Murray Wood: Local radio is strong. Corporate ownership, not so much
Murray Wood says Rogers closed some stations that should be very viable. As a result, more communities are losing import...
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Canada, G7 leaders, denounce Venezuela's suppression of political opposition
OTTAWA - Canada is joining its closest allies in denouncing Venezuela's crackdown on democracy - the first G7 foreign policy statement since Canada began chairing the group this year. Venezuelan Presi...
Jan 10, 2025
Rebel News loses bid to quash fines for violating election law on third-party ads
OTTAWA - The Federal Court of Appeal has dismissed Rebel News Network's latest bid to quash $3,000 in fines levied against the right-wing media outlet by the commissioner of elections. The fines were ...
Jan 10, 2025
Liberal leadership race: A look at the potential candidates
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals are running their first leadership race in more than a decade and their shortest in the party's modern history to replace Justin Trudeau. He announced Jan. 6 that he will...
Jan 10, 2025
Alberta schools drafting contingency plans ahead of looming support worker strike
EDMONTON - Two Alberta school divisions gearing up for a strike by more than 3,000 support workers say they're drawing up contingency plans but encourage parents to keep in touch with their school's p...
Jan 10, 2025
Prosecutors seek 15 years in prison for former New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez after bribery conviction
NEW YORK (AP) - Prosecutors say former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez should be imprisoned for 15 years for a "grave abuse of his power," after the New Jersey Democrat became the first person to be convicted ...
Jan 10, 2025
Prosecutors seek 15 years in prison for former New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez after bribery conviction
NEW YORK (AP) - Prosecutors say former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez should be imprisoned for 15 years, after the Democrat from New Jersey became the first to be convicted of abusing a Senate committee leade...
Jan 10, 2025
Yvonne Jones, longtime Liberal MP for Labrador, retiring from federal politics
HAPPY VALLEY-GOOSE BAY, N.L. - Yvonne Jones, Liberal member of Parliament for Labrador, says she won't be running in the next federal election. Jones has been public about her past battles with breast...
Jan 10, 2025
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly off to Washington next week to talk tariffs
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly will head to Washington next week as part of her government's efforts to press the incoming Trump administration not to impose damaging tariffs on Canada....
Jan 10, 2025
Human rights group asks Canada to declare another genocide in Sudan
OTTAWA - A prominent human rights group is calling on Ottawa to follow the U.S. and declare that recent actions by Sudan's paramilitary force amount to genocide. The Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human ...
Jan 10, 2025 In April, the advocacy group released a detailed report arguing that Sudan's paramilitary force had been targeting ethnic groups while using arms from the United Arab Emirates. (The Canadian Press)
Judge sentences Trump in hush money case but doesn't impose punishment
NEW YORK (AP) - President-elect Donald Trump was formally sentenced Friday in his hush money case, but the judge declined to impose any punishment. The outcome cements Trump's conviction while freeing...
Jan 10, 2025
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Sarah Mills: Doug Ford may be cutting his nose off to spite his face
A Republican congresswoman is fighting back against Ontario's US booze ban, and Sarah Mills says Premier Doug Ford may f...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, July 9
8:30 - An MOU has been signed between the City of Saskatoon and the Muskeg Lake Cree Nation on the downtown entertainmen...