Murray Wood: Leadership race rules no win for the NDP
The NDP are on the hunt for a new federal party leader, but it comes with a unique set of rules. Murray Wood takes issue...
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Ottawa to force banks to call carbon rebate a carbon rebate in direct deposits
OTTAWA - Canadian banks that refuse to identify the carbon rebate by name when doing direct deposits are forcing the government to change the law to make them do it, says Environment Minister Steven G...
Apr 19, 2024
Finding an apartment may be easier for California pet owners under new legislation
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California pet owners struggling to find a rental that accepts their furry, four-legged family members could have an easier time leasing new housing under proposed state legi...
Apr 18, 2024
Final jurors seated for Trump's hush money case, with opening statements set for Monday
NEW YORK (AP) - The final jurors were seated Friday in Donald Trump's hush money trial, and an appellate judge rejected the former president's latest bid to halt the case as a hectic day in court set ...
Apr 18, 2024
Arizona Republican drops reelection effort after accusation he forged signatures
PHOENIX (AP) - A leader of the conservative group Turning Point Action resigned from the organization Thursday and dropped his bid for reelection to the Arizona House of Representatives after he was a...
Apr 18, 2024
Nevada Supreme Court rulings hand setbacks to gun-right defenders and anti-abortion activists
RENO, Nev. (AP) - Nevada's Supreme Court upheld a state ban on ghost guns Thursday, overturning a lower court's ruling that sided with a gun manufacturer's argument that the 2021 law regulating firear...
Apr 18, 2024
Officer says B.C. hostage was lying on top of captor before police gunfire erupted
BURNABY, B.C. - The first police officer to enter a room where a woman was being held hostage told a B.C. coroner's inquest that he saw her lying on a bed on top of her captor, who was holding a knife...
Apr 18, 2024
California governor pledges state oversight for cities, counties lagging on solving homelessness
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Nearly $200 million in grant money will go to California cities and counties to move homeless people from encampments into housing, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Thursday while also...
Apr 18, 2024
Judge in Trump case orders media not to report where potential jurors work
NEW YORK (AP) - The judge in Donald Trump's hush money trial ordered the media on Thursday not to report on where potential jurors have worked and to be careful about revealing information about those...
Apr 18, 2024
Pennsylvania House Dems propose new expulsion rules after remote voting by lawmaker facing a warrant
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Pennsylvania House Democrats on Thursday proposed a process to determine if state representatives are "incapacitated" and to sanction or expel them, moving in the wake of intens...
Apr 18, 2024
Kansas GOP congressman Jake LaTurner is not running again, citing family reasons
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Two-term Republican U.S. Rep. Jake LaTurner is not running for reelection this year in his GOP-leaning eastern Kansas district so that he can spend more time with his four young ch...
Apr 18, 2024
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, Sept. 9
Evan talks with lawyer Steven Seiferling about how passengers could be affected by Air Canada's flight attendants reject...