Murray Wood: Remember when?
Old photos remind us our downtowns used to be places people went to more often. Murray Wood says a lot has changed, incl...
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FAA administrator Mike Whitaker will step down on Inauguration Day
The head of the Federal Aviation Administration, who has led a tougher enforcement policy against Boeing since a panel blew off a Boeing jet in January, said Thursday that he will step down next month...
Dec 12, 2024
Scott Moe's approval jumps seven points after re-election: Angus Reid poll
After securing another majority government in October's provincial election, Premier Scott Moe's approval has rebounded, jumping by seven points. That's according to the latest premier approval rating...
Dec 12, 2024
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
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Sarah Mills: Turns out an empty house is a lonely one
Sarah Mills says having two kids away at camp was an opportunity to revel in peace and quiet. Instead, she says it is se...
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, August 18
On Tuesday's show, guest host Brent Loucks gets an update on tariffs, fire hazards associated with lithium-ion batteries...