Sarah Mills: We need more 'regular guys' in the civic process
Standing in front of CEOs, lobbyists, advocates and others at a council meeting is not an exciting prospect, but Sarah M...
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N.B. election: Liberals promise full coverage for one round of in vitro fertilization
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick's Liberals are promising to cover the cost of one round of in vitro fertilization treatment for people trying to start a family. Leader Susan Holt told a news conference Fr...
Oct 11, 2024
Saskatchewan Party's Scott Moe promises to not hike small business tax
KENASTON, Sask. - Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe says he won't hike the small business tax if re-elected premier on Oct. 28. Moe says the tax would remain at one per cent, rather than return to t...
Oct 11, 2024
Saskatchewan NDP set to release full election platform
Saskatchewan NDP Leader Carla Beck is expected to release her full election campaign platform today. Beck is set to be in Saskatoon this morning. READ MORE: SASK VOTES 2024: Workers needed to build up...
Oct 11, 2024 Saskatchewan NDP Leader Carla Beck says the positions would be filled by staff in areas that are of highest need. (Canadian Press files)
Trudeau touts progress on pharmacare, calls on premiers to cut deals
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is calling on provinces and territories to start negotiating pharmacare deals as soon as possible, now that the federal legislation to enact the program has beco...
Oct 11, 2024
As ASEAN Summit wraps, Trudeau says Canada needs to keep showing up in Southeast Asia
VIENTIANE - Canada needs to keep up its presence in Southeast Asia if it wants to benefit from the region's economic boom, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday as he wrapped up his visit to La...
Oct 11, 2024
Rustad stands by B.C. Conservative candidates under fire, says voters can judge them
VANCOUVER - B.C. Conservatives Leader John Rustad says it will be up to voters to judge his party's candidates as he stood by a pair whose remarks on Indigenous and Muslim people drew condemnation fro...
Oct 11, 2024
Former public safety minister didn't know about delayed spy warrant, he tells inquiry
OTTAWA - Former public safety minister Bill Blair told a federal inquiry Friday he had no knowledge about delays in approving a spy service warrant in 2021 that may have included references to people ...
Oct 11, 2024
Alberta recommits $1.53B to Calgary Green Line LRT construction
EDMONTON - A month after announcing its money would be off the table, the Alberta government says it's recommitting its $1.53-billion share towards Calgary's beleaguered Green Line light rail project....
Oct 10, 2024
Chiefs of Ontario to vote in favour of $47.8B child welfare agreement with Canada
OTTAWA - Chiefs in Ontario have voted in support of a landmark $47.8-billion child welfare reform agreement with Canada. Regional Chief Abram Benedict called the support of chiefs in the province "a s...
Oct 10, 2024
Senate passes Liberal, NDP bill to cover diabetes and birth control medication
OTTAWA - The pharmacare bill that was central to a political pact between the Liberals and NDP become law Thursday after the Senate passed the bill without making any changes. The vote was swiftly fol...
Oct 10, 2024
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Murray Wood: Why I hate the latest round of changes in the CFL
Eight of the CFL's nine teams will qualify for the playoffs under the league's latest round of changes, but Murray Wood ...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 30
Evan finds out what to do if you find space junk on your farm, analyzes the outrage over Ticketmaster prices and the fut...