Murray Wood: Elbows down, taxpayer subsidies for U.S. flights up
Murray Wood wonders why it's OK for Saskatchewan to prop up air travel to the U.S. with taxpayer dollars, but it was wro...
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A federal judge rejects a call to reopen voter registration in Georgia after Hurricane Helene
ATLANTA (AP) - A federal judge said Thursday that she won't order the presidential battleground state of Georgia to reopen voter registration for November's elections despite recent disruptions to reg...
Oct 10, 2024
Federal government forgoing $15 million in rental fees for Jasper
JASPER, ALTA. - The government of Canada will forgo up to $15.2 million in rental fees charged to the municipality of Jasper, Alta., as well as its residents and business owners over the next few year...
Oct 10, 2024
Saskatchewan NDP's Beck says election is bigger than politics, change possible
REGINA - Saskatchewan New Democratic Leader Carla Beck says she's asking voters to think beyond party politics and support what's best for the province when they go to the polls on Oct. 28. Beck says ...
Oct 10, 2024
Financial uncertainty, singlehood cited as reasons adults delay parenthood
TORONTO - A new poll suggests half of 18- to 50-year-olds in Canada who plan on having kids have delayed parenthood, with respondents citing reasons that include financial uncertainty, difficulties fi...
Oct 10, 2024
Manitoba government lowers age for self-referral breast cancer screening
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government has announced a plan to expand breast cancer screening for the second time in a month. Health Minister Uzoma Asagwara says the minimum age for self-referrals will dr...
Oct 10, 2024
Hajdu, Woodhouse Nepinak urge MPs to drop politics, support First Nations water bill
OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu and Assembly of First Nations National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak are urging MPs across party lines to support legislation to ensure First Nations ...
Oct 10, 2024
Nunavut MP on 'inhumane' Labrador food prices: Complain directly to Northern Affairs
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The member of Parliament for Nunavut is urging people in northern Labrador to complain directly to the federal government about food prices that have been described as inhumane. NDP...
Oct 10, 2024
Manitoba advocate says progress has stalled on curbing sleep-related infant deaths
WINNIPEG - A new report says Manitoba has made little progress in reducing the number of sleep-related infant deaths and must do more to help disadvantaged families. The report from the Manitoba Advoc...
Oct 10, 2024
Saskatchewan Party Leader promises more power for police to address public nuisances
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe says he would get tough on those disrupting the public and will shut down nuisance properties if re-elected premier on Oct. 28. Moe says he w...
Oct 10, 2024
Bloc leader, MPs and farmers press Senate to pass supply management bill
OTTAWA - Bloc Qubcois Leader Yves-Franois Blanchet and MPs from all parties in the House of Commons were on Parliament Hill on Thursday to call for the Senate to pass a Bloc bill on supply management....
Oct 10, 2024
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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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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...