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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Joly, Mendicino to appear at foreign interference inquiry today
OTTAWA - A federal inquiry into interference in Canada's affairs is slated to hear today from Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly. Former public safety minister Marco Mendicino is also scheduled to t...
Oct 10, 2024
Social Security recipients will get a 2.5% cost-of-living boost in 2025, smaller than in recent past
WASHINGTON (AP) - Millions of Social Security recipients will get a 2.5% cost-of-living increase to their monthly checks beginning in January, the Social Security Administration announced Thursday. Th...
Oct 10, 2024
US inflation reaches lowest point in 3 years, though some price pressures remain
WASHINGTON (AP) - Inflation in the United States dropped last month to its lowest point since it first began surging more than three years ago, adding to a spate of encouraging economic news in the cl...
Oct 10, 2024
Moe visiting Prince Albert as Sask. election campaign continues
Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe is scheduled to make an announcement in Prince Albert this morning as the Oct. 28 election draws closer. Moe is set to visit area businesses later in the day. READ ...
Oct 10, 2024
B.C. Conservatives stand by candidate who called Palestinian children 'inbred'
The British Columbia Conservatives are standing by a candidate who called Palestinian children "inbred" and "time bombs," remarks that NDP Leader David Eby describes as "criminal hate speech." Conserv...
Oct 10, 2024
Alberta health minister announces resident physician pay deal as family doctors wait
EDMONTON - Alberta's government has reached a new tentative four-year pay deal with resident physicians as the province grapples with overcrowding in hospitals and a potential health-care labour disru...
Oct 09, 2024
Rustad changes story after BC Coroners Service says no record of fatal overdose
VANCOUVER - B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad has changed his story about seeing a man die of a drug overdose on his way to a televised election debate, after the BC Coroners Service said it had no...
Oct 09, 2024
Alberta politician who compared transgender kids to feces allowed to join UCP caucus
EDMONTON - A politician banned over a year ago from sitting in Alberta's governing United Conservative Party caucus for comparing transgender youth to feces is now allowed to join and says she has gro...
Oct 09, 2024
Feds moving ahead with sustainable investing guidelines, but details still scarce
TORONTO - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said Wednesday that the federal government is moving ahead with guidelines around sustainable investing and corporate climate disclosures, but details on t...
Oct 09, 2024
Saskatchewan Party candidate appears with Moe, apologizes again for racial slur
SASKATOON, Sask. - A Saskatchewan Party candidate has repeated his apology for saying a racial slur a year ago, this time in person and with party leader Scott Moe. "Very dumb mistake. One word and it...
Oct 09, 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...