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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Saskatchewan NDP promises $1B for health care; Moe proposes disability help
REGINA - Saskatchewan NDP Leader Carla Beck has promised to invest more than $1 billion into health care to help a system struggling with staffing shortages, while Scott Moe's Saskatchewan Party has p...
Oct 08, 2024
Saskatchewan NDP leader commits $1B in health funding if elected premier
REGINA - Saskatchewan NDP Leader Carla Beck is promising to invest $1.1 billion to help fix a health system struggling with staff shortages and long waits for care. Beck made the pledge as her party c...
Oct 08, 2024
Manitoba government apologizes as part of $530M child welfare lawsuit settlement
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government has apologized in the legislature for clawing back federal benefit payments to kids in the child welfare system. The apology is part of a settlement of a class-actio...
Oct 08, 2024
Foreign doctors' skills will be assessed while they care for Nova Scotia patients
HALIFAX - A new program to more quickly integrate internationally trained doctors into Nova Scotia's health system is set to begin in the new year. Premier Tim Houston announced Tuesday that a new Hal...
Oct 08, 2024
Liberals won't prorogue Parliament amid impasse over green tech fund
OTTAWA - Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says the government has no intention of proroguing Parliament to end an impasse with the Tories over a matter of privilege. At a news conference today ...
Oct 08, 2024
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau headed to Laos for ASEAN Summit
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is travelling to Laos today to take part in the ASEAN Summit. Canada is not a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, but has a strategic partnersh...
Oct 08, 2024
Saskatchewan Party promises increase in tax credits for persons with disabilities
REGINA - Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe is promising to increase a set of tax credits for persons with disabilities if he's re-elected on Oct. 28. He says another four years with his party in gov...
Oct 08, 2024
Inflation, interest eroded Canadians' purchasing power since 2022: PBO
OTTAWA - A new report from the Parliamentary Budget Officer says inflation and higher interest rates have eroded Canadians' purchasing power since 2022, particularly for lower-income households. Howev...
Oct 08, 2024
Canadian Chamber of Commerce sends stark warning about U.S. trade relationship
WASHINGTON - A new report from the Canadian Chamber of Commerce is sending a stark warning ahead of the U.S. presidential election, saying protectionist policies like Donald Trump's proposed tariffs c...
Oct 08, 2024
Tales of blood and death on streets make B.C. party leaders' debate grim listening
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's three party leaders offered starkly different visions of the province and its future Tuesday in the only televised debate of what appears to be an increasingly close ele...
Oct 08, 2024
OPINION
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
8:30 - A mega-farm in Saskatchewan is raising major concerns about debt, rapid expansion and financial pressures facing ...