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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Carla Beck: Social worker, school trustee seeking job as next Saskatchewan premier
LANG, SASK. - Carla Beck steps out of her SUV with her two dogs and starts walking beside a lake near her hometown, the spot where she learned to feed cows, swing a bat and not keep her mouth shut. Re...
Sep 29, 2024 Saskatchewan NDP Leader Carla Beck stands beside her dog, Piper, on a trail near Lang, Sask., Friday, Sept. 13, 2024. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeremy Simes)
Scott Moe: Conservative who began as a left-winger with a lights-out hockey shot
SHELLBROOK, Sask. - Scott Moe is the conservative premier who began life as a left-winger with a shot so hard, it was lights out - literally. On this recent fall day, Moe stands among the seats at his...
Sep 29, 2024 Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe speaks during a press conference before the 2024-2025 Saskatchewan budget is presented in Regina, on Wednesday, March 20, 2024. On this recent fall day, Moe stands among the seats at his hometown rink in Shellbrook, north of Saskatoon, and points to the spot on the ice where he was knocked out cold. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu)
Experts give nod to Saskatchewan Party but expect tight October election race
REGINA - With the writs expected to drop this week for the Saskatchewan general election, political experts say Scott Moe's Saskatchewan Party is on track for a fifth majority government but will lose...
Sep 29, 2024
Bloc pension demands at odds with Liberal political strategy, economic plans
OTTAWA - The government has just weeks to decide if it will meet the $16-billion demand from the Bloc Qubcois to stave off an election for a few more months, but the stipulation may be at odds with th...
Sep 29, 2024
Labrador residents say "inhumane" food prices force families to go hungry
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A mother in a community where the cost of living is one of the highest in the country says grocery prices are "inhumane" and retailers are putting profits ahead of people's basic hu...
Sep 29, 2024
B.C.'s NDP, Conservatives nominate full slates of candidates for Oct. 19 election
VICTORIA - Elections BC says the New Democrats and Conservatives have nominated full slates of candidates for the upcoming Oct. 19 provincial election. Elections BC says in a statement the two main pa...
Sep 28, 2024
Canada announces $10 million for humanitarian assistance in Lebanon
OTTAWA - Canada is contributing $10 million for humanitarian assistance for civilians in Lebanon amid the escalating conflict between Israel and Hezbollah. International Development Minister Ahmed Hus...
Sep 28, 2024
NDP uses BC United research to mount attacks on 'crackpot' B.C. Conservatives
VICTORIA - Almost 200 pages of research on the B.C. Conservative Party, which sources within BC United confirm were compiled by their party before it dropped out of the British Columbia election campa...
Sep 28, 2024
LGBTQ minister Pascale St-Onge to make history with parental leave
OTTAWA - Canadian Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge is set to make history by becoming the first openly lesbian cabinet minister to take parental leave when her wife gives birth in the coming weeks. "...
Sep 28, 2024
Counting the cost of British Columbia's toxic drug crisis
The toxic drug crisis is one of the most contentious and widely debated issues ahead of British Columbia's provincial election on Oct. 19. Here's a look at the provincial statistics on toxic drug deat...
Sep 28, 2024
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Sarah Mills: Subtle words delivered by a king
Sarah Mills says King Charles touched on everything from NATO to climate and global conflicts in his speech to U.S. Cong...
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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, April 29
8:30 - The spring fiscal update released yesterday includes new measures such as a major skilled trades training program...