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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NFL teams can reopen facilities Tuesday - with provisos
NFL teams can begin reopening their facilities on Tuesday if state and local governments will allow it. In a memo sent to the 32 teams Friday by Commissioner Roger Goodell and obtained by The Associat...
May 15, 2020
Fed sees Wall Street stress if virus takes 'unexpected' turn
WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve said Friday that Wall Street remains vulnerable to another shock if the global pandemic takes an "unexpected course" putting renewed strains on the economy and the cou...
May 15, 2020
Arkansas venue postpones concert ordered shut due to virus
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - An Arkansas theatre said Thursday it will postpone a country-rock concert that would have defied the state's ban on large gatherings during the coronavirus pandemic, days after hea...
May 15, 2020
U.S. layoffs surged to record high of 11.4 million in March
WASHINGTON - U.S. layoffs soared in March to a record 11.4 million after state and local governments closed restaurants, bars, movie theatres and other nonessential businesses in response to the inten...
May 15, 2020
Trump still confident in virus test despite false negatives
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump expressed no concerns Friday about a rapid coronavirus test that the White House has been relying on to ensure his safety, despite new data suggesting the test may ...
May 15, 2020
Most US states fall short of recommended testing levels
WASHINGTON - As businesses reopened Friday in more of the U.S., an overwhelming majority of states still fall short of the COVID-19 testing levels that public health experts say are necessary to safel...
May 15, 2020
Industrial production plunges unprecedented 11.2% in April
WASHINGTON - American industry suffered the most severe plunge on record last month with factories, mines and utilities battered by the coronavirus pandemic. The Federal Reserve said Friday that its i...
May 15, 2020
Stopped cold: 'Frozen' musical on Broadway not to reopen
NEW YORK - The big budget musical "Frozen" will not reopen when Broadway theatres restart, marking the first time an established show has been felled by the coronavirus pandemic. The Disney show opene...
May 15, 2020
Had enough of 'Contagion'? Here are some warm blanket movies
When many were rushing to rewatch "Contagion," the eerily prophetic 2011 Steven Soderbergh film about the outbreak of an easily transmitted virus, I was searching for more comforting escapes. I reache...
May 15, 2020
'Eurovision that never was' has fans pining for golden times
BRUSSELS - Over its many years, the Eurovision Song Contest has come to be a sign of the times. So it is perhaps fitting that, in coronavirus times, nothing will be happening on Saturday at the schedu...
May 15, 2020
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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 ...
