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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Quebec minister tables bill to restrict evictions for three years amid housing crunch
QUBEC - Quebec's housing minister acknowledged on Wednesday that the province is in a housing crisis, as she tabled a bill that would impose a three-year moratorium on certain types of evictions and b...
May 22, 2024
Senate confirms 200th federal judge under Biden as Democrats surpass Trump's pace
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate on Wednesday confirmed the 200th federal judge of President Joe Biden's tenure, about a month earlier than when Donald Trump hit that mark in his term, though Trump still ...
May 22, 2024
B.C. wildfires: Plans underway for residents' return to evacuated town of Fort Nelson
FORT NELSON, B.C. - The mayor of the regional municipality that includes the evacuated community of Fort Nelson, B.C., says he's optimistic crews have "a very good handle" on the wildfire burning outs...
May 22, 2024
Indian international students most likely to live in unsuitable housing, StatCan says
OTTAWA - International students were more likely to live in unsuitable housing in 2021 than Canadian-born students, a report released Thursday by Statistics Canada shows. In the top ten municipalities...
May 22, 2024
New York senator won't face charges after he was accused of shoving an advocate
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A New York state senator won't face charges after he was accused of shoving an advocate in the state capitol building last week. Disability rights advocate Michael Carey, who filed...
May 22, 2024
Republican National Committee’s headquarters evacuated after vials of blood are addressed to Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Republican National Committee's Washington headquarters was briefly evacuated on Wednesday as police investigated two vials of blood that had been addressed to former President D...
May 22, 2024
Former head of military HR sues Armed Forces, government after misconduct case
OTTAWA - A former military leader who was accused of sexual misconduct in 2021 is suing the federal government, the Armed Forces and his accuser, claiming he was maliciously prosecuted for political r...
May 22, 2024
Former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy takes a 7.7% stake in Buzzfeed
Former Republican presidential candidate and biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy has purchased a minority stake in Buzzfeed, the digital publishing company that shut down its media outlet last year. ...
May 22, 2024
What you should know about North Carolina's race for governor
North Carolina has been an underappreciated political battleground recently and not gotten the same attention as nearby Georgia or Florida or the traditional campaign hotbeds of the Rust Belt. That is...
May 22, 2024
GOP candidate for NC governor blasts public spending as his family nonprofit rakes in taxpayer funds
WASHINGTON (AP) - In his bid to become North Carolina's first Black governor, Republican Mark Robinson assails government safety net spending as a "plantation of welfare and victimhood" that has mired...
May 22, 2024
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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 ...
