Murray Wood: A call to prayer results in a call to controversy
Murray Wood says a Regina mosque's weekly call to prayer is creating a real-life Venn diagram of religious freedom, back...
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Alberta First Nation suing federal government over right to clean drinking water
EDMONTON - An Alberta First Nation has revived a lawsuit it launched 10 years ago in an effort to get the federal government to recognize its human right to clean, safe water. The Ermineskin Cree Nati...
Sep 12, 2024
Nova Scotia adopts bill declaring domestic violence in the province an epidemic
HALIFAX - Following an extraordinary reversal by Premier Tim Houston, the Nova Scotia legislature on Thursday adopted a bill declaring domestic violence an epidemic in the province. The lightning fast...
Sep 12, 2024
Conservatives say they have solution for online harassment after Liberals 'failed'
OTTAWA - Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner says her party will introduce a bill in the House of Commons next week to protect people from online harassment. Rempel Garner says the Liberals have ha...
Sep 12, 2024
North Dakota judge strikes down the state's abortion ban
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - A state judge struck down North Dakota's ban on abortion Thursday, saying that the state constitution creates a fundamental right to access abortion before a fetus is viable. In ...
Sep 12, 2024
Provinces decry Ottawa's plan to resettle asylum seekers across the country
FREDERICTON - Provincial leaders across Canada are taking turns criticizing the federal Liberal government's proposal to alleviate immigration pressure on Quebec and Ontario by resettling asylum seeke...
Sep 12, 2024
North Dakota judge strikes down the state's abortion ban
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - A state judge struck down North Dakota's ban on abortion Thursday, saying that the state constitution creates a fundamental right to access abortion before a fetus is viable. In ...
Sep 12, 2024
Canada's consul general says he had nothing to do with purchase of new NYC residence
OTTAWA - Canada's consul general in New York told members of a House of Commons committee on Thursday that he had nothing to do with the purchase of the country's new official residence in New York Ci...
Sep 12, 2024
Tipping point: Quebec consumer rights bill to regulate how merchants can ask for tips
QUBEC - Quebec wants to curb excessive tipping as part of new legislation the government says will help people save money. Simon Jolin-Barrette, minister responsible for consumer protection, tabled a ...
Sep 12, 2024
Singh says NDP drafting climate plan, won't say if it'll include consumer carbon tax
MONTREAL - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh won't say whether he would keep the consumer carbon price if his party forms government after the next election. Speaking to reporters in Montreal on Thursday, Sing...
Sep 12, 2024
Youri Chassin quits CAQ to sit as Independent, says government spends too much
QUBEC - Quebec legislature member Youri Chassin announced Thursday he's leaving the Coalition Avenir Qubec to sit as an Independent, becoming the second member of government to quit in a little more t...
Sep 12, 2024
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Murray Wood: Paying for junk pretentiously passed off as public art
As people debate Saskatoon spending $300,000 on plastic rocks, Murray Wood notes that the great unwashed aren't really s...
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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, August 5
On Wednesday's show, Evan talked about the removal of benches in Saskatoon, the federal government's firearm buyback pro...
