Murray Wood: Isn't it time for more 'we' than 'oui' in Rideau Hall?
Louise Arbour brings much more than French skills to her role as the king's representative, but she also has taken contr...
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Psychedelic therapy and workers' rights bills fail to advance in California's tough budget year
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - As California faces a multibillion-dollar budget deficit, lawmakers must make tough decisions about which of the more than 1,000 measures still alive in the Legislature this ...
May 16, 2024
Lawyers discuss role classified documents may play in bribery case against US Rep Cuellar of Texas
HOUSTON (AP) - Prosecutors and defense attorneys on Thursday discussed whether classified documents might play a role in the planned trial of U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas, who is facing federal br...
May 16, 2024
Repeal of a dead law to use public funds for private school tuition won't be on Nebraska's ballot
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A measure to repeal a now-defunct law passed last year that would use public money to fund private school tuition has been pulled from Nebraska's November ballot, the secretary of s...
May 16, 2024
Judge dismisses lawsuit by Georgia court candidate who sued to keep talking about abortion
ATLANTA (AP) - A federal judge on Thursday rejected a lawsuit by a former Democratic congressman running for Georgia state Supreme Court who claimed a state agency was unconstitutionally trying to blo...
May 16, 2024
Canada provides $40 million in new assistance for Palestinians
OTTAWA - Canada is providing $40 million to help Palestinians in the Gaza Strip amid concern over what it calls a catastrophic humanitarian situation, worsened by an Israeli ground offensive in Rafah....
May 16, 2024
Arkansas Supreme Court upholds 2021 voting restrictions that state judge found unconstitutional
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday upheld four voting restrictions passed by Republican lawmakers in 2021 that were struck down by a state judge as unconstitutional. Justi...
May 16, 2024
House Republicans ditch their day jobs to stand with Trump, while legislating languishes
Leaving Washington behind, prominent far-right House Republicans who have repeatedly thrown this Congress into chaos showed up Thursday at Donald Trump's hush money trial to do what they do best. They...
May 16, 2024
Poilievre would rather 'watch the country burn' than fight climate change: Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre's pledges to axe carbon pricing come at a time of wildfires and other disasters and Poilievre would rather "watch the country burn...
May 16, 2024
Former Connecticut budget official arrested, pleads not guilty to bribery and extortion charges
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - A former top official in Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont's budget office allegedly extorted private contractors into paying him thousands of dollars in bribes as he oversaw large bl...
May 16, 2024
Sask United Party announces new leader as Nadine Wilson steps down
MLA Nadine Wilson is stepping down as the leader of the Sask United Party. On Thursday, the Sask United Party - which Wilson founded in 2022 after she was forced to resign from the government caucus f...
May 16, 2024 Jon Hromek, an energy executive and Sask United's deputy leader, is taking over as the party's leader. (Sask United Party/Submitted)
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Sarah Mills: Betty Nippi-Albright did the honourable thing by choosing to sit as independent
Sarah Mills says Betty Nippi-Albright's departure from the Sask. NDP has not forced a byelection, nor has she sought dea...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, May 7
Evan speaks with Shaun Semple after Regina City Council approved the Brandt/REAL District purchase deal on Wednesday, th...
