Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
Every Friday, Murray Wood takes a look back at the week's news and decides who's hot... and who's not. This week's list ...
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Wisconsin Supreme Court rejects Democrats’ congressional redistricting challenge
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The liberal-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday rejected a Democratic lawsuit that sought to throw out the battleground state's congressional maps, marking a victory for ...
Mar 01, 2024
Jill Biden casts Donald Trump as a threat to women as she opens a tour of battleground states
ATLANTA (AP) - First lady Jill Biden warned Friday that returning Donald Trump to the White House would threaten women who already have watched the former president's Supreme Court picks nix a federal...
Mar 01, 2024
Ottawa pledges $58.8M to continue local journalism program to 2027
OTTAWA - The Liberal government is extending a program that funds 400 local reporting jobs across the country. Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge says Ottawa will spend another $58.8 million to continu...
Mar 01, 2024
Duncan defends decision to stop remitting carbon tax on home heating
SaskEnergy minister Dustin Duncan says he's ready for whatever comes next. On Thursday, Duncan announced that Saskatchewan will not remit the carbon tax on natural gas used for home heating to Ottawa....
Mar 01, 2024 Dustin Duncan, minister responsible for SaskEnergy, says he's ready for what comes next after making the decision to stop remitting the carbon tax collected on home heating in Saskatchewan back to Ottawa. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
President Joe Biden signs short-term spending bill to avoid partial government shutdown
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden on Friday signed a short-term spending measure that keeps one set of federal agencies operating through March 8 and another set through March 22 - officially stav...
Mar 01, 2024
Brian Mulroney, the last conservative prime minister to taste major victory in Quebec
OTTAWA - Ask Brian Mulroney's chief political rival about the former prime minister's greatest success, and he will say the answer runs through Quebec. Jean Chrtien cites Mulroney's 1984 breakthrough,...
Mar 01, 2024
New Jersey businessman pleads guilty and agrees to cooperate in Sen. Bob Menendez's corruption case
NEW YORK (AP) - A New Jersey businessman pleaded guilty Friday to trying to bribe U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, agreeing to a deal with prosecutors that calls for him to testify in the corruption case again...
Mar 01, 2024
AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Texas' state and presidential primaries
WASHINGTON (AP) - Less than a week after staging rival events on the banks of the Rio Grande River along the U.S.-Mexico border, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will face voters ...
Mar 01, 2024
A day after Capitol lockdown, Maryland official says text-message alert system has been in the works
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Maryland signed a contract this week to create a text-message alert system for the grounds of the Capitol, lawmakers said Friday, a day after the historic building was put on loc...
Mar 01, 2024
Final prosecution from 26 charges in 2021 Halifax housing protest ends in acquittal
HALIFAX - The last of 26 charges laid after a 2021 Halifax housing protest has ended with an acquittal, capping a two-and-a-half-year legal saga during which just a handful of prosecutions proceeded. ...
Mar 01, 2024
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Sarah Mills: Floor crossing should be a choice between sitting as an independent or running in a byelection
Sarah Mills says floor crossing from any party in the House of Commons just one year into a mandate shouldn't be allowed...
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, April 10
8:30 - After another conservative MP crossed the floor to the Liberals earlier this week, we wanted to get thoughts from...
