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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'Time for a new leader:' Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister says he won't run again
BRANDON, Man. - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister says he won't seek re-election and a new Progressive Conservative leader will be chosen before the next provincial election. "After almost 10 years as ...
Aug 10, 2021
Wisconsin Democrat Kind won't seek 14th term in US House
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Democratic U.S. Rep. Ron Kind, who served more than 24 years in a southwestern Wisconsin district that former President Donald Trump carried in 2020, announced Tuesday that he won...
Aug 10, 2021
Ottawa creates new regulator for immigration consultants to root out fraud
OTTAWA - The federal government is establishing a college for immigration and citizenship consultants to become the official regulator of the profession across the country. The federal Immigration Dep...
Aug 10, 2021
Company 'shocked' by Ottawa's decision on proposed coal mine in southwestern Alberta
CROWSNEST PASS, Alta. - The company behind the proposed Grassy Mountain coal project in southwestern Alberta says it is shocked by the federal government's decision that it cannot proceed. Environment...
Aug 10, 2021
Wildfires in Algeria leave 32 dead, including 25 soldiers
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) - At least 25 Algerian soldiers were killed saving residents from wildfires ravaging mountain forests and villages east of the capital, the president announced Tuesday night as t...
Aug 10, 2021
Belanger resigning as NDP MLA to seek federal Liberal nomination
Athabasca MLA Buckley Belanger has set his sights on federal politics and will be resigning from his current provincial seat on Sunday. He made the announcement Tuesday during an online media conferen...
Aug 10, 2021 Former NDP Athabasca MLA Buckley Belanger. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Gov. Andrew Cuomo resigns over sexual harassment allegations
NEW YORK (AP) - Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced his resignation Tuesday over a barrage of sexual harassment allegations in a fall from grace a year after he was widely hailed nationally for his detailed d...
Aug 10, 2021
Canada's housing strategy having 'limited' impact on housing need, PBO says
OTTAWA - The federal government has spent less than half of the funding earmarked for a pair of flagship housing programs as the need for affordable homes grows along with a yawning "affordability gap...
Aug 10, 2021
Ottawa commits $321 million for residential school survivors and communities
OTTAWA - The federal government is committing $321 million in new funding for Indigenous communities and appointing a special interlocutor to propose law and policy changes to better respond to the fi...
Aug 10, 2021
O'Toole warns Canadians not safe in China after court upholds death sentence
OTTAWA - Federal Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole accused Beijing of using the death penalty for political purposes on Tuesday after a Chinese court upheld the sentence of a Canadian sentenced to deat...
Aug 10, 2021
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8:30 - A mega-farm in Saskatchewan is raising major concerns about debt, rapid expansion and financial pressures facing ...
