Sarah Mills: Snowbirds' grounding is a chance for Liberal government to stand behind its words
We are told the Snowbirds will return. We are told that the plan is to get new planes quickly. Sarah Mills says now, the...
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Canada will support Haitians through 'difficult months' after Moïse assassination: PM
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau condemned the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Mose on Wednesday, saying Canada would stand by the country and its people in tough times ahead. "It is ...
Jul 07, 2021
Judge: Air Force mostly at fault in 2017 Texas church attack
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A federal judge has ruled that the U.S. Air Force is mostly responsible for a former serviceman killing more than two dozen people at a Texas church in 2017 because it failed to s...
Jul 07, 2021
Swedish PM wins support in parliament to form new government
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven narrowly won support from lawmakers Wednesday to form a new government after leading the country in a caretaking capacity since late las...
Jul 07, 2021
Police: 3 undercover officers shot, wounded in Chicago
CHICAGO (AP) - Three undercover law enforcement officers were shot and wounded Wednesday morning while driving onto an expressway on Chicago's South Side, police said. The shooting was reported about ...
Jul 07, 2021
Official: Haiti President Jovenel Moïse assassinated at home
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Gunmen assassinated Haitian President Jovenel Mose and wounded his wife in their home early Wednesday, inflicting more chaos on the unstable Caribbean country that was alr...
Jul 07, 2021
Jagmeet Singh looks West to retake lost turf in B.C., but hurdles dot the path
OTTAWA - Under the shade of Douglas fir and western hemlock, Jagmeet Singh pulled up to Burnaby Central Park one day last week to greet constituents and gear up for his first campaign-style tour of th...
Jul 07, 2021
Panel to explore 'carbon budget' as net-zero idea
OTTAWA - The co-chair of an expert panel designed to advise Canada on how to reach net-zero emissions says it is exploring the idea of creating budgets for greenhouse gas emissions. Dan Wicklum says t...
Jul 07, 2021
'Elbows will come up': Trudeau meets face to face with Kenney and Nenshi in Calgary
CALGARY - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau literally rubbed elbows with Alberta's premier and Calgary's mayor Wednesday for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic before making a major transit announ...
Jul 07, 2021
AFN national chief vote goes to second day after three ballots and no winner
OTTAWA - The election for national chief of the Assembly of First Nations will go to a second day of voting and a fourth ballot after no candidates reached the necessary 60 per cent threshold to claim...
Jul 07, 2021
'Replacing the money': public funds didn't increase oil well cleanups, study suggests
Much of the taxpayer money that has funded oil well cleanup in Alberta may have simply replaced money that energy companies would have spent anyway, according to a new analysis. That means the public ...
Jul 07, 2021
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Murray Wood: Is this the end of the Snowbirds, or just this era?
The federal government is promising Canada's famous aerobatic team will return, and don't governments always keep their ...
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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, May 20
On Wednesday's show, Evan talks about the Snowbirds with an alumnus and Tourism Moose Jaw to understand the impact of th...
