Murray Wood: Is this one of those times when money might be better in the government's pockets?
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Pipeline deal gets downbeat play at Alberta UCP convention, separation talk
EDMONTON - Alberta's watershed pipeline deal with Ottawa wasn't front and centre Friday when Premier Danielle Smith spoke with United Conservative Party faithful at their annual convention. Smith took...
Nov 29, 2025
B.C. dairy milk testers on strike, call for fair mileage compensation: union
BURNABY - The BC General Employees Union says dairy milk testers in the province have started job action. The union says it represents dairy production technicians employed by Lactanet, and they began...
Nov 28, 2025
Feds set to open new co-ordination centre for disaster response
OTTAWA - Canada will soon have a new operations centre to help co-ordinate countrywide disaster response. Government officials on Friday offered media outlets a tour of the new facility, which is expe...
Nov 28, 2025
Alberta's Smith says recall petitions distracting from government's 'amazing' work
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says recall petitions against 14 of her caucus members have become a distraction from the "amazing" things her government is doing. Smith made the comment whi...
Nov 28, 2025
Manitoba signs on to Ontario memorandum aimed at boosting power transmission
WINNIPEG - Manitoba is renewing its call for a national electricity grid that would move more power between provinces and territories and help the province's exports. Premier Wab Kinew says it's a goo...
Nov 28, 2025
Ontario exempting training centres from municipal and planning laws
TORONTO - Companies and unions building worker training centres using money from Ontario's embattled Skills Development Fund could soon bypass planning laws, raising "significant concerns" for the pro...
Nov 28, 2025
Suspect in shooting of National Guard members faces murder charge as US halts all asylum decisions
WASHINGTON (AP) - Charges against the man accused of shooting two National Guard members have been upgraded to first-degree murder after one of the soldiers died, the U.S. attorney for the District of...
Nov 28, 2025
CIBC analysts cast doubt on private sector taking on new B.C. pipeline any time soon
CALGARY - Analysts at CIBC Capital Markets say they don't expect the private sector to take the lead on a new West Coast oilsands pipeline so long as the British Columbia government and First Nations ...
Nov 28, 2025
CPAC says it's at ‘breaking point’ after CRTC postpones wholesale rate decision
OTTAWA - The video service that has been providing Canadians with direct coverage of political events since 1992 says a recent CRTC decision puts its operation at risk. "Our equipment is in an imminen...
Nov 28, 2025
Anand says Global Affairs cuts won't harm consular access for Canadians abroad
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says budget cuts at Global Affairs Canada won't affect the ability of Canadians in trouble abroad to get help from embassies. "I'm confident that these re...
Nov 28, 2025
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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, April 15
8:30 - With a clear majority now secured, Mark Carney no longer has to bargain to survive confidence votes and can focus...
