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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B.C. launching review of post-secondary education in wake of declining stability
VICTORIA - British Columbia's public post-secondary institutions have seen a 70 per cent decline in international students, requiring the province to launch a review in a bid to stabilize the sector, ...
Nov 25, 2025
Carney says his comment about speaking with Trump was a 'poor choice of words'
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday his recent reply to a question about the state of trade talks with the U.S. - "Who cares?" - amounted to "a poor choice of words." Conservative Leader ...
Nov 25, 2025
Official languages commissioner concerned about federal budget cuts
MONTREAL - Canada's commissioner of official languages says he wants to ensure language rights don't suffer as a result of federal spending cuts. Raymond Thberge was speaking today in Dieppe, N.B., wh...
Nov 25, 2025
MPs call on feds to bring back bill criminalizing coercive behaviour in relationships
OTTAWA - MPs on the House of Commons status of women committee called on the federal government Tuesday to criminalize coercive behaviour in intimate relationships. The committee members, representing...
Nov 25, 2025
Women's groups criticize Liberals over delay of key firearms measure
OTTAWA - More than a dozen women's advocacy groups chastised the Liberals on Tuesday for failing to bring into force a key provision in firearms legislation passed almost two years ago. The measure wo...
Nov 25, 2025
Five more Alberta UCP legislature members facing recall, bringing total to 14
EDMONTON - Elections Alberta has issued recall petitions against five more members of Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservative Party caucus, bringing the total to 14. The new total means that almo...
Nov 25, 2025
Ontario to strengthen dangerous driving laws in honour of father killed this year
TORONTO - Dangerous driving penalties are set to soon be strengthened in Ontario, as the government has tabled a bill in honour of a father of three who was killed by an alleged dangerous driver. Andr...
Nov 25, 2025
Federal, provincial governments raked in more than $5.4B in cannabis tax revenue
OTTAWA - Ottawa and the provinces raked in more than $5.4 billion in cannabis tax revenue since the drug was legalized for recreational use in October 2018. The federal government has collected $1.2 b...
Nov 25, 2025
Ontario NDP asks integrity commissioner to investigate labour minister
TORONTO - The leader of Ontario's NDP is asking the province's integrity commissioner to investigate the labour minister, alleging he breached ethics rules in handing out skills training funding. Labo...
Nov 25, 2025
Meta pitching app store age verification law to Liberal government
OTTAWA - Meta has been lobbying the federal government for new rules to implement age verification at the app store level - which would put the burden on companies like Apple and Google, not individua...
Nov 25, 2025 The Facebook app, center, appears on a mobile phone screen on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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Sarah Mills: We need more 'regular guys' in the civic process
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 30
8:30 - A mega-farm in Saskatchewan is raising major concerns about debt, rapid expansion and financial pressures facing ...
