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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Farmers will lobby Ottawa for $50K guaranteed annual income pilot program
HALIFAX - A farmers advocacy group says it plans to lobby the federal government for a guaranteed annual income of $50,000. The idea by the National Farmers Union came from its annual convention, held...
Nov 25, 2025 Carrots are harvested at Mas & Fils Jardiniers, in Saint-Michel, Que., on Friday, Oct. 24, 2025. The 4th generation family-run vegetable business has an annual production of 10,000 tonnes specializing in growing carrots, leeks and beets which it supplies to Canada and the United States. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
Accessibility office in limbo as it calls out federal government's failures
OTTAWA - The federal Office of Public Service Accessibility is in limbo months after it produced a document accusing the government of falling behind on supports for public servants with disabilities....
Nov 25, 2025
Saskatchewan government says budget on course to record $427M deficit at year's end
REGINA - This year's Saskatchewan budget is sinking deeper into the red, mainly due to the cost of fighting the summer's wildfires and higher health-care expenses. Finance Minister Jim Reiter, in a mi...
Nov 25, 2025
Carney says B.C. 'has to agree' on pipeline plan from Alberta
OTTAWA - British Columbia "has to agree" on any pipeline from Alberta to the Pacific coast, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday, as his government edges closer to unveiling the details of a new en...
Nov 25, 2025
Trump administration plans to review refugees admitted under Biden, memo obtained by The AP says
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration plans a review of all refugees admitted to the U.S. during the Biden administration, according to a memo obtained Monday by The Associated Press, in the late...
Nov 24, 2025
Explainer on Alberta UCP legislature members facing recall petitions
EDMONTON - Nine Alberta legislature members with Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservative Party caucus are facing recall petitions from constituents. It's the first time the province's Recall Act ...
Nov 24, 2025
Alberta bill allows doctors to toggle between public and private pay for surgeries
EDMONTON - The Alberta government has tabled a bill that would open the door for surgeons to charge patients for privately delivered procedures while keeping a foot in the public system and billing ta...
Nov 24, 2025
Premier Eby tells Carney it's unacceptable B.C. has been cut out of pipeline talks
VICTORIA - For a project he says "doesn't actually exist," there was a lot British Columbia Premier David Eby had to say about a potential pipeline from Alberta to B.C.'s northern coast, in a phone ca...
Nov 24, 2025
'He should care': Conservatives slam Carney on Trump comments
OTTAWA - Conservative MPs slammed Prime Minister Mark Carney Monday over dismissive comments he made recently when asked about stalled trade talks with U.S. President Donald Trump. While taking questi...
Nov 24, 2025
Environmental review approved for wind project tied to Membertou First Nation in N.S.
HALIFAX - A wind project in Guysborough County, N.S., involving the Membertou First Nation has passed the environmental review stage. The Nova Scotia government says it has approved the environmental ...
Nov 24, 2025
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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 ...
