Murray Wood: They Fly You Buy
Murray Wood breaks down how much Saskatchewan taxpayers are putting up to subsidize flights to the U.S.
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BDC ready to roll with loans for mid-sized companies hit hard by COVID-19
OTTAWA - Mid-sized Canadian businesses that are strapped for cash because of COVID-19 can now apply through their own banks to get loans of up to $60 million from the federal government. The loans, to...
Jun 18, 2020
Senate ethics committee urges censure of Tory senator over trip to China
OTTAWA - The Senate's ethics committee is recommending that a Conservative senator be censured for breaching the upper house's ethics code when he accepted an all-expenses paid trip to China in 2...
Jun 18, 2020
Court rejects Trump bid to end young immigrants' protections
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected President Donald Trump's effort to end legal protections for 650,000 young immigrants, the second stunning election-season rebuke from the court in ...
Jun 18, 2020
Bad chocks, brake training blamed for crash to prime minister's plane
OTTAWA - Military investigators have revealed the sequence of events that led the Royal Canadian Air Force plane normally used by the prime minister to run into a tow tractor and hangar wall and ...
Jun 18, 2020
New data sees small increase in veterans' historical risk of suicide
OTTAWA - The federal government has released updated figures showing once again that Canadian veterans are at greater risk of suicide than those who have never served in uniform. The new figures add t...
Jun 18, 2020
Border rules mean gruelling drive for Quebecers headed to Iles-de-la-Madeleine
MONTREAL - Quebecers hoping to vacation on the Iles-de-la-Madeleine learned this week they will not be able to stop in New Brunswick overnight because of restrictions on interprovincial travel. The Qu...
Jun 18, 2020
Civil servants to resume talks with federal government in the midst of COVID-19
OTTAWA - Contract talks are expected to resume next week for about 70,000 federal government employees, many of whom have been delivering emergency financial aid to millions of Canadians during the CO...
Jun 18, 2020
California orders people to wear masks in most indoor spaces
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California on Thursday started requiring people throughout the state to wear masks in most indoor settings and outdoors when distancing isn't possible as the coronavirus continues...
Jun 18, 2020
More diversity on courtroom benches welcome, top judge Wagner says
OTTAWA - Supreme Court Chief Justice Richard Wagner said Thursday he would welcome more diversity on courtroom benches, but he refused to be drawn into a broader discussion of systemic racism. At...
Jun 18, 2020
N.S. mass shooting inquiry 'mechanism' done as province, Ottawa finalize details
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's justice minister says most details of a joint federal-provincial inquiry into a mass killing in the province have been finalized. Mark Furey says he's working out a time a...
Jun 18, 2020
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WITH GUEST HOST TAMARA CHERRY 8:30 - The conflict between the US and Iran has escalated again, with American forces carr...
