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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Senators amend legislation to make it easier to pass on First Nations status
OTTAWA - Senators have passed sweeping amendments to a bill that would simplify the transfer of First Nations status between generations, rejecting the federal government's advice to limit its scope. ...
Nov 19, 2025
Ending tanker ban risks billions, B.C. minister says; Liberal MPs say consent needed
British Columbia's jobs minister says ending a tanker ban on the province's northern coast to service a pipeline from Alberta to B.C. would put billions of dollars' worth of other projects at risk by ...
Nov 19, 2025
Ontario NDP leader kicked out of question period after calling Ford government 'corrupt'
TORONTO - The leader of Ontario's official Opposition was kicked out of question period Wednesday morning after calling Premier Doug Ford's government "corrupt," a sentiment Marit Stiles later doubled...
Nov 19, 2025
Quebec Liberal leader calls for external investigation into report on cash for votes
MONTREAL - Pablo Rodriguez is facing his biggest crisis since becoming leader of the Quebec Liberals in June, after a news report on Wednesday alleged some party members were paid to vote for him in t...
Nov 19, 2025
Carney visits Abu Dhabi as alarm grows over possible UAE role in Sudan's civil war
ABU DHABI - Prime Minister Mark Carney arrived Wednesday in Abu Dhabi to seek more ties with the United Arab Emirates in fields like artificial intelligence - just as the country stands accused of hel...
Nov 19, 2025
Alberta invokes notwithstanding clause to stop court challenges of transgender laws
EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA - The Alberta government has invoked the Charter's notwithstanding clause to protect from legal challenge a trio of laws affecting transgender youth and adults. It's the seco...
Nov 18, 2025
Alberta government eyes legal changes to let physicians work publicly and privately
EDMONTON - The Alberta cabinet minister in charge of primary care says legislation is coming - but won't provide details - amid reports the province plans to let doctors work in the public and private...
Nov 18, 2025
B.C. health workers reach tentative four-year deal with employers
BURNABY - The bargaining association representing more than 67,000 health-care workers in British Columbia's hospitals and long-term care facilities says it has reached a new four-year deal with its e...
Nov 18, 2025
B.C. police complaint commissioner's office gearing up for systemic investigations
British Columbia's police complaint commissioner says his office is gearing up to conduct systemic investigations in an expanded mandate that would go beyond individual cases of police misconduct in h...
Nov 18, 2025
Tennessee governor to keep National Guard in Memphis while state appeals ruling
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee National Guard will keep supporting a crime-fighting task force ordered by President Donald Trump in Memphis after a judge blocked the troops from operating in the ...
Nov 18, 2025
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Sarah Mills: We need more 'regular guys' in the civic process
Standing in front of CEOs, lobbyists, advocates and others at a council meeting is not an exciting prospect, but Sarah M...
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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 ...
