Murray Wood: Local radio is strong. Corporate ownership, not so much
Murray Wood says Rogers closed some stations that should be very viable. As a result, more communities are losing import...
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Clintons finalize agreement to testify in House Epstein probe, bowing to threat of contempt vote
WASHINGTON (AP) - Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton finalized an agreement with House Republicans Tuesday to testify in a House investigation into Jeffrey Eps...
Feb 03, 2026
Paris prosecutors raid X offices as part of investigation into child abuse images and deepfakes
PARIS (AP) - French prosecutors raided the offices of social media platform X on Tuesday as part of a preliminary investigation into allegations including spreading child sexual abuse images and deepf...
Feb 03, 2026
Newfoundland town declares state of emergency after ferocious 24-hour winter storm
ST. JOHN'S - Residents of a small fishing community woke up to find pieces of their local seawall floating in the harbour, torn apart by a winter storm that bore down on eastern Newfoundland for 24 ho...
Feb 03, 2026
Transport minister will 'not interfere' with plane certification despite Trump threat
MONTREAL - Transport Minister Steven MacKinnon says he will not interfere with the work of regulators after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to decertify Canadian-built planes unless the governm...
Feb 03, 2026
Smith says Alberta will withhold funding for judges without more input on selection
EDMONTON - Premier Danielle Smith says her government will withhold funding to support new judicial appointments in Alberta if the federal government doesn't give the province a say on who is picked. ...
Feb 03, 2026
Montreal mayor says her car was towed and is blaming potholes for two flat tires
MONTREAL - After saying she blew a pair of tires on one of her city's busiest streets, Montreal Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada is pledging to tackle what's causing the problem. "So there were two potho...
Feb 03, 2026
Ottawa remains opposed to acquiring nuclear weapons, minister says
OTTAWA - Canada has "absolutely no intention" of acquiring nuclear weapons, Defence Minister David McGuinty said Tuesday - rejecting the suggestion from former chief of the defence staff Wayne Eyre th...
Feb 03, 2026
Harper calls for national unity, independence at portrait unveiling
OTTAWA - Former prime minister Stephen Harper's official portrait was unveiled in Ottawa Tuesday, ahead of the 20th anniversary of the election of his first Conservative government. Speaking to a crow...
Feb 03, 2026
Calgary committee votes down motion to support drug site closure, seeks clarity
CALGARY - Members of Calgary's executive committee narrowly voted down a motion that could have symbolically supported the closure of the city's sole supervised consumption site, looking for more clar...
Feb 03, 2026
Canadian who says he was tortured in Syria wants court to force Ottawa's hand
OTTAWA - A Canadian man who says he has been tortured in Syria is asking the Federal Court to order Ottawa to decide whether to help bring him home. The man, known publicly only as SS, is one of sever...
Feb 03, 2026
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8:30 - An MOU has been signed between the City of Saskatoon and the Muskeg Lake Cree Nation on the downtown entertainmen...
