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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Saskatchewan signs first contracts with nurse practitioners to expand primary care
REGINA - Saskatchewan's government has signed its first contracts with nurse practitioners to expand primary care. Health Minister Jeremy Cockrill says the 19 new contracts will help patients get medi...
Nov 17, 2025
TD Bank settles human rights complaint by B.C. Muslim-Indigenous man
VANCOUVER - A human rights complaint has been settled between the TD Bank and a Muslim-Indigenous man who claimed he was racially profiled while trying to open a bank account at a Surrey, B.C., branch...
Nov 17, 2025
Carney Liberals narrowly survive crucial budget vote, preventing winter election
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney's government narrowly survived a crucial budget vote Monday evening, one that could have sent Canadians to the polls this winter but instead propped up the minority...
Nov 17, 2025
Swedish royals head to Canada as country lobbies for a slice of defence spending
OTTAWA - The Swedish royal family is paying a rare, three-day state visit to Canada this week, bringing with them a delegation of top government ministers and representatives from dozens of Swedish co...
Nov 17, 2025
Federal and Manitoba governments announce more steps toward port project
WINNIPEG - One of the federal government's proposed nation-building projects - the expansion of the Port of Churchill and the rail line that serves the remote northern community - will require a lot o...
Nov 16, 2025
PQ leader rallies troops as Quebec Liberals warn against Quebec currency policy
SHERBROOKE - Parti Qubcois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon rallied his party faithful Sunday, less than a year from the next provincial election and with a number of important tests to come before the...
Nov 16, 2025
Chief asks for help locating missing jacket adorned with honours, family history
OTTAWA - A Mi'kmaw hereditary chief is pleading for help from the public to return his chiefs jacket he lost in the Montreal airport last week. Adorned with a medal presented to him for the Order of C...
Nov 16, 2025
Cuts to international student visas leave post-secondary schools bracing for more pain
by David Baxter OTTAWA - As provincial governments wait to hear details of Ottawa's new immigration targets, some are warning that coming cuts to the number of international student visas will put col...
Nov 16, 2025 Amidst the layoffs, Saskatchewan Polytechnic held an open house across its campuses earlier this month to showcase the different programs it offers. (Saskatchewan Polytechnic/Facebook)
Burnaby apologizes for historic discrimination against people of Chinese descent
BURNABY - Burnaby, B.C., Mayor Mike Hurley has issued an official apology on behalf of the city for its historic discrimination against people of Chinese descent. He called an official meeting of city...
Nov 15, 2025
Gun control group warns of firearm 'inaction' ahead of Polytechnique anniversary
by Jim Bronskill OTTAWA - A well-known gun control group is telling Prime Minister Mark Carney it would be "disingenuous and even hypocritical" for Liberal MPs to wear white ribbons to mark the annive...
Nov 15, 2025 A restricted gun licence holder holds a AR-15 at his home in Langley, B.C., on May 1, 2020. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward)
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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 ...
