Sarah Mills: Snowbirds' grounding is a chance for Liberal government to stand behind its words
We are told the Snowbirds will return. We are told that the plan is to get new planes quickly. Sarah Mills says now, the...
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Alberta UCP staff attended meeting about voter database before app was shut down
EDMONTON - Alberta's governing United Conservative Party caucus says staff attended a separatist group's virtual meeting about its website two weeks before the site became the focus of investigations ...
May 05, 2026
Saskatchewan NDP legislature member to sit as Independent, says can't support leader
REGINA - A Saskatchewan Opposition NDP member is now sitting as an Independent. Betty Nippi-Albright says in a social media post she can no longer support the direction of NDP Leader Carla Beck. She s...
May 05, 2026
Quebec labour minister to file police complaint over use of guillotine at protest
Quebec's labour minister says he will file a complaint with Montreal police after protesters used a guillotine on an effigy resembling him at a demonstration last Saturday. A video of a figure with bl...
May 05, 2026
Ontario to start screening for colorectal cancer at age 45 instead of 50
TORONTO - New guidelines published online by Cancer Care Ontario say the province is lowering its colorectal cancer screening age from 50 to 45 in response to a "notable" increase in younger people di...
May 05, 2026
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim vows to use 'all tools' to block overdose prevention site
VANCOUVER - Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim has vowed to block the opening of a planned overdose prevention site in the city's downtown, promising to "use all tools available" in trying to do so. Sim, whose A...
May 05, 2026
'Henry's Law:' Saskatchewan strengthens carbon monoxide monitoring after boy's death
REGINA - Saskatchewan is bolstering rules on carbon monoxide monitoring after an 11-year-old Regina boy was killed by the colourless, odourless gas. Eric Schmalz, the government relations minister, sa...
May 05, 2026
Canada has a new searchable flood risk tool. You just can't search it yet.
Canada's new searchable flood risk tool will only be available in provinces and territories that opt in to the program, a move that's frustrated some flood risk experts even as the federal minister sa...
May 05, 2026
N.S. advocates say province has failed to consult as it overhauls disability support
HALIFAX - Advocates for Nova Scotians with disabilities say the provincial government has failed to consult with people affected by an overhaul of housing support and other services. Victoria Levack, ...
May 05, 2026
Saskatchewan to use massive postcard mail-out to gauge citizens on internet controls
REGINA - The Saskatchewan government is promising a mass mail-out of postcards to gauge citizen opinions on whether to put fences around the internet. Premier Scott Moe said the survey will hear from ...
May 05, 2026
Eby hits back at claim B.C. minister is under investigation for helping China
VICTORIA - Premier David Eby says neither the RCMP nor Canada's spy agency have ever raised concerns about his cabinet or caucus, after Vancouver's ex-mayor said a minister was being investigated for ...
May 05, 2026
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Murray Wood: Is this the end of the Snowbirds, or just this era?
The federal government is promising Canada's famous aerobatic team will return, and don't governments always keep their ...
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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, May 20
8:30 - The Snowbirds, as Canada has known them, are coming to an end. The federal government is calling this a moderniza...
