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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Five B.C. health construction contracts axed, including Burnaby Hospital's new phase
VICTORIA - The B.C. government says construction contracts for five health-care projects have been cancelled, after depicting them as being "re-paced" in the February budget. Infrastructure Minister B...
Apr 30, 2026
Liberals shut down committee debate on $6.6-billion IT project
OTTAWA - Opposition MPs say the Liberals used their new power as a majority government Thursday to shelve debate on calls for the government to provide documents about a $6.6 billion IT project that h...
Apr 30, 2026
New PBO says economic update lacks details on targets, results
OTTAWA - Canada's new parliamentary budget officer criticized the government's spring economic update on Thursday for lacking details on spending targets and results. Appearing before the House of Com...
Apr 30, 2026
Saskatchewan to change time bill in recognition of Alberta boundary communities
REGINA - Saskatchewan's government has introduced a bill that would change how time is governed in communities that straddle the Alberta boundary. Changes to the Time Act, tabled Thursday, would ensur...
Apr 30, 2026
Archbishop of Toronto calls on Carney to stop extension of MAID for mental illness
OTTAWA - The Archbishop of Toronto is appealing to Prime Minister Mark Carney's Catholic faith and urging him to "choose life and not death" when it comes to the planned extension of assisted dying el...
Apr 30, 2026
Immigration minister says she's accountable after former IRGC official granted a visa
OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Lena Diab says she's accountable after a former Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps official was granted a visa to visit Canada. But she says she didn't know about the deci...
Apr 30, 2026
Saskatchewan to provide more regular updates of ER closures
REGINA - Saskatchewan's government says residents are to get status updates sooner about whether hospital emergency rooms are closed. Health Minister Jeremy Cockrill told reporters Thursday that start...
Apr 30, 2026
Trump's trade czar says U.S. looking to work with Canada on energy: sources
WASHINGTON - United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer told Canadians looking for insights into the future of bilateral trade this week that "America First" is policy, not a slogan, and they s...
Apr 30, 2026
Alberta voter info database shut down amidst probes of alleged data breach
EDMONTON - A database belonging to an Alberta separatist group was shut down Thursday as elections officials and Mounties probe an alleged voter-list privacy breach affecting up to three million Alber...
Apr 30, 2026
Manitoba shuts down landfill search site, crews still looking for victim at another
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government has officially decommissioned the search site at a Winnipeg-area landfill where the remains of two slain First Nations women were found last year. A portion of the P...
Apr 30, 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
On Wednesday's show, Evan talks about the Snowbirds with an alumnus and Tourism Moose Jaw to understand the impact of th...
