Murray Wood: Marking the anniversary of Germany's surrender in the Netherlands
Murray Wood says May 5 is an important date that not many recognize. The day marks the anniversary of the surrender of t...
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Alberta premier's former chief of staff suing fired health CEO, news outlet
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's former chief of staff is suing the fired CEO of the province's front-line health agency and the newspaper that first reported allegations of corruption in m...
May 16, 2025
Ontario boosts autism budget to $779M, advocates question where money is going
TORONTO - Ontario is increasing funding for its autism program to $779 million this year, the government announced in this week's budget, but advocates say it's not yet clear exactly where that money ...
May 16, 2025
Still no decision in federal election vote recount in rural Newfoundland riding
ST. JOHN'S - A long weekend looms with no decision yet in a federal election vote recount in the central Newfoundland riding of Terra Nova-The Peninsulas. The judicial recount began Monday in Marystow...
May 16, 2025
'A first step': Crowsnest Pass mayor excited about Northback drilling approval
CALGARY - The mayor of Crowsnest Pass in southwestern Alberta says the Alberta Energy Regulator's approval of a controversial coal exploration project on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains is l...
May 16, 2025
Strip searches of teen girls in detention were unconstitutional, Ontario judge rules
TORONTO - An Ontario judge has ruled that repeated strip searches of teen girls accused in the fatal swarming of a homeless Toronto man were unconstitutional. Four of the eight girls accused in the at...
May 16, 2025
Stockwell Day supports Alberta vote on separation, warns it's dangerous for Tories
OTTAWA - Former Conservative member of Parliament Stockwell Day says Alberta separatism poses a threat to the federal Conservative party - which risks seeing a return to the kind of vote-splitting tha...
May 16, 2025 Stockwell Day, then international trade minister, speaks to media in Prague, Czech Republic, on Tuesday, May 5, 2009. Day says he thinks Alberta should hold a referendum on separating from Canada. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Jury convicts ex-Tennessee House speaker and his aide in legislative mail scheme
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A federal jury on Friday convicted a former Tennessee House speaker and his onetime chief of staff in a scheme to win taxpayer-funded mail business from state lawmakers even af...
May 16, 2025
Ontario investing $38 million to revamp Wasaga Beach
WASAGA - Ontario announced today it will invest nearly $40 million to help revitalize Wasaga Beach. Premier Doug Ford says $25 million will go toward rebuilding the Nancy Island Historic Site. That si...
May 16, 2025
Separation referendum would be 'bad for the country': Calgary Chamber of Commerce
CALGARY - The head of a group representing Calgary's business community says a referendum on separation would inflict grave damage on the economies of Alberta and Canada - regardless of the result. "B...
May 16, 2025
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith shuffles her cabinet, splits health portfolio
CALGARY - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announced Friday an overhaul of several government ministries, creating two new health services portfolios and replacing her Indigenous relations minister. For...
May 16, 2025
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Sarah Mills: Speeding tickets three months after the fact are no deterrent
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, May 5
8:30 - As central Saskatchewan is dealing with flooding, the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency is working closely with m...
