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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Canada Post hits pause on negotiations with union as May deadline approaches
OTTAWA - Workers at Canada Post could be heading back to the picket lines in a matter of days - but a labour expert warns postal workers might find negotiating conditions far less favourable now than ...
May 14, 2025
Ontario and Manitoba ink deal to boost interprovincial trade
TORONTO - Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew signed an agreement Wednesday to boost the movement of goods and labour between the two provinces, including direct-to-consumer alcoh...
May 14, 2025
New housing minister says he'll 'leverage' his past as Vancouver mayor in new role
OTTAWA - Canada's new housing minister says he didn't have the tools he needed to address housing affordability issues when he was mayor of Vancouver - the country's most expensive housing market. Gre...
May 14, 2025
California governor outlines $12 billion deficit and freeze on immigrant health program access
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California is facing a $12 billion deficit that Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to help close by freezing enrollment in a state-funded health care program for immigrants living in Ca...
May 14, 2025
Tory MP, unions concerned about lack of labour minister amid Trump's tariffs
OTTAWA - Conservative MP Jamil Jivani sent a letter to the federal government Wednesday raising concerns about the lack of a labour minister in Prime Minister Mark Carney's cabinet at a time of econom...
May 14, 2025
No more blue wall, red wall: How electoral reform could stop regional election sweeps
OTTAWA - A change to Canada's electoral system would have delivered a very different House of Commons this year - one without the monolithic regional strongholds held by both major federal parties - a...
May 14, 2025
Ontario electricity produced with rising percentage of greenhouse-gas-emitting power
TORONTO - Ontario's electricity is now being produced with the highest percentage of greenhouse-gas-emitting power since coal plants were operating in the province. The Independent Electricity System ...
May 14, 2025
Trump meets with Syria's insurgent-turned-leader in Saudi Arabia
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - U.S. President Donald Trump met with interim Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, the first encounter between the two nations' leaders in 25 years...
May 14, 2025
Saskatchewan firefighter groups concerned over building burn legislation
REGINA - Saskatchewan's legislature has passed a bill that opens the door for local governments to order firefighters to burn down derelict buildings, a move firefighters say they oppose. Bill 21, the...
May 13, 2025
Gender-based violence: N.S. committee hears distressing testimony from mother of four
HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia legislative committee heard disturbing testimony Tuesday from a mother of four who described how her spouse allegedly subjected them to harassment while the police and courts s...
May 13, 2025
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Sarah Mills: Doug Ford may be cutting his nose off to spite his face
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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...
