Murray Wood: Western separation talk borders on the absurd
Western separation isn't new, as Murray Wood reminds us. From fringe parties in the 1980s to bizarre border ideas today,...
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Duncan defends decision to stop remitting carbon tax on home heating
SaskEnergy minister Dustin Duncan says he's ready for whatever comes next. On Thursday, Duncan announced that Saskatchewan will not remit the carbon tax on natural gas used for home heating to Ottawa....
Mar 01, 2024 Dustin Duncan, minister responsible for SaskEnergy, says he's ready for what comes next after making the decision to stop remitting the carbon tax collected on home heating in Saskatchewan back to Ottawa. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
President Joe Biden signs short-term spending bill to avoid partial government shutdown
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden on Friday signed a short-term spending measure that keeps one set of federal agencies operating through March 8 and another set through March 22 - officially stav...
Mar 01, 2024
Brian Mulroney, the last conservative prime minister to taste major victory in Quebec
OTTAWA - Ask Brian Mulroney's chief political rival about the former prime minister's greatest success, and he will say the answer runs through Quebec. Jean Chrtien cites Mulroney's 1984 breakthrough,...
Mar 01, 2024
New Jersey businessman pleads guilty and agrees to cooperate in Sen. Bob Menendez's corruption case
NEW YORK (AP) - A New Jersey businessman pleaded guilty Friday to trying to bribe U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, agreeing to a deal with prosecutors that calls for him to testify in the corruption case again...
Mar 01, 2024
AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Texas' state and presidential primaries
WASHINGTON (AP) - Less than a week after staging rival events on the banks of the Rio Grande River along the U.S.-Mexico border, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will face voters ...
Mar 01, 2024
A day after Capitol lockdown, Maryland official says text-message alert system has been in the works
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Maryland signed a contract this week to create a text-message alert system for the grounds of the Capitol, lawmakers said Friday, a day after the historic building was put on loc...
Mar 01, 2024
Final prosecution from 26 charges in 2021 Halifax housing protest ends in acquittal
HALIFAX - The last of 26 charges laid after a 2021 Halifax housing protest has ended with an acquittal, capping a two-and-a-half-year legal saga during which just a handful of prosecutions proceeded. ...
Mar 01, 2024
Electricity cut to shrinking Halifax homeless encampment as temperatures plunge
Halifax officials delivered on a promise Friday to cut electricity to the dozen or so people living in a homeless encampment set up last fall outside city hall. As of 9 a.m., all but one of the 12 rem...
Mar 01, 2024
What to know about the latest court rulings, data and legislation on abortion in the US
A judge in Montana rejected abortion restrictions, the attorney general in Missouri is accusing Planned Parenthood of illegally transporting minors for abortions and new data shows how the way abortio...
Mar 01, 2024
Former New Brunswick minister Allain says he won't run in fall election
FREDERICTON - A former minister in New Brunswick's Progressive Conservative government announced Friday he won't be running in the coming provincial election. Daniel Allain, 53, said in a statement on...
Mar 01, 2024
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Sarah Mills: Alberta's book bans hinge on what's 'explicit'
Alberta is banning certain books in school libraries sticking to those deemed age-appropriate. But as Sarah Mills explor...
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, July 18
Evan checks in with Premier Scott Moe. Then it's open phones, Bugs 'n Hugs, Eatin' Time, and Green & White Progs. We...
