Murray Wood: Elbows down, taxpayer subsidies for U.S. flights up
Murray Wood wonders why it's OK for Saskatchewan to prop up air travel to the U.S. with taxpayer dollars, but it was wro...
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Manitoba government says it's on track to hiring 1,000 new health-care workers
WINNIPEG - Manitoba's NDP government is more than halfway toward its goal of hiring 1,000 health-care workers since taking office nearly a year ago, with some groups representing health-care staff app...
Sep 26, 2024
Harris blasts proposals for Ukraine to cede territory to Russia during Zelenskyy meeting
WASHINGTON (AP) - With American support for Ukraine at a partisan crossroads, Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday slammed suggestions that Kyiv should cede territory for the sake of peace with Mo...
Sep 26, 2024
Ontario standardized literacy test scores down, math results steady or improving
TORONTO - Fewer Ontario students in grades 3 and 6 are meeting the provincial standard in reading and writing compared to last year, while math scores are steady or slightly improving - though still l...
Sep 26, 2024
Nova Scotia government defends funding offer rejected by wine industry
HALIFAX - An offer of additional financial aid to Nova Scotia's wine industry is still on the table despite being rejected by grape growers earlier this week, say provincial officials. During a briefi...
Sep 26, 2024
Nova Scotia tourism hurt by ferry cancellations as tourist season winds down: mayor
PICTOU, N.S. - The mayor of a Nova Scotia town says recent disruptions to the ferry service that links the province with eastern Prince Edward Island are posing a real challenge for the town's tourism...
Sep 26, 2024
Louisiana prosecutors drop most serious charge in deadly arrest of Black motorist Ronald Greene
Louisiana prosecutors on Thursday dismissed the most serious remaining charge in the deadly 2019 arrest of Ronald Greene, dropping a negligent homicide count against a veteran trooper seen on body-cam...
Sep 26, 2024
Alberta First Nation angered over lack of consultation in dam decision
A southern Alberta First Nation says it will fight a government decision on a dam that it says broke promises to take its concerns into account. "The Siksika Nation will strenuously oppose this projec...
Sep 26, 2024
NDP MP introduces bill to criminalize residential school denialism
OTTAWA - An NDP MP has introduced a bill that would criminalize residential school denialism, saying it would help stop harm caused toward survivors, their families and communities. If the bill is pas...
Sep 26, 2024 NDP MP Leah Gazan says the purpose of the schools was to extinguish Indigenous cultures and languages and if the government is serious about reconciliation, it needs to protect survivors and their families from hate. (The Canadian Press)
MPs debate another non-confidence motion after Liberals survive vote
OTTAWA - Less than 24 hours after the Conservatives lost their first attempt to topple the government the Tories are trying again. A new motion being debated this morning states that the House of Comm...
Sep 26, 2024
New Brunswick election: Conservatives promise financial literacy curriculum
FREDERICTON - The leader of New Brunswick's Progressive Conservatives is promising to make financial literacy part of the school curriculum if his party wins the Oct. 21 election Blaine Higgs campaign...
Sep 26, 2024
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 30
8:30 - A mega-farm in Saskatchewan is raising major concerns about debt, rapid expansion and financial pressures facing ...
