Murray Wood: Is this one of those times when money might be better in the government's pockets?
Windfall profits on oil are prompting a break in the federal fuel excise, but Saskatchewan isn't following suit. Murray ...
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Alberta government reaches agreement with legal aid lawyers, law society
EDMONTON - The Alberta government says it has signed a new five-year governance agreement with the province's legal aid lawyers. It says the deal with Legal Aid Alberta and the Law Society of Alberta ...
Sep 04, 2024
The NDP-Liberal deal is done. What happens now?
OTTAWA - The NDP has pulled out of a confidence and supply agreement with the Liberals. What happens now? In March 2022, the Liberals and NDP penned a deal that would keep the minority government led ...
Sep 04, 2024
Manitoba to look at GPS options at landfills following slayings of 4 Indigenous women
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is looking at ways to increase monitoring and surveillance of garbage trucks and landfills following the slayings of four Indigenous women whose remains were dumped ...
Sep 04, 2024
Food for thought: N.B. Liberals promise free, low-cost food in schools if elected
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick's Liberals are promising to provide free or low-cost food at schools if they're elected this fall. Liberal Leader Susan Holt told reporters Wednesday her government would e...
Sep 04, 2024
Liberals sign school food deal with Newfoundland and Labrador
OTTAWA - Newfoundland and Labrador is the first province to sign a deal with the federal Liberals to expand school food programs across the province, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Wednesday....
Sep 04, 2024
US accuses Russia of using state media to spread disinformation before the November election
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration announced wide-ranging actions Wednesday meant to call out Russian influence in the upcoming U.S. presidential election, unsealing criminal charges against t...
Sep 04, 2024
Veteran BC United legislators Mike Bernier and Tom Shypitka to run as Independents
A pair of BC United legislators have announced they are running as Independents in next month's provincial election after the collapse of the Official Opposition's campaign last week. Both Mike Bernie...
Sep 04, 2024
Quebec 'superminister' Pierre Fitzgibbon says drop in motivation is why he's leaving
MONTREAL - Quebec "superminister" Pierre Fitzgibbon says he is leaving office because he lost motivation to do the job - and that it was the premier who pushed him out the door months earlier than pla...
Sep 04, 2024
The US is preparing to accuse Russia of disinformation campaigns targeting the presidential election
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration is preparing to accuse Russia of disinformation campaigns targeting the presidential election. That's according to two people familiar with an upcoming annou...
Sep 04, 2024
LGBTQ+ activists fearful of a Poilievre government, some say Trudeau should step down
HALIFAX - As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau digs in his heels and pledges to stay on as Liberal leader despite dwindling public support, some LGBTQ+ activists say he is putting queer and gender diverse...
Sep 04, 2024
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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, April 15
8:30 - With a clear majority now secured, Mark Carney no longer has to bargain to survive confidence votes and can focus...
