Sarah Mills: Snowbirds' grounding is a chance for Liberal government to stand behind its words
We are told the Snowbirds will return. We are told that the plan is to get new planes quickly. Sarah Mills says now, the...
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Nova Scotia wine growers walk away from government aid negotiations for industry
HALIFAX - The working group examining support for Nova Scotia's wine industry has lost its co-chair, who resigned this week calling talks with the provincial government an "enormous disappointment." P...
Sep 25, 2024
B.C. NDP pledges to help middle-income homebuyers with 40% of financing
SURREY, B.C. - New Democrat Leader David Eby says he will help more middle-class, first-time buyers into the housing market in British Columbia with a plan to finance 40 per cent of the price. Eby sai...
Sep 25, 2024
Liberal government survives non-confidence vote, as Bloc sets deadline
OTTAWA - The minority Liberal government survived a non-confidence vote in the House of Commons on Wednesday, but if the prime minister wants to avoid an election before Christmas the Bloc Qubcois sai...
Sep 25, 2024
Gap between richest and the rest creates a land of disappointed citizens: economist
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia economist Lars Osberg's latest book on the widening gap between the very richest and the rest argues the trend is creating disappointed Canadians prone to distrusting one another...
Sep 25, 2024
Foreign ministry rang alarm bell over challenges in countering disinformation online
OTTAWA - Canada's foreign ministry expressed alarm about its shrinking ability to counter foreign disinformation online due to limited access to data and the evolving tactics of adversaries, a newly r...
Sep 25, 2024
N.B. election debate: Higgs defends major tax cut promise as services struggle
MONCTON, N.B. - New Brunswick's Liberal leader challenged her Progressive Conservative opponent on Wednesday night to explain how his plan to cut hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes will help fun...
Sep 25, 2024
Francis Fox, former senator and Pierre Trudeau cabinet minister, dies at 84
OTTAWA - Francis Fox, a former senator and cabinet minister in Pierre Elliott Trudeau's government, has died at 84. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in a statement Tuesday announcing the death that ...
Sep 24, 2024
Man who staked out Trump at Florida golf course charged with attempting an assassination
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - A man who authorities say staked out Donald Trump for 12 hours on his golf course in Florida and wrote of his desire to kill him was indicted Tuesday on charges that he at...
Sep 24, 2024
Man who staked out Trump at Florida golf course charged with attempting an assassination
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - A man who authorities say staked out Donald Trump for 12 hours on his golf course in Florida and wrote of his desire to kill him was indicted Tuesday on charges that he at...
Sep 24, 2024
'Colonialist mentality:' Indigenous groups challenge Quebec over new history museum
QUEBEC CITY - Several Indigenous groups are calling on the Quebec government to distance itself from the "colonialist mentality" as it designs a new $92-million history museum project in the provincia...
Sep 24, 2024
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Murray Wood: Is this the end of the Snowbirds, or just this era?
The federal government is promising Canada's famous aerobatic team will return, and don't governments always keep their ...
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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, May 20
On Wednesday's show, Evan talks about the Snowbirds with an alumnus and Tourism Moose Jaw to understand the impact of th...
