Murray Wood: Of Easter bunny bells and Juicy Fruit gum
For Murray Wood, Easter brings to mind grandma's practical advice about repurposing, and some of life's little lessons.
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Creditors accept ex-Montreal mayor Denis Coderre's debt-repayment plan
MONTREAL - Creditors of former Montreal mayor Denis Coderre have unanimously accepted a proposal for him to pay back less than a quarter of his roughly $1.1-million debt. During a virtual meeting Mond...
Jan 26, 2026
ICE wants to buy Pattison building in Virginia to use for 'holding and processing'
VANCOUVER - The United States Department of Homeland Security is planning to buy a building owned by the property arm of Vancouver-based conglomerate Jim Pattison Group to use as an Immigration and Cu...
Jan 26, 2026
Rental market swings back in tenants' favour with lower prices and move-in incentives
The "new year's special" advertising a two-bedroom unit at a midtown Toronto highrise might be what draws you in when searching for your next home - an offer for up to three months of free rent, plus ...
Jan 25, 2026
Montreal scraps social and affordable housing bylaw, will offer city land for housing
MONTREAL - Montreal Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada is following through on a campaign promise to rewrite her predecessor's signature bylaw on affordable and social housing. Former mayor Valerie Plante'...
Jan 23, 2026
Alberta NDP leader accuses Smith's UCP of playing blame game over Calgary water main
CALGARY - Alberta Opposition NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi says Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservative Party government is playing politics with the failure of a key water main in Calgary by pointing...
Jan 20, 2026
'Damn excited': Calgary lifts water-use restrictions after broken pipe repaired
CALGARY - Calgary's 1.6 million residents and those in surrounding municipalities are once again free to flush and take longer showers, as water restrictions imposed due to a broken water main were li...
Jan 16, 2026
Immigrants more likely to cite human rights, diversity as 'Canadian values': Survey
OTTAWA - Immigrants are more likely than those born in Canada to identify things like respect for human rights and gender equality as "shared Canadian values," say survey results in briefing notes pre...
Jan 16, 2026 A section of the nearly 400 new Canadians from 65 countries, take oath of citizenship at a ceremony in Toronto, on Friday, July 19, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
'Completed two phases': Calgary's catastrophic water main repair nearing completion
CALGARY - Calgarians will have to wait a little longer before water restrictions will be lifted after a catastrophic water main break a couple of weeks ago. A key water main ruptured just before New Y...
Jan 15, 2026
Ontario proposes to pause rule that lets cities require affordable housing units
TORONTO - Ontario is proposing to temporarily ban three major cities from requiring a certain percentage of affordable units in new buildings near transit stations, citing a downturn in the housing ma...
Jan 15, 2026
B.C. and feds sign lumber understanding with China, as province looks beyond U.S.
British Columbia's Forests Ministry has entered into a memorandum of understanding with China on modern wood construction, a development that the province hopes will bolster the provincial lumber sect...
Jan 15, 2026
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Sarah Mills: Trying to score World Cup tickets is a fool's game under FIFA
Sarah Mills spent five hours and 50 minutes in a queue for FIFA's general sale for World Cup tickets on Wednesday, only ...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 2
On today's show, Evan asks whether you really relax when you have time off, the economic impact of the industrial carbon...
