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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Quebec school cellphone ban has had positive impact, students and administrators say
MONTREAL - Quebec's expanded school cellphone ban is getting top marks from some students and administrators who say the measure has improved students' concentration and social interactions. On a rece...
Dec 24, 2025
QuickList on the 26 Alberta politicians facing citizen recall petitions
Citizen-led recall petitions were officially approved Tuesday against three more Alberta legislature members, bringing the total to 26. Twenty-four of those petitions are for United Conservative Party...
Dec 23, 2025
Three more Alberta recall petitions issued against politicians, bringing total to 26
EDMONTON - Elections Alberta issued three more recall petitions Tuesday for members of the provincial legislature - two United Conservative backbenchers and one Opposition New Democrat. It brings the ...
Dec 23, 2025
Academic whose report led to fracking ban questions N.S. government's gas claims
HALIFAX - A former university president who oversaw the report that led to a decade-long ban on fracking in Nova Scotia is questioning the government's claims that new natural-gas development will low...
Dec 23, 2025
Food insecurity persists in Ontario cities that declared emergencies over past year
TORONTO - More than a year since a growing list of Ontario municipalities began declaring food insecurity emergencies, hunger in those communities has not abated, food bank operators say. Although the...
Dec 17, 2025
QuickList on the 23 of Alberta's politicians facing citizen recalls petitions
Citizen-led recall petitions were officially approved Wednesday against United Conservative members Mickey Amery and Jackie Armstrong-Homeniuk, bringing total recalls to 23. One in four elected repres...
Dec 17, 2025
World of woes: How the global polycrisis is shaping Canada's youth
TORONTO - Amir Faraji has been journaling to stave off despair. It helps him turn a nebulous sort of hopelessness, which he attributes to the state of the world, into something tangible: words on a pa...
Dec 17, 2025
Teen admits to splashing Saskatoon schoolmate with lighter fluid, setting her on fire
SASKATOON - It was a teen friendship that spiralled into obsession and threats before one girl -- in a school hallway with a squirt of igniter fluid and a lighter -- burned another girl so badly that ...
Dec 15, 2025
Quebec teachers' union survey says 90 per cent faced violence during their careers
MONTRAL - A Quebec teachers' union released the findings of a survey of its members on Monday that found 90 per cent of respondents said they were victims of some form of violence at work since the be...
Dec 15, 2025
There's a happiness gap between young people in Quebec and in the rest of Canada
MONTREAL - Joshua Bujold, an upbeat psychology student in his first semester at Montreal's Dawson College, was taken aback to find out that happiness among young Canadians has plunged. Outside Quebec,...
Dec 15, 2025
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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...
