Murray Wood: Of Easter bunny bells and Juicy Fruit gum
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Non-profit buys two B.C. co-ops, using $71 M grant from affordable housing fund
COQUITLAM, B.C. - Premier David Eby says the first purchase using the government's Rental Protection Fund will save 290 affordable rental units in two housing co-ops that have expired leases and were ...
Feb 08, 2024
Wisconsin elections official claims he's done more for Black community than any white Republican
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A Republican member of the Wisconsin Elections Commission who has faced calls to resign after falsely declaring that former President Donald Trump won the state claimed Thursday t...
Feb 08, 2024
B.C. snowpack about 40% below normal, as Eby worries of 'dramatic drought conditions'
Aaron Hill, executive director of the Watershed Watch Salmon Society in B.C., can't recall when he was so concerned about the snowpack levels in the province. "We could get lucky and have a nice wet, ...
Feb 08, 2024
Tennessee House advances bill addressing fire alarms in response to Nashville school shooting
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Legislation requiring that schools determine the cause of a fire alarm being triggered before instructing children leave a classroom was advanced unanimously by the Tennessee H...
Feb 08, 2024
Veteran Sask. Party MLAs explain decisions to leave provincial politics
Two well-known faces in the Saskatchewan Party are revealing their reasons for leaving provincial politics. Donna Harpauer and Gord Wyant are among the four veteran MLAs who announced they will not se...
Feb 08, 2024 Deputy Premier Donna Harpauer is among the Sask. Party veterans who won't be running again this fall. (980 CJME file photo)
Court of Appeal for Ontario set to release Bill 124 ruling on Monday
TORONTO - Ontario's Appeal Court is set to release its ruling on a provincial wage restraint law known as Bill 124 on Monday. The 2019 law capped salary increases for public sector workers to one per ...
Feb 08, 2024
Takeaways from the Supreme Court arguments over whether Trump is ineligible to be president again
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Thursday heard two hours of historic arguments in a Colorado case to remove former President Donald Trump from the ballot. The justices sounded highly skeptical ...
Feb 08, 2024
Homebuilders group pushing for 30-year mortgages to boost construction in Canada
OTTAWA - The group that represents residential builders in Canada wants Ottawa to offer a 30-year amortization period for insured mortgages on new homes. The Canadian Home Builders' Association says e...
Feb 08, 2024
Joly urges more funding to hire Canadian diplomats, amid Liberal cutbacks on spending
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly is asking MPs to support more funding for Global Affairs Canada, despite the Liberals undertaking cutbacks across the government. Joly said earlier this w...
Feb 08, 2024
Three Canadians taken by Israel in Gaza, says relative, decrying Ottawa's response
OTTAWA - The family of three Canadian men says they were taken from their home in the Gaza Strip during an overnight raid by Israeli forces, as Ottawa confirms it is aware of reports that citizens hav...
Feb 08, 2024
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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...
