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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Alberta commits $8 million to locate and honour victims at residential school sites
EDMONTON - The Alberta government is contributing $8 million in grants to assist First Nations and Mtis communities locate the remains and honour the memories of residential schoolchildren. Premier Ja...
Jun 23, 2021
Canada to provide residential school records to U.S. if needed: minister
OTTAWA - Canada is open to providing archival data on residential schools to the U.S. government to help with its recently announced investigation into Indigenous boarding schools, the Crown-Indigenou...
Jun 23, 2021
AP sources: Harris to visit US-Mexico border area on Friday
WASHINGTON (AP) - Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday will make her first visit to the U.S.-Mexico border, after criticism from members of both parties for failing to go there despite her role lead...
Jun 23, 2021
Scale and speed of change needed to achieve 2030 climate goal a challenge, says PBO
OTTAWA - A new report released from Canada's parliamentary budget officer Wednesday says the speed at which change needs to happen for how people drive and heat buildings will make it tough for the Li...
Jun 23, 2021
Desmond inquiry: Veterans Affairs manager says family violence training was needed
PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. - The inquiry investigating why a former soldier in Nova Scotia killed three family members and himself in 2017 heard Wednesday from Lionel Desmond's case manager at Veterans Aff...
Jun 23, 2021
Class action alleging RCMP abuse of Indigenous people in Northern Canada certified
TORONTO - A lawsuit alleging RCMP systematically brutalized Indigenous people in Northern Canada can proceed as a class action despite objections from the government, Federal Court ruled on Wednesday....
Jun 23, 2021
Boost to seniors benefit this summer and beyond could cost $10.7 billion, PBO says
OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget officer is estimating the Liberals' plan to send one-time payments this summer to seniors over 75 and then boost their old-age benefits thereafter will cost slightly ...
Jun 23, 2021
O'Toole against cancelling Canada Day; ministers, NDP say it's time for reflection
OTTAWA - Federal politicians are faced with the country's legacy of residential schools as July 1 approaches, with the Conservative leader railing against calls to cancel Canada Day, while Liberal min...
Jun 23, 2021
Russia says warning shots deter UK warship; London denies it
MOSCOW (AP) - Russia said one of its warships in the Black Sea fired warning shots and a warplane dropped bombs Wednesday to force a British destroyer out of an area near Crimea that Moscow claims as ...
Jun 23, 2021
Witnesses: Airstrike in Ethiopia's Tigray kills more than 50
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - An airstrike hit a busy market in Ethiopia's northern Tigray village of Togoga on Tuesday and killed at least 51 people, according to health workers who said soldiers blocked med...
Jun 23, 2021
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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
8:30 - The Snowbirds, as Canada has known them, are coming to an end. The federal government is calling this a moderniza...
