Murray Wood: The day Canada Became a nation
April 9, 1917 was Easter Monday. On that date, 109 years ago, Canadian soldiers made history at Vimy Ridge. Murray Wood ...
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House passes defense bill to raise troop pay and overhaul weapons purchases
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House voted to pass a sweeping defense policy bill Wednesday that authorizes $900 billion in military programs, including a pay raise for troops and an overhaul of how the Depart...
Dec 10, 2025
Flooding severs B.C.'s Lower Mainland from Interior, as cross-border flows rival 2021
VANCOUVER - Flooding and rock slides have cut off British Columbia's Lower Mainland from the Interior as a series of atmospheric river weather systems drench the province, with emergency officials say...
Dec 10, 2025
Report raises concerns about human rights of N.S. female migrant workers
HALIFAX - A new report says Nova Scotia is failing to adequately protect female migrant workers employed on farms and seafood plants in the province. The report, published by the Centre for Migrant Wo...
Dec 10, 2025
Ontario Liberals push province to sell off stored U.S. booze for charity
TORONTO - Ontario's Liberals are pushing Doug Ford's government to sell the province's stockpile of U.S. booze that is sitting in storage. Liberal parliamentary Leader John Fraser says Ford should tel...
Dec 10, 2025
Former chief coroner describes years of calls for changes to help toxic drug crisis
VANCOUVER - The former chief coroner for British Columbia says the provincial government didn't seem influenced by evidence or expert advice on how to prevent overdoses after it ignored multiple recom...
Dec 10, 2025
Canada adds Maniac Murder Cult, Terrorgram Collective to list of extremist entities
OTTAWA - The federal government says it has added three extremist networks and an armed insurgent group to its list of terrorist entities. Public Safety Canada says the groups 764, Maniac Murder Cult ...
Dec 10, 2025
QuickList on the 21 Alberta politicians facing citizen recall petitions
Twenty Alberta legislature members with Premier Danielle Smith's 47-member United Conservative Party caucus are officially facing recall petitions from constituents. A recall campaign has also been ap...
Dec 10, 2025
Licence suspended for highest-billing doctor in Newfoundland and Labrador
ST. JOHN'S - Newfoundland and Labrador's College of Physicians and Surgeons has suspended the licence of the province's top-billing doctor. As first reported by the news website allNewfoundlandLabrado...
Dec 10, 2025
PM says new envoy to U.S. will have window to prepare for next phase of trade talks
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada's next ambassador to Washington will have a window to prepare for the next phase of trade relations with the United States. Carney noted Wednesday Canad...
Dec 10, 2025
Quebec tables bill that would ban gang colours, creates public sex offender registry
QUBEC - The Quebec government tabled a wide-ranging public security bill Wednesday that would forbid criminal groups from displaying their colours, create a sex offender registry and forbid protests n...
Dec 10, 2025
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 9
8:30 - Another MP just crossed the floor to the Liberal Party, just weeks away from three critical byelections where the...
