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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Final court dates set in Meng Wanzhou's case as her lawyers ask to bring new evidence
VANCOUVER - Lawyers for Huawei's chief financial officer say they will apply to introduce new evidence in her extradition case next month. A B.C. Supreme Court judge set June 29 and 30 for a hearing o...
May 12, 2021
Crown seeks life sentence for youth in terrorism case
OTTAWA - The Crown is seeking a life sentence for a teenager who pleaded guilty to terrorism-related charges including possession of explosive material and counselling someone to detonate a bomb. The ...
May 12, 2021
Military reports minimal progress in drive to add more women to the ranks
OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces is reporting minimal progress in its drive to increase the number of women in uniform over the past five years - a task experts say has been made even harder followi...
May 12, 2021
Garneau quarantine travel to Iceland raises government confusion over rules
OTTAWA - Plans for Canada's foreign affairs minister to take his second international trip in less than a month have raised questions around what's allowed for those in quarantine and a discrepancy be...
May 12, 2021
U.K. eyeing fall for start of detailed trade deal talks with Canada, minister says
OTTAWA - Britain's trade minister says his country expects to kick-start talks on a free-trade pact with Canada in the fall and suggests it might differ in scope from what is now in place. Ranil Jayaw...
May 12, 2021
Canada must not extradite Diab regardless of coming French court decision: lawyer
OTTAWA - The Canadian government should not be part of any further wrongful extradition of Hassan Diab regardless of the outcome of a looming French Supreme Court ruling, his lawyer said Wednesday. Do...
May 12, 2021
Trump officials defend their actions in Jan. 6 Capitol riot
WASHINGTON (AP) - Two senior Trump administration officials defended their actions during the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol in testimony before Congress on Wednesday, with former acting Defense Secr...
May 12, 2021
Business leaders in Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin urge court to keep Line 5 operating
WASHINGTON - Political "brinksmanship" in Michigan risks allowing Enbridge Inc. to abandon plans for a $500-million tunnel that would protect an ecologically sensitive Great Lakes waterway from the co...
May 12, 2021
House GOP ousts Trump critic Liz Cheney from top post
WASHINGTON (AP) - House Republicans ousted Rep. Liz Cheney from her post as the chamber's No. 3 GOP leader on Wednesday, punishing her after she repeatedly rebuked former President Donald Trump for hi...
May 12, 2021
Internal emails reveal WHO knew of sex abuse claims in Congo
BENI, Congo (AP) - When Shekinah was working as a nurse's aide in northeastern Congo in January 2019, she said, she was offered a job from a World Health Organization doctor at double her salary - in ...
May 12, 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
On Wednesday's show, Evan talks about the Snowbirds with an alumnus and Tourism Moose Jaw to understand the impact of th...
