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New Brunswick budget has historic $1.4B deficit, plans for highway toll into N.S.
FREDERICTON - The New Brunswick government says health-care spending helped push the budget for the next fiscal year into a record deficit, and the province plans to raise revenue with a new toll on a...
Mar 17, 2026
Why it could take years to trace the Indigenous artifacts returned by the Vatican
OTTAWA - More than 60 Indigenous items repatriated from the Vatican are now back on Canadian soil - but their journey home is just getting started. Experts and elders are now working to trace their or...
Mar 17, 2026
Seven candidates still in B.C. Conservative leadership race after two MLAs drop out
VICTORIA - The number of candidates running for the leadership of the British Columbia Conservatives has shrunk to seven. Bruce Banman and Harman Bhangu, both members of the provincial legislature, ha...
Mar 16, 2026
Manitoba sports organizations would track under-represented groups under new bill
WINNIPEG - Provincial amateur sports organizations in Manitoba may soon be required to track demographics and show efforts to make their sport more inclusive. A bill now before the legislature would r...
Mar 16, 2026
More details emerge on pay of Manitoba trade representative in Washington D.C.
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government defended its trade representative in Washington, D.C., on Monday as more details emerged about how much taxpayers are providing the consultant. Former television rep...
Mar 16, 2026
Opening date for Manitoba's first drug consumption site up in the air: Kinew
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is walking back comments that a supervised drug consumption site could open soon, with Premier Wab Kinew saying the province is taking some time to get things right....
Mar 16, 2026
Alberta reviewing new plan on forcing oil companies to pay municipal taxes: minister
EDMONTON - Alberta may soon require oil and gas companies to keep on top of their municipal property tax payments if they want to keep producing. It's one of the proposals released Monday in a report ...
Mar 16, 2026
Canada can 'manage' Trump's call for help without being drawn into Iran war: minister
OTTAWA - Canada can successfully navigate President Donald Trump's call for NATO allies to secure the Strait of Hormuz without getting drawn into the war, Defence Minister David McGuinty said Monday. ...
Mar 16, 2026
Nature groups warn federal funding cuts endangering efforts to protect land, water
OTTAWA - Some of Canada's most prominent conservation groups say Ottawa is putting at risk its goals to protect nearly one-third of Canada's land and waterways, with tens of millions of dollars in fed...
Mar 16, 2026
Ford urges federal government to legalize use of pepper spray for self-defence
The federal government should legalize the use of pepper spray for self-defence purposes, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Monday in one of several justice-themed points of contention he raised at a pre...
Mar 16, 2026
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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, July 15
On Wednesday's show, guest host Tamara Cherry talks about the conflict in the Middle East, a possible pipeline in wester...
