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 ...
Tag Archives: Politics
Judge rejects GOP effort to throw out 127,000 Houston votes
HOUSTON - A federal judge on Monday rejected another last-ditch Republican effort to invalidate nearly 127,000 votes in Houston because the ballots were cast at drive-thru polling centres established ...
Nov 02, 2020
Bill introduced to provide businesses with direct access to rent relief
OTTAWA - The federal government has introduced a long-awaited bill to provide businesses with direct access to emergency rent relief - almost a month after announcing the new measure. The bill would a...
Nov 02, 2020
Gunman who killed 4 in Vienna attack had sought to join IS
VIENNA - A man who had previously tried to join the Islamic State group rampaged in Vienna armed with an automatic rifle and a fake explosive vest, fatally shooting four people before he was killed by...
Nov 02, 2020
Canadian 'Billionaire Donald' rooting for Trump to win again, COVID to lose
LONDON, Ont. - It takes Donald Rosso four minutes to turn into Donald Trump. The 63-year-old from London, Ont., is one of several people around the world who work as impersonators of the United States...
Nov 02, 2020
WHO chief Tedros to quarantine after contact gets COVID-19
GENEVA - World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he will self-quarantine after being identified as a contact of a person who tested positive for COVID-19. A top WHO official fo...
Nov 02, 2020
MacKay says he won't run in next federal election after failed leadership bid
OTTAWA - Former Justice Minister Peter MacKay says he won't be on the ballot in the next federal election.Two months ago MacKay finished second to Erin O'Toole in the Conservative leadership contest a...
Nov 02, 2020
'It inhibits me': Teachers open court challenge to Quebec's secularism law, Bill 21
MONTREAL - Three teachers opened the court challenge to Quebec's secularism law Monday, testifying that the legislation forces them to choose between their deeply held religious beliefs and their voca...
Nov 02, 2020
Firms with more robots also have more workers overall, Statistics Canada study says
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says domestic firms that invested in robots since the late 1990s have also expanded their human workforces. The findings released Monday show that over two decades, firms th...
Nov 02, 2020
House of Commons ethics committee makes third try at launching WE-related probe
OTTAWA - The House of Commons ethics committee is making a third attempt at examining conflicts of interest in the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, after two tries to probe Prime Minist...
Nov 02, 2020
Prosecutors oppose release of Quebec woman accused of mailing poison to Donald Trump
MONTREAL - Prosecutors in the United States say a Canadian woman accused of sending a poisoned letter to President Donald Trump is too dangerous to be released. In a memo filed with the Washington D.C...
Nov 02, 2020
NOW TRENDING
OPINION
Sarah Mills: The prime minister needs to live by his own bilingual rules
Sarah Mills says Mark Carney largely speaking French in his call to astronaut Jeremy Hansen breaks a standard he set whe...
LATEST WEATHER
TODAY ON EVAN BRAY
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...
