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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Freeland blasts Tories, but thanks NDP for support on pushing new NAFTA forward
OTTAWA - Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland has offered effusive thanks to New Democrats and stinging criticism of the Conservatives after the NDP supported the minority Liberal government's effo...
Feb 18, 2020
Trump expected to commute former Gov. Blagojevich sentence
CHICAGO - President Donald Trump is expected to commute the 14-year prison sentence of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who was convicted of political corruption just months after he appeared on ...
Feb 18, 2020
Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Dwight Ball discusses surprise resignation
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Dwight Ball says the decision to step down as leader of the province was his alone. The premier announced his intention to resign in a surpris...
Feb 18, 2020
Ottawa supports heavy fuel ban for Arctic; northerners seek compensation
The federal government says it will support an international ban on environmentally damaging heavy fuel oils in Arctic shipping. The decision comes despite concerns that forcing shippers to use more e...
Feb 18, 2020
Trump pardons ex-San Francisco 49ers owner DeBartolo Jr.
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Tuesday pardoned Edward DeBartolo Jr., the former San Francisco 49ers owner convicted in a gambling fraud scandal who built one of the most successful NFL teams ...
Feb 18, 2020
Trump pardons ex-49ers owner Edward DeBartolo Jr.
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has pardoned Edward DeBartolo Jr., the former San Francisco 49ers owner convicted in a gambling fraud scandal. DeBartolo Jr., who built the San Francisco 49ers' 198...
Feb 18, 2020
No new coronavirus cases under investigation in Ontario
TORONTO - Ontario now has no novel coronavirus cases under investigation. A daily update from the provincial government shows that 421 people have been tested in the province over the past several wee...
Feb 18, 2020
Prison watchdog raises concerns of 'culture of impunity'
OTTAWA - Canada's prison watchdog is raising concerns about the safety, rights and human dignity of prisoners within Canada's federal corrections system, issues he says stem from problems wi...
Feb 18, 2020
US sanctions Russian oil company for role in Venezuela
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration is imposing sanctions on the trading unit of Russian state-controlled oil company Rosneft for helping Venezuela skirt an embargo on oil from the South American co...
Feb 18, 2020
Homeland Security waives contracting laws for border wall
SAN DIEGO - The Trump administration said Tuesday that it will waive federal contracting laws to speed construction of a wall at the U.S.-Mexico border. The Department of Homeland Security said waivin...
Feb 18, 2020
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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...
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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...
