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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Catholic bishops urge Trudeau to scrap changes to assisted dying legislation
OTTAWA - The president of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops has written to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to voice "very serious concern" about proposed changes to medical assistance in dying...
Jan 31, 2020
Manitoba First Nation loses court bid for continued flood evacuation benefits
WINNIPEG - A Manitoba First Nation has lost its bid to have Ottawa continue paying evacuation benefits to people forced from their homes by flooding in 2011. Lake St. Martin First Nation was seeking a...
Jan 31, 2020
Regulators revisit environmental review for Line 3 pipeline
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Minnesota regulators opened a hearing Friday o n an updated environmental review for Enbridge Energy's plan to replace its aging Line 3 crude oil pipeline across the state, but most ...
Jan 31, 2020
Senate committee urges renewed suspension for Ontario Sen. Lynn Beyak
OTTAWA - The Senate ethics committee is recommending that Sen. Lynn Beyak be suspended again without pay. Beyak's colleagues ousted her from the upper chamber temporarily last spring after c...
Jan 31, 2020
British envoy personally 'sad' about Brexit, professionally excited by new era
OTTAWA - Britain's envoy to Canada says she's personally sad about her country's decision to leave the European Union. But at the same time, High Commissioner Susan le Jeune d'Allegeershecque said she...
Jan 31, 2020
Navy replaces frigate commanders months before Pacific deployment
OTTAWA - The Royal Canadian Navy has replaced the commander of one its frigates as well as his second-in-command months before the warship begins a tour of the Asia-Pacific region that includes patrol...
Jan 31, 2020
Trump curbs immigration for 6 nations in election-year push
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration announced Friday that it was curbing legal immigration from six additional countries that officials said did not meet security standards, as part of an election-y...
Jan 31, 2020
Restaurants urge Ottawa to set reasonable timeline for plastics ban
OTTAWA - Canada's restaurant owners are eager to do their part to curb this country's addiction to plastics but are urging the government to make sure there is enough time for their industry to adapt ...
Jan 31, 2020
Ukraine Airlines CEO thanks Canada for help investigating Tehran crash
OTTAWA - The head of Ukraine International Airlines is thanking Canada for its part in investigating the crash of one of its planes outside Tehran in early January. In a long statement on the airline'...
Jan 31, 2020
Saskatchewan, New Brunswick get new senators
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is turning to two provincial civil servants to fill Senate seats for New Brunswick and Saskatchewan. Legal and constitutional expert Judith Keating fil...
Jan 31, 2020
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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...
