Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
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Manitoba youth advocate calls for more help for kids affected by wildfires
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government must do more to reduce the physical and psychological harm to young people caused by wildfires, the provincial advocate for children and youth said Wednesday. "Manit...
Oct 15, 2025
Yukon Liberals short of a full slate of election candidates as nominations close
WHITEHORSE - The governing Liberal party in the Yukon has failed to secure a full slate of 21 candidates as the deadline to add names to the ballot passes for the Nov. 3 election. A statement from Ele...
Oct 15, 2025
Dawson Creek, B.C. declares state of emergency over low water supply, drought
DAWSON CREEK - A severe and prolonged drought has set off a declaration of a state of local emergency in Dawson Creek, B.C. Mayor Darcy Dober says in a statement that despite years of conservation the...
Oct 15, 2025
Champagne says world economy showing signs of resilience in face of U.S. trade war
WASHINGTON - Finance Minister Franois-Philippe Champagne said a new International Monetary Fund report shows while the global economy is showing resilience in the face of U.S. tariffs, trade uncertain...
Oct 15, 2025
Talks stall between Alberta teachers, government in provincewide strike
EDMONTON - Alberta's finance minister says there's still a major divide between what the union representing striking teachers is asking for and what the government is willing to spend, while teachers ...
Oct 15, 2025
Conservatives, Liberals clash over youth unemployment as Tories pitch training reform
OTTAWA - Young workers in Canada are facing an increasingly bleak jobs market - and the federal Conservatives and Liberals are at odds over how the government could help. Unemployment rose to 14.7 per...
Oct 15, 2025
Records reveal what Chrétien told ministers before Quebec referendum
MONTREAL - Six days before the nail-biting 1995 Quebec referendum that nearly tore the country apart, Jean Chrtien told his ministers to keep their cool. The prime minister acknowledged that day that ...
Oct 15, 2025
N.L. premier-designate Tony Wakeham says pocketbook issues won his party election
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Tony Wakeham, leader of Newfoundland and Labrador's Progressive Conservatives, says Tuesday night's election victory was particularly sweet because opinion polls had predicted anoth...
Oct 15, 2025 Newfoundland and Labrador premier-designate Tony Wakeham arrives to speak at a Progressive Conservative campaign party on election day in Stephenville, N.L., on Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Gerri Lynn Mackey/VOCM News
Alberta government to release report into health contract scandal in 'a few days'
EDMONTON - Alberta's government says it received Wednesday the final report from the investigation into allegations of corruption over health contracts, but it won't be immediately released. Former Ma...
Oct 15, 2025
New procurement rules could lead interpreters to avoid federal work, association says
OTTAWA - The association representing professional interpreters is warning that Ottawa's planned new procurement rules could convince many of them to shun work for the federal government. The governme...
Oct 15, 2025
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, April 10
8:30 - After another conservative MP crossed the floor to the Liberals earlier this week, we wanted to get thoughts from...
