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In Warsaw, Carney deepens Canada's defence, trade ties with Poland
WARSAW - Canada and Poland struck a new strategic partnership on trade, defence and energy on Monday, as Prime Minister Mark Carney continued a five-day trip to Europe. After making a surprise visit t...
Aug 25, 2025
Advocates warn federal budget cuts could reduce diversity and inclusion initiatives
OTTAWA - Advocates are raising concerns that upcoming federal budget cuts and expected job losses in the public service will jeopardize programs intended to hire and promote people with disabilities. ...
Aug 25, 2025
Alberta municipal candidates weigh options with financial advantages given to parties
CALGARY - This year, municipal candidates in Calgary and Edmonton face a decision they've never had to make: whether to join a political party. But the choice represents more than the embrace or rejec...
Aug 25, 2025
Some Guard units in Washington are now carrying firearms, Pentagon says. Trump targets more cities
WASHINGTON (AP) - Some National Guard units patrolling the nation's capital at the direction of President Donald Trump have started carrying firearms, an escalation of his military deployment that mak...
Aug 24, 2025
Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre wrote a memoir. Months after her death, it's coming out
NEW YORK (AP) - A posthumous and "unsparing" memoir by one of Jeffrey Epstein's most prominent accusers, Virginia Roberts Giuffre, will be published this fall, publishing house Alfred A. Knopf said Su...
Aug 24, 2025
Former Alberta deputy premier takes pro-Canada petition fight to driveways, dog parks
EDMONTON - Former Alberta politician Thomas Lukaszuk is a man on a not-so-lonely mission to keep Canada from splitting. "This has become a full-time job. I'm very passionate about this," the former Pr...
Aug 24, 2025
Number of female Canadian soldiers on UN peacekeeping missions craters
OTTAWA - Canada only has two women from the military deployed on United Nations peacekeeping missions right now, raising concerns Ottawa is failing to lead by example and may be called out by the inte...
Aug 24, 2025
Premier Danielle Smith defends new COVID shot administration fee during radio show
EDMONTON - Alberta's wasteful purchase of children's pain and fever medicine three years ago helped inform the province's decision to charge some people $100 for a COVID-19 vaccine shot this fall, Pre...
Aug 23, 2025
Carney lands in Poland, kicking off mission to deepen European ties
WARSAW - Prime Minister Mark Carney landed in Poland on Saturday, kicking off a broader mission to deepen economic and security ties with European allies. The prime minister departed Ottawa in the ear...
Aug 23, 2025
Quebec college facing $30M fine over English student enrolment postpones first day
MONTREAL - A Quebec college facing a $30-million fine for enrolling too many students in English-language programs, contravening the province's language law, is postponing the first day of classes sch...
Aug 23, 2025
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Sarah Mills: Trying to score World Cup tickets is a fool's game under FIFA
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 2
On today's show, Evan asks whether you really relax when you have time off, the economic impact of the industrial carbon...
