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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Quebec suspends directive restricting access to daycare for immigrant children
MONTRAL - The Quebec government has partially suspended a directive that would have expelled some children of immigrants from subsidized daycare. Families Minister Suzanne Roy says that while the gove...
Jul 25, 2025
NDP releases official rules for leadership race to replace Singh
OTTAWA - The NDP has released the official rules for its leadership race - and they're telling candidates they must gather specific numbers of signatures from supporters in diverse regional, racial an...
Jul 25, 2025
Education Department says it will release billions in remaining withheld grant money for schools
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration is releasing billions of dollars in grants to schools for adult literacy, English language instruction and other programs, the Education Department said Frid...
Jul 25, 2025
Nurses group hopes premiers' new sense of unity will lead to labour mobility
OTTAWA - The Canadian Nurses Association says it hopes the new "united Team Canada" approach at the Council of the Federation will lead to harmonization of nurses' licences across the country. The ass...
Jul 25, 2025
Federal government posts $6.5 billion deficit in April, May
The federal government posted a $6.5 billion deficit in the first two months of the fiscal year. The result for the April-to-May period compared with a $3.8 billion deficit for the same stretch last y...
Jul 25, 2025
Supreme Court affirms murder conviction of man who argued he was unfit for trial
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has upheld the murder conviction of a man who argued he was unfit to stand trial because he experienced auditory hallucinations and schizophrenic delusions through...
Jul 25, 2025
Montreal group takes campaign to restore U.S. foreign aid to Times Square
OTTAWA - A Montreal-based organization promoting democracy and digital rights is using a billboard in New York's iconic Times Square to urge Americans to resist cuts to U.S. foreign aid. "A retreat by...
Jul 25, 2025
'Goosebumps' and euphoria after workers trapped in B.C. mine were freed
It was a "euphoric" moment as three drilling company workers were brought to safety after spending more than 60 hours trapped underground in a mine in a remote area of northwestern British Columbia, t...
Jul 25, 2025
Canada condemns Israel over humanitarian crisis in Gaza
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday accused the Israeli government of failing to prevent a rapidly deteriorating humanitarian crisis in Gaza and of violating international law by denying a...
Jul 24, 2025 Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks at a press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Thursday, June 19, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle
Federal health minister non-committal on signing more pharmacare deals
OTTAWA - Federal Health Minister Marjorie Michel is not committing to sign pharmacare funding deals with all provinces and territories. The first phase of the pharmacare law that was passed by the Tru...
Jul 24, 2025
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 9
On Thursday's show, Evan welcomes a trio of teens to discuss banning social media for children and teenagers, discusses ...
