Murray Wood: Going to seed, in a good way
Murray Wood says seed sales are taking off this spring. Food prices are likely convincing some to grow their own vegetab...
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Watchdog says military police still resisting civilian oversight
OTTAWA - The military police watchdog says resistance to civilian oversight in the Canadian Forces Provost Marshal's office "worsened" last year. The Military Police Complaints Commission released a r...
Jun 17, 2025
Brad Lander, NYC comptroller and mayoral candidate, is arrested outside immigration court
NEW YORK (AP) - New York City comptroller and Democratic mayoral candidate Brad Lander was arrested by federal agents at an immigration court Tuesday as he was trying to accompany a person out of a co...
Jun 17, 2025
Alberta doctors association raises concerns over premier limiting free COVID vaccines
EDMONTON - The organization representing Alberta doctors is joining health-care unions in raising concerns over Premier Danielle Smith's decision to charge most Albertans for a COVID-19 vaccination th...
Jun 17, 2025
National chief slams House committee for limiting witnesses on major projects bill
OTTAWA - The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations slammed the committee of MPs studying the government's major projects bill on Tuesday for failing to invite more witnesses. Bill C-5 would ...
Jun 17, 2025
Lack of appropriate safeguards led to 23andMe data breach, joint investigation finds
OTTAWA - Canada's privacy watchdog says inadequate security measures opened the door to a data breach discovered two years ago at genetic testing company 23andMe. Privacy commissioner Philippe Dufresn...
Jun 17, 2025 Federal privacy commissioner Philippe Dufresne, left, and U.K. information commissioner John Edwards hold a press conference at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa on Tuesday, June 17, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Around 80,000 Canadians in the Middle East amid Israel-Iran conflict: Global Affairs
There are approximately 3,500 Canadians in Iran and another 6,700 in Israel amid an escalating conflict between the two countries, Global Affairs Canada says, as some of them are stuck in the region o...
Jun 17, 2025
Trump will sign an order extending deadline for TikTok's Chinese owner to sell app
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump will sign an executive order this week to extend a deadline for TikTok's Chinese owner to divest the popular video sharing app, the White House announced Tuesd...
Jun 17, 2025
Masked men tried to steal vehicle from Ontario Premier Doug Ford's home, he says
TORONTO - Masked men tried to steal a vehicle overnight from Doug Ford's home, the Ontario premier said Tuesday as part of a rant that covered bail reform, "weak-kneed judges," and a desire to fundrai...
Jun 17, 2025
Modi, Zelenskyy to meet with Carney at G7 today, as leaders discuss foreign policy
KANANASKIS - Prime Minister Mark Carney is to hold bilateral talks with both Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Albert...
Jun 17, 2025 President Donald Trump, right, and Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney participate in a session of the G7 Summit, Monday, June 16, 2025, in Kananaskis, Canada. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Scattering of protesters, empty sites, on second and final day of G7 leaders summit
CALGARY - More than 50 Sikh protesters continued their demonstration Tuesday outside Calgary city hall on the second and final day of the G7 leaders' summit. The number was down from Monday's numbers,...
Jun 17, 2025
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, April 14
On Tuesday's show, Evan talks about the Prime Minister's transition from minority to majority government, explores a pro...
