Murray Wood: Federal gun initiatives take aim at small business
Darryl Schemenauer is closing down his Regina gun store after 35 years, and he puts the blame squarely on the federal Li...
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Jobs minister presses Canada Post, workers to reach a deal
Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu on Wednesday called on Canada Post and the union representing 55,000 postal workers to return to the bargaining table and hash out terms for binding arbitration, with the two...
Jun 04, 2025
‘Another universe of pain and suffering’: Patients allege neglectful obstetrical and gynecological care by Toronto doctor
TORONTO - Marie-Louise Fitrion says she was asleep in a hospital bed when she woke up to an obstetrician's hand in her vagina. It was Oct. 25, 2018, the morning of giving birth to her second child, an...
Jun 04, 2025
MPs to vote on government's speech from the throne in confidence motion
OTTAWA - The Liberal minority government's first real test comes today as MPs are scheduled to vote on the government's throne speech. The Liberals lost a vote Monday evening when opposition members s...
Jun 04, 2025
Indigenous services minister says First Nations support for developments 'critical'
OTTAWA - The federal minister of Indigenous services says she and the other Indigenous members of cabinet support their party's plan to fast-track infrastructure development - despite significant push...
Jun 03, 2025
'We reject your bill:' First Nations heads urge Quebec to scrap forestry reform bill
QUBEC - Representatives of the Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador urged a provincial legislature committee on Tuesday to abandon a forestry reform bill that would reserve large swaths of the pr...
Jun 03, 2025
Canada's domestic tourism industry could net billions due to U.S. trade war: report
OTTAWA - Canada's tourism industry might be in for a boost as Canadians boycott the United States and spend their travel dollars closer to home this year. In a report released May 29, the Conference B...
Jun 03, 2025
Israeli envoy pushes back as Ottawa calls out 'disturbing' food restrictions on Gaza
OTTAWA - The MP overseeing Canada's foreign aid is calling on Israel to stop restricting the flow of food aid to the Gaza Strip - while Israel's ambassador is pushing back on Ottawa's suggestion that ...
Jun 03, 2025
Newark mayor sues New Jersey's top federal prosecutor after arrest at immigration detention site
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Newark Mayor Ras Baraka sued New Jersey's top federal prosecutor on Tuesday over his arrest on a trespassing charge at a federal immigration detention facility, saying the Trump-ap...
Jun 03, 2025
Opposition MPs add call for a spring economic update to throne speech
OTTAWA - Government whip Mark Gerretsen insists nothing went wrong with a throne speech sub-amendment vote that now calls on the government to table an economic update before Parliament breaks for the...
Jun 03, 2025 Liberal MP Mark Gerretsen, now the government whip, makes his way to a Liberal Party caucus meeting in West Block on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Newfoundland voters concerned after apparent voter mistakes void hundreds of ballots
ST. JOHN'S - Two voters in Newfoundland say they hope Elections Canada can learn from a dramatic judicial recount that revealed hundreds of people in their riding may have marked their ballots in the ...
Jun 03, 2025
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The Evan Bray Show - Monday, April 20
On Monday's show, Evan hears concerns about the FSIN's transparency after its general assembly last week, discusses how ...
