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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Manitoba government eyes human rights protection for gender expression
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government plans to expand the province's human rights code to cover gender expression. The code already prohibits discrimination based on gender identity, and the NDP governme...
Mar 18, 2025
'First thing out of the gate': Saskatchewan budget to address tariffs from two fronts
REGINA - Saskatchewan's finance minister says more details are coming Wednesday as the province introduces a 2025 budget facing a vise-squeeze from both China and the United States. "The first thing o...
Mar 18, 2025
Highlights from New Brunswick's 2025-26 budget
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick Finance Minister Ren Legacy has tabled the province's budget for the 2025-26 fiscal year, which includes measures to help workers and businesses affected by U.S. tariff thr...
Mar 18, 2025
Alberta won't use public money to clean up abandoned wells: energy minister
CALGARY - Alberta's energy minister says the government will not draw on the public purse to clean up abandoned oil and gas wells. "We will not put public tax dollars into cleaning up wells," Brian Je...
Mar 18, 2025
Nova Scotia opposition questions minister's trip to Trump inauguration
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's opposition leaders are questioning an undisclosed trip by a provincial cabinet minister to U.S. President Donald Trump's inauguration in January. Minister of Social Development...
Mar 18, 2025
Liberals lagging behind other parties on nominating candidates as election looms
OTTAWA - With a federal election call expected any day now, the Liberal party has only nominated about half of the candidates it would need to have a full slate on the ballot even as their polling num...
Mar 18, 2025
Judge rules DOGE's USAID dismantling likely violates the Constitution
WASHINGTON (AP) - The dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development by billionaire Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency likely violated the Constitution, a federal judge rule...
Mar 18, 2025
Axworthy 'deeply dismayed' as eastern European states propose leaving landmine treaty
OTTAWA - Former foreign affairs minister Lloyd Axworthy wants Canada to mount a campaign with like-minded countries to stop eastern European allies from leaving a treaty he helped broker that bans the...
Mar 18, 2025
Carney hopes recovering remains from Winnipeg landfill bring families closure
IQALUIT - Prime Minister Mark Carney says he hopes recovering the remains of two First Nations women murdered by a serial killer from a Manitoba landfill brings closure to their families. RCMP have co...
Mar 18, 2025
Roberts rejects Trump's call for impeaching judge who ruled against his deportation plans
WASHINGTON (AP) - In an extraordinary display of conflict between the executive and judiciary branches, Chief Justice John Roberts rejected calls for impeaching judges shortly after President Donald T...
Mar 18, 2025
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Sarah Mills: The prime minister needs to live by his own bilingual rules
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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 ...
