Murray Wood: The new phone books are here!
Once a Steve Martin catchphrase, Murray Wood says physical phone books are rapidly becoming relics of another age, but t...
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Saint John, N.B., police charge one of their own with assault, provide few details
ST. JOHN - The police force in Saint John, N.B., said Thursday that it has charged one of its officers with assault. In a news release offering few details, the Saint John Police Force said a public c...
May 15, 2025
Nova Scotia gets $170 million over 10 years after signing housing infrastructure deal
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's public works minister says the province is getting $170 million from the federal government to assist with housing infrastructure, after a deal was signed last winter. Fred Til...
May 15, 2025
Saskatchewan NDP's anti-separation bill dies as legislative session wraps up
REGINA - Saskatchewan's legislative session ended Thursday and with it an anti-separation bill went up in flames. The Opposition NDP's proposed legislation was repeatedly blocked this week by Premier ...
May 15, 2025
Supreme Court won't review school board's decision to sanction trustee over remarks
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will not review the Toronto Catholic District School Board's decision to sanction a trustee over comments he made during a debate. At a November 2019 public meetin...
May 15, 2025
In Canada's housing crisis, are modular homes a cheaper and faster solution?
TORONTO - When a church in Toronto's west end was converted into affordable housing nearly 15 years ago, the group behind the project was already thinking ahead. Andrea Adams, the executive director o...
May 15, 2025 A worker inspects the framing of a modular home at the Fading West factory in Buena Vista, Colo., on Feb. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)
Bloc Québécois to challenge Terrebonne election result in court
OTTAWA - Bloc Qubcois Leader Yves-Franois Blanchet said Thursday the party plans to launch a legal challenge after losing the federal riding of Terrebonne by a single vote. Blanchet said the party wan...
May 15, 2025
The government could function without a budget, but will need a spending bill
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Franois-Philippe Champagne said Wednesday that when Parliament resumes, the government will put forward a middle-class tax cut, deliver a throne speech and release a fiscal p...
May 15, 2025
'A serious situation': Manitoba evacuates provincial park, warns of deadly wildfires
LAC DU BONNET - Wildfires in eastern Manitoba prompted the government to evacuate and close another popular provincial park ahead of the long weekend, while many offered condolences to the family of a...
May 15, 2025
U.S. tariffs cast pall over Ontario budget with $14.6B deficit, slower growth
TORONTO - U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs cast a pall over Ontario's budget Thursday, dragging down GDP growth and knocking the province off its path to balance, with a $14.6-billion deficit pro...
May 15, 2025
Alberta government amends referendum bill in effort to placate First Nations' concern
EDMONTON - Alberta's government has made 11th-hour changes to controversial proposed legislation, declaring that no separation referendum question could threaten First Nations' existing treaty rights....
May 14, 2025
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The Evan Bray Show - Monday, June 29
Evan welcomes the leader of the federal Conservatives, Pierre Poilievre, talks about the health of Saskatchewan Crown co...
