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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Emergency Preparedness Minister Harjit Sajjan says he won't run in next election
OTTAWA - Emergency Preparedness Minister Harjit Sajjan on Wednesday became the latest member of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's front bench to announce he won't seek re-election. More than two dozen L...
Jan 22, 2025
CFIA: inspectors might go to Italy to investigate salmonella outbreak
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said it's possible that investigators will be sent to Italy to determine the source of a salmonella outbreak that's sickened at least 61 people in Canada. On Saturd...
Jan 22, 2025 An assortment of Sweet Cream brand mini pastries are shown in an undated handout image.
Salmonella can result in severe and potentially deadly infections, particularly for children, pregnant people, the elderly and people with weakened immune systems. (HO/The Canadian Press)
Refugee advocates want Canada to make exemption for U.S. transgender asylum claims
OTTAWA - Refugee advocacy groups are asking the federal immigration minister to make an exemption in the Safe Third Country Agreement for transgender refugee claimants in the United States to seek asy...
Jan 22, 2025
Canada leaning toward matching tariffs on U.S. — but not all premiers agree
OTTAWA - Canada appears to be leaning toward hitting the United States with matching tariffs if President Donald Trump makes good on his threats, but not all of the country's premiers support that app...
Jan 22, 2025
Trump administration freezes many health agency reports and posts
The Trump administration has put a freeze on many federal health agency communications with the public through at least the end of the month. In a memo obtained by The Associated Press, acting Secreta...
Jan 22, 2025
Centennial College suspends 49 programs as international student enrolment drops
TORONTO - One of Ontario's largest colleges is suspending dozens of programs in the latest round of cuts at post-secondary institutions as the federal government reduces the number of international st...
Jan 22, 2025
Ottawa dragging its feet on protecting endangered caribou: B.C. conservation groups
Southern mountain caribou are disappearing in British Columbia and the federal government has been dragging its feet for more than a decade on protecting the endangered herds, conservation groups say ...
Jan 22, 2025
Afghan-Canadian advisers failed by Ottawa, deserve compensation, military ombud says
OTTAWA - They were the eyes and ears of Canadian soldiers on the ground in the Afghanistan war, but a decade on many are still hitting a wall of bureaucracy as they try to access the kind of health be...
Jan 22, 2025
CAF updates entry medical standards to aid recruitment efforts
OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces is no longer automatically disqualifying applicants with certain medical conditions such as allergies and ADHD, as it works to improve its numbers and grow the size ...
Jan 22, 2025
Trump administration directs all federal diversity, equity and inclusion staff be put on leave
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump 's administration moved Tuesday to end affirmative action in federal contracting and directed that all federal diversity, equity and inclusion staff be put on ...
Jan 21, 2025
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 9
8:30 - Another MP just crossed the floor to the Liberal Party, just weeks away from three critical byelections where the...
