Murray Wood: All hail the placekicker! Except when he misses
Alex Hale was supposed to make us forget about Brett Lauther, but how can we? Murray Wood says Hale has struggled, while...
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Federal election results should motivate Conservatives to 'soul search': Houston
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's Progressive Conservative premier says the results of the federal election should prompt some "soul searching" by the national Conservative party. The Conservatives won just one...
Apr 30, 2025 Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston arrives at the first ministers meeting, in Ottawa, March 21. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
BoC opted for wait-and-see approach to rates amid shifting trade policy: summary
Uncertainty about both the rapidly changing U.S. trade policy and the impact it's having on the Canadian economy dominated discussion by the Bank of Canada governing council in the lead-up to its inte...
Apr 30, 2025
Trump says he'll meet with PM Carney at the White House 'within the next week'
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday he'll meet with Prime Minister Mark Carney at the White House "within the next week." Trump was asked about Carney just days after the Liberals'...
Apr 30, 2025
Canada's top court to decide whether to hear a trailblazing youth-led climate case
TORONTO - Canada's highest court is set to decide whether it will hear arguments in a trailblazing climate change lawsuit that could clarify whether governments are constitutionally required to tackle...
Apr 30, 2025
Winnipeg councillor, son of former Manitoba premier dead: mayor says
WINNIPEG - A Winnipeg city councillor who was the son of a former Manitoba premier and governor general of Canada has died. Mayor Scott Gillingham confirmed Jason Schreyer, councillor for Elmwood-East...
Apr 30, 2025
Mental health trouble leads to public safety issues, Vancouver's mayor says
VANCOUVER - People are "sick and tired" of inquiries and reviews into a recurring pattern of people in a mental health crisis becoming involved in violent incidents, Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim said Wedne...
Apr 30, 2025
Elections Canada to investigate voting barriers in Nunavik
MONTREAL - Elections Canada says it will investigate "shortcomings" that prevented some people in Nunavik from casting their vote in Monday's federal election. In a statement Wednesday, chief electora...
Apr 30, 2025
Doug Ford floats idea of electing judges in rant on bail reform
Ontario Premier Doug Ford blasted judges in the province whom he perceives as being soft on crime, and floated ideas on Wednesday such as electing judges and offering them payouts to retire early. His...
Apr 30, 2025
Trump's tariffs loom over the economy as shipments from China fall
WASHINGTON (AP) - American businesses are cancelling orders from China, postponing expansion plans and hunkering down to see what trade policy surprises President Donald Trump plans to spring on them ...
Apr 30, 2025
Jonathan Pedneault resigns as Green Party co-leader after party took only one seat
OTTAWA - Jonathan Pedneault has resigned as co-leader of the Green Party after acknowledging the "disappointing" outcome for the party in Monday's election. In a statement posted online Wednesday morn...
Apr 30, 2025
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, July 24
On Friday's show, Evan talks U.S. tariffs with Warren Kaeding, Saskatchewan Minister of Trade and Exports, how one resta...
