Murray Wood: Why most of us are Switzerland when it comes to culture war debates
As society becomes more and more divided, Murray Wood says a lot of his friends are just trying to stay neutral, as ther...
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Progressive Conservatives win both Ontario byelections
Premier Doug Ford's Progressive Conservative candidates won both Ontario byelections by convincing margins. PC candidate Zee Hamid, who has Liberal roots, won by more than 2,400 votes, or nine percent...
May 02, 2024
Critics question if longtime Democratic congressman from Georgia is too old for reelection
CONYERS, Ga. (AP) - U.S. Rep. David Scott faces multiple Democratic primary opponents in his quest for a 12th congressional term in a sharply reconfigured suburban Atlanta district. But with early vot...
May 01, 2024
Arizona's Democratic governor signs a bill to repeal 1864 ban on most abortions
PHOENIX (AP) - Democratic Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has relegated a Civil War-era ban on most abortions to the past by signing a bill Thursday to repeal it. Hobbs says the move is just the beginning of...
May 01, 2024
Arizona repealed its 1864 abortion ban. Democrats are still planning to use it against Trump
PHOENIX (AP) - Arizona's 1864 abortion ban will soon be gone from the state's law books, but not from the campaign trail. Even as Gov. Katie Hobbs on Thursday signed a repeal of the law - one day afte...
May 01, 2024
Abortion is still consuming US politics and courts 2 years after a Supreme Court draft was leaked
Two years after a leaked draft of a U.S. Supreme Court opinion signaled that the nation's abortion landscape was about to shift dramatically, the issue is still consuming the nation's courts, legislat...
May 01, 2024
Hakeem Jeffries isn't speaker yet, but the Democrat may be the most powerful person in Congress
WASHINGTON (AP) - Without wielding the gavel or holding a formal job laid out in the Constitution, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries might very well be the most powerful person in Congress right now. The minority ...
May 01, 2024
Jurors in Trump hush money trial hear recording of pivotal call on plan to buy affair story
NEW YORK (AP) - Jurors in the hush money trial of Donald Trump heard a recording Thursday of him discussing with his then-lawyer and personal fixer a plan to purchase the silence of a Playboy model wh...
May 01, 2024
Ex-FBI informant charged with lying about Bidens must remain jailed, appeals court rules
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal appeals court on Wednesday rejected a bid to release from jail a former FBI informant who is charged with fabricating a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme involving Preside...
May 01, 2024
Ontario suspends chemical plant approval over benzene emissions
TORONTO - Ontario's Ministry of the Environment has ordered a petrochemical facility in Sarnia to suspend its production operations after high benzene emissions, first flagged by a neighbouring First ...
May 01, 2024
B.C. launches portal to help find hotel rooms for emergency evacuees
VICTORIA - British Columbia's hotel association says a new central booking portal will help speed up the process of finding places to stay for emergency evacuees. A statement says the system launching...
May 01, 2024
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Sarah Mills: We must see the good in the world, even when it's hard to find
We live in a world that can seem very dark at times, and it can sometimes feel a bit hopeless. But, as Sarah Mills argue...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, Sept. 11
Evan chats with political columnist Biran Lilley and lawyer Warren Kinsella after the shocking death of Charlie Kirk. He...
