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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P.E.I. Liberal leader calls for swift action on school staff misconduct report
CHARLOTTETOWN - Prince Edward Island's Opposition leader is calling for swift government action after an independent report found that the province did not have an adequate system to track cases of st...
Feb 11, 2026
Anand wants NATO's new Arctic Sentry initiative to become permanent
OTTAWA - NATO launched its promised new initiative in the Arctic on Wednesday, and Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said Canada wants the operation made permanent. "We're seeing Operation Arctic S...
Feb 11, 2026
College of Physicians welcomes powers granted to other professions under Bill 15
MONTREAL - Quebec's professional order of physicians is welcoming a provincial bill that would give more powers to professions like nurses and midwives, but says it wants to see more details in the le...
Feb 11, 2026
Carney cancels trip to Europe following B.C. school shooting
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney has cancelled his plans to travel to Halifax and Munich, Germany, following a deadly school shooting in British Columbia. Carney was to spend Wednesday afternoon in...
Feb 11, 2026
National Kindness Week takes on different meaning after Tumbler Ridge shooting
OTTAWA - Parliamentarians from all parties came together Wednesday to mark National Kindness Week - but the message is taking on a different meaning after the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. Nati...
Feb 11, 2026
World leaders send condolences to Tumbler Ridge in wake of deadly school shooting
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney said Wednesday he has heard from a number of world leaders offering condolences in the wake of Tuesday's deadly mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. Police continue...
Feb 11, 2026
All Big Six Canadian banks now backing proposed defence bank
TORONTO - Canada's Big Six banks have all put their support behind the proposed international Defence, Security and Resilience Bank (DSRB). BMO confirmed Wednesday it had joined the project, while RBC...
Feb 11, 2026 The Bay Street Financial District is shown with the Canadian flag in Toronto on Friday, Aug. 5, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
House of Commons holds moment of silence for victims of B.C. shooting
OTTAWA - Members of Parliament held a moment of silence on Wednesday, and party leaders delivered statements in the House of Commons urging unity and kindness, in honour of the victims of the mass sho...
Feb 11, 2026
'A nation mourns with you': Reaction to the mass shooting in B.C.
RCMP say officers had a history of visiting the home of Jesse Van Rootselaar, the 18-year-old responsible for Tuesday's mass shooting at a high school and a residence in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. They say t...
Feb 11, 2026
Auto thefts down 18% year-over-year while recovery remains low: report
OTTAWA - The number of vehicles stolen in Canada fell sharply last year but there were still almost 47,000 such thefts reported and more than a third of those were never recovered, says a new report r...
Feb 11, 2026
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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...
