Sarah Mills: We came so close to the zipper merge
Three block of two lanes of traffic merging one by one, with everyone inching forward. It was the zipper merge in action...
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‘Potential risk’ to GTA prompts increased police presence in Toronto
TORONTO - Information about a "potential risk" to the Greater Toronto Area has prompted an increase in the number of officers in Toronto's downtown core, police said Thursday. Police did not provide d...
Jul 12, 2018
Trudeau bills 10-year defence spending plan as answer to Trump spending call
BRUSSELS - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is billing a pre-existing plan to grow military spending by 70 per cent over the next 10 years as Canada's answer to Donald Trump's persistent demand that NATO...
Jul 12, 2018
Trudeau, Trump talk trade during sideline meeting at NATO summit in Brussels
BRUSSELS - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau managed to steer clear of Donald Trump's blast radius Wednesday as the two leaders converged for the first day of the NATO leaders' summit, opting to meet info...
Jul 12, 2018
Wascana cancels annual disabled water-skiing demonstration
A program that offers water-skiing for people living with disabilities will not be allowed to operate on Wascana Lake this year because it relies on motorboats. The adaptive water-skiing "give-it-a-go...
Jul 11, 2018
Bank of Canada raises rate, predicts economic resilience despite trade risks
OTTAWA - Undaunted by expanding trade risks, the Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz raised the interest rate Wednesday and signalled the economy's resilience is keeping him on a hiking trajectory. ...
Jul 11, 2018
From NBA dreams to CFL success: Riders' Roosevelt a star
A fan favourite, and one of the most dynamic receivers in the CFL, Naaman Roosevelt admits he never saw football in his future. In fact, his six-year-old self was a little afraid of it. "I just didn't...
Jul 11, 2018 Naaman Roosevelt with the ball during the Saskatchewan Roughriders home game against the Montreal Alouettes on June 30, 2018. (Liam Richards/Electric Umbrella)
'Chaos:' Tornado hits farm in southwest Sask.
One of four tornadoes that touched down in southwest Saskatchewan Tuesday swept through a farmyard - destroying a barn and stock trailer, and lifting tin from the roof of the house. Jan Linthicum live...
Jul 11, 2018 Damage on a farm south of Glentworth, Sask., after a tornado touched down on July 10, 2018. (Jan Linthicum/Submitted)
Central bank hikes rate, predicts modest overall impact from U.S. tariff fight
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada is raising its benchmark interest rate in an economy that it predicts will remain resilient even as it faces an even bigger bite from deepening trade tensions. The hike is ...
Jul 11, 2018
Rescued Thai boys make victory signs from hospital beds
MAE SAI, Thailand - The 12 boys rescued from deep within a flooded cave in northern Thailand made two-finger victory signs from their hospital beds on Wednesday in a moving video from the isolation wa...
Jul 11, 2018
PM Justin Trudeau announces new Canada led training mission in Iraq
BRUSSELS - The Canadian military will command a new NATO training and capacity building mission in Iraq for its first year, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in Brussels on Wednesday as part of the a...
Jul 11, 2018
OPINION
Murray Wood: Isn't it time for more 'we' than 'oui' in Rideau Hall?
Louise Arbour brings much more than French skills to her role as the king's representative, but she also has taken contr...
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, May 8
On Friday, Evan discusses guide dogs, artificial intelligence campaigns trying to amplify division amongst political mov...