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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Health Canada sets plain-packaging rules for tobacco, to take effect in November
OTTAWA - Canadian cigarette packs will have to be plain drab brown with standardized layouts and lettering under new rules that kick in next Nov. 9, Health Canada says. Officials said plain packages w...
May 01, 2019
Professor: Gunman burst into classroom during fatal attack
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Students at a North Carolina university were gathered for end-of-year presentations in an anthropology class when a gunman burst in and opened fire with a pistol, killing two and wou...
May 01, 2019
WikiLeaks’ Assange gets 50 weeks in prison for jumping bail
LONDON - A British judge sentenced WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Wednesday to 50 weeks in prison for skipping bail seven years ago and holing up in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. Judge Debora...
May 01, 2019
Venezuela braces for new protests; was opposition outplayed?
CARACAS, Venezuela - Wary Venezuelans braced for another day of upheaval Wednesday as both the opposition and Nicols Maduro's loyalists vowed to take to the streets, hoping to tip the balance in an ag...
May 01, 2019
Sask. court's carbon tax decision expected Friday
Saskatchewan's Court of Appeal is to render its decision Friday into the province's challenge of the federal government's carbon tax. Saskatchewan has questioned the constitutionality of the tax, whic...
Apr 30, 2019 (980 CJME file photo)
Authorities annoyed by disaster selfie-seekers in flooded Montreal areas
Montreal first responders are warning against so-called disaster tourism after noting a spike in selfie-seekers in neighbourhoods threatened by swollen rivers. An operations chief with the Montreal fi...
Apr 30, 2019 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
Mental health biggest issue for Sask. children and youth
Saskatchewan's Advocate for Children and Youth is coming back to mental health as the top issue facing children and youth in the province. "It really doesn't matter whether they live on-reserve or off...
Apr 30, 2019 Corey O'Soup is the Saskatchewan Advocate for Children and Youth. On Tuesday, April 30, 2019, he released his report for 2018. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Senate committee urged to strike down oil tanker ban at stop in Alberta
EDMONTON - A Senate committee is being asked to kill or at least amend the federal government's bill to ban tankers off the British Columbia coast. The committee on transport and communications is hea...
Apr 30, 2019 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
Suspect in Nazi bomb plot kicked out of Army
LOS ANGELES - An Army veteran who converted to Islam and is accused of plotting terrorist attacks in California in retaliation for killings at New Zealand mosques was demoted and discharged from the m...
Apr 30, 2019
Saskatchewan's big game draw set to accept applications
The annual big game draw is to open Wednesday in Saskatchewan. "Saskatchewan's big game draw continues to be very popular and remains an important milestone for the hunting community," Environment Min...
Apr 30, 2019 A total of 175 licenses were issued for spring antlerless elk hunting in three areas around the province. (Courtesy Ministry of Environment)
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...