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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'Part of me is gone': Abrupt end for Fraser Downs track a blow to B.C. horse racing
Kristina Rennich started working as a groom at the Fraser Downs racetrack, formerly known as Cloverdale Raceway, when she decided to turn her passion for horses into a career at the age of 12. Rennich...
Aug 19, 2025
Talks resume with Air Canada, flight attendants union says, after airline reached out
There's hope today a deal to end a strike by Air Canada's flight attendants could be reached at the bargaining table, following word from their union that both sides met for meetings last night. On Mo...
Aug 19, 2025
Canadian defence firm to make ballistic steel through Swedish partnership
OTTAWA - Canadian defence manufacturer Roshel is partnering with a Swedish steel company so it can produce ballistic-protection steel domestically for the first time. Roshel, which manufactures vehicl...
Aug 19, 2025
Drop in oil prices helps push N.L. deficit forecast up by 68 per cent to $626M
ST. JOHN'S - The deficit forecast for Newfoundland and Labrador has been revised upward by almost 70 per cent, primarily due to a volatile oil market and a stronger Canadian dollar. Finance Minister S...
Aug 18, 2025
Quebec union leaders say workers could face same fate as Air Canada flight attendants
MONTREAL - The presidents of two major Quebec unions fear that workers in the province could soon face the same treatment as striking Air Canada flight attendants under a provincial law passed in May....
Aug 18, 2025
Housing crunch: Nova Scotia opens rental units for health-care workers in South Shore
LUNENBURG - Nova Scotia's government says it has opened the first phase of a housing project dedicated to help health-care workers find homes in the South Shore. Susan Corkum-Greek, member of legislat...
Aug 18, 2025
Lawyers for alleged B.C. hijacker get more time to prepare bail application
RICHMOND - The man accused of hijacking a plane and triggering a security scare at Vancouver International Airport last month appeared briefly at a provincial court in Richmond, B.C., where his lawyer...
Aug 18, 2025
Indigenous leaders on Trans Mountain lessons as Building Canada Act moves forward
OTTAWA - Two former Indigenous leaders on both sides of the debate over the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion say the federal government can't ignore First Nations on future infrastructure projects it...
Aug 18, 2025
Conservative network Newsmax agrees to pay $67M in defamation case over bogus 2020 election claims
DENVER (AP) - The conservative network Newsmax will pay $67 million to settle a lawsuit accusing it of defaming a voting equipment company by spreading lies about President Donald Trump's 2020 electio...
Aug 18, 2025
Here's the latest in the labour dispute between Air Canada and its flight attendants
OTTAWA - Air Canada flight attendants remain on strike despite back-to-work orders by the Canada Industrial Relations Board. Over the weekend, the federal government asked the board to send the two si...
Aug 18, 2025
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Sarah Mills: The prime minister needs to live by his own bilingual rules
Sarah Mills says Mark Carney largely speaking French in his call to astronaut Jeremy Hansen breaks a standard he set whe...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 9
On Thursday's show, Evan welcomes a trio of teens to discuss banning social media for children and teenagers, discusses ...