Murray Wood: Drop in reading rates a sad trend to see
New data suggests people are spending less time reading for pleasure. Murray Wood says it's sad that people are drawn to...
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Fall fiscal update to grapple with Trump presidency, expected to show larger deficit
OTTAWA - The Liberals' fall economic statement Monday is expected to show a larger-than-promised deficit and offer details on how the government will tackle the threat of U.S. tariffs ahead of Donald ...
Dec 15, 2024
Premiers push Ottawa to build Northern infrastructure after Arctic foreign policy
OTTAWA - Canada's Northern premiers are pitching the federal government to dip into its defence budget as a way to bolster Arctic infrastructure and help meet the NATO spending target in the process. ...
Dec 15, 2024
'Don't make us pay': Northern Ontario mayors say immigration cuts hurt their cities
TORONTO - As the federal government looks to drastically reduce its immigration targets over the next few years, the mayors of northern Ontario's largest cities say they need more immigrants to sustai...
Dec 15, 2024
ABC agrees to give $15 million to Donald Trump's presidential library to settle defamation lawsuit
NEW YORK (AP) - ABC News has agreed to pay $15 million toward Donald Trump's presidential library to settle a lawsuit over anchor George Stephanopoulos' inaccurate on-air assertion that the president-...
Dec 14, 2024
ABC agrees to give $15 million to Donald Trump's presidential library to settle defamation lawsuit
NEW YORK (AP) - ABC News has agreed to pay $15 million toward Donald Trump's presidential library to settle a lawsuit over anchor George Stephanopoulos' inaccurate on-air assertion that the president-...
Dec 14, 2024
Canadians express mixed feelings as federal government's two-month GST holiday begins
TORONTO - Shoppers and businesses across Canada are expressing mixed feeling and showing little enthusiasm as a two-month break from the federal GST took effect Saturday. Lori Parker, the owner of an ...
Dec 14, 2024
Lawyers in Quebec class actions seek $906M in fees for work in landmark tobacco case
Lawyers representing tens of thousands of Quebecers in two class-action lawsuits against three major tobacco manufacturers will seek to receive more than $900 million in fees for their work in the lan...
Dec 13, 2024
Trump's strategy is to create economic uncertainty in other countries: Freeland
OTTAWA - With Donald Trump as president, the U.S. has an open strategy of creating economic uncertainty in other countries to discourage investment "anywhere other than the United States," Finance Min...
Dec 13, 2024
National chief urges MPs to send water bill to Senate before holiday break
OTTAWA - The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations is calling on all members of Parliament to send a First Nations water bill to the Senate before the holiday break, saying the water crisis ...
Dec 13, 2024
'Breaking of gridlock' between Quebec, N.L. is the envy of former premiers
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Two former premiers of Newfoundland and Labrador say a draft energy agreement signed Thursday with Quebec shattered a political standoff that leaders had been trying to end for deca...
Dec 13, 2024
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, Sept. 19
Evan talks with Premier Moe about his trip to China and the current state of canola tariffs, Ray Wilgenbusch about the M...