Murray Wood: Marking the anniversary of Germany's surrender in the Netherlands
Murray Wood says May 5 is an important date that not many recognize. The day marks the anniversary of the surrender of t...
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Ottawa has to allow home prices to fall to make housing more affordable, experts say
OTTAWA - Housing experts are pushing back against a federal cabinet minister's recent claim that home prices don't need to go down in order to restore housing affordability. Gregor Robertson, the form...
May 23, 2025 Housing experts say home prices indeed need to fall before broad-based affordability returns to Canada. New single family houses billed as estate cottages and townhouses under construction are seen in an aerial view, in Delta, B.C., on Monday, Aug. 12, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
B.C. First Nations fear protests and conflict over fast-track legislation
First Nations leaders in British Columbia say proposed legislation to fast-track resource projects will likely lead to protests and litigation should the provincial government push the law through. Ro...
May 22, 2025
Manitoba Tory loses critic duties but remains in caucus after ethics probe
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Opposition leader Obby Khan stripped a Progressive Conservative caucus member of his critic duties Thursday, as questions continued to swirl about the former government's actions r...
May 22, 2025
Police dismantle alleged fraud ring that targeted car dealerships in 5 provinces
TROIS-RIVIRES - Quebec provincial police say they've arrested three people in connection with a luxury car fraud ring across five provinces. They say 22 car dealerships in Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba, N...
May 22, 2025
Conservative MP launches petition to end temporary foreign worker program
OTTAWA - Conservative MP Jamil Jivani has launched a petition to end the temporary foreign worker program. The petition says the temporary foreign worker program is a "large contributor" to an unsusta...
May 22, 2025
House Republicans pass Trump's big bill of tax breaks and program cuts after all-night session
WASHINGTON (AP) - House Republicans stayed up all night to pass their multitrillion-dollar tax breaks package, with Speaker Mike Johnson defying the skeptics and unifying his ranks to muscle President...
May 22, 2025
House Republicans pass Trump's big bill of tax breaks and program cuts after all-night session
WASHINGTON (AP) - House Republicans stayed up all night to pass their multitrillion-dollar tax breaks package, with Speaker Mike Johnson defying the skeptics and unifying his ranks to muscle President...
May 22, 2025
Canada Post union calls for halt to overtime as deadline passes with no agreement
OTTAWA - The union representing about 55,000 Canada Post employees has called for a countrywide halt to overtime work, saying its negotiators will continue to review the latest contract offers from th...
May 22, 2025
G7 finance ministers show 'proof of unity' with joint statement at summit: Champagne
BANFF - There's a sense of unity coming out of this week's summit with finance ministers and central bankers across the G7, Canada's finance minister said Thursday. The group gathered in Banff, Alta.,...
May 22, 2025
As 'smallest town in Canada' empties out, former residents recall its vibrant past
ST. JOHN'S - A Newfoundland community that bills itself as the smallest town in Canada will soon be empty, and former residents say they'll never forget their joyful years living there. Tilt Cove, N.L...
May 22, 2025
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Sarah Mills: Speeding tickets three months after the fact are no deterrent
Sarah Mills says photo radar tickets that come from Calgary months after the offence is not going to teach anyone a less...
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, May 5
8:30 - As central Saskatchewan is dealing with flooding, the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency is working closely with m...