Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
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'Despicable': NDP calls on Smith to cancel PragerU appearance with Ben Shapiro
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is facing calls to cancel a speaking appearance with conservative media personality Ben Shapiro at an upcoming fundraiser for Florida-based PragerU. A conserv...
Mar 10, 2025
B.C. pulling all U.S. booze from government stores, widening red-state liquor ban
American beer, wine and all other alcohol is being removed from government stores in British Columbia in retaliation for U.S. tariffs, expanding a ban on liquor from so-called red states that voted fo...
Mar 10, 2025
Quebec's Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean haunted by looming U.S. tariffs on aluminum, lumber
SAGUENAY, Que. - It's difficult to drive along the snow-covered roads of Quebec's Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean region without coming across trucks transporting freshly cut logs. Wood, as well as aluminum, are...
Mar 10, 2025
U.S. commerce secretary says steel and aluminum tariffs coming this week
WASHINGTON - Canada remains in the crosshairs of U.S. President Donald Trump's enormous tariff agenda, with steel and aluminum duties set to come into force on Wednesday. U.S. Commerce Secretary Howar...
Mar 10, 2025
Ontario slaps 25 per cent surcharge on electricity to U.S., warns it could go higher
TORONTO - Ontario has placed a surcharge of 25 per cent on electricity exported to the United States as of Monday, and the government says it could raise that amount even higher in response to further...
Mar 10, 2025
Bank of Canada expected to cut interest rate amid trade uncertainty
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada's interest rate announcement arrives on Wednesday in a cloud of uncertainty thanks to a shifting trade war with the United States. Most economists expect the central bank w...
Mar 10, 2025
'How did we survive?' What Canadians recall — and don't — about the COVID-19 pandemic
TORONTO - There had been warning signs for months. There were the reports of dangerous flu-like symptoms in Asia. News of the lockdown that kept tens of millions of people inside their homes in China....
Mar 10, 2025
From Fort Smith to global finance and back, Carney's not your usual politician
OTTAWA - Even when Mark Carney was still in high school, his friends bugged him about whether he would become prime minister one day. His answer was one fit for a future politician: to never confirm n...
Mar 09, 2025
With U.S. threats of making Canada the 51st state, hundreds rally on Parliament Hill
OTTAWA - Hundreds of people gathered on Parliament Hill Sunday for the "Elbows up, Canada" rally as U.S. President Donald Trump threatens economywide tariffs and making the country into the 51st state...
Mar 09, 2025
Scott Moe says Sask. canola put in the line of fire by Chinese tariffs
OTTAWA - Canadian farmers could take a big hit from China's sudden retaliatory tariffs that take aim at canola, pork and other food commodities. China is hitting Canada with 100-per-cent tariffs on ca...
Mar 09, 2025
OPINION
Sarah Mills: Trudeau's behaviour after leaving office isn't endearing him to the public
Sarah Mills says the former PM has skied with a prince, appeared on Instagram with a backwards cap alongside his popstar...
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, April 17
On Friday's show, Evan entertains the question of whether Pierre Poilievre should step down as Conservative Party leader...