Murray Wood: A star-crossed leader is beset by floor-crossing MPs
Murray Wood says Pierre Poilievre has suffered some bad timing in his career as Conservative leader, but the question is...
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Manitoba prosecutors take second look, say no charges coming in construction project
WINNIPEG - Manitoba prosecutors have decided, for a second time, to not pursue criminal charges in the case of a construction project that ran well over budget and will soon be the subject of a public...
Feb 26, 2025
Premier Moe says pipelines that would cross Saskatchewan considered 'pre-approved'
REGINA - Premier Scott Moe says Saskatchewan wants pipelines built and is encouraging other provinces and the federal government to get behind the cause. Moe says on social media that all pipeline pro...
Feb 26, 2025
Court of Appeal upholds ruling that CP Rail was not liable for Lac-Mégantic disaster
MONTREAL - Quebec's Court of Appeal has upheld a 2022 lower court ruling that found Canadian Pacific Railway did not have legal liability for the Lac-Mgantic rail disaster that killed 47 people. The p...
Feb 26, 2025
Immigrant-owned firms suffer from productivity gap for variety of factors: StatCan
OTTAWA - Companies owned by newcomers to Canada tend to struggle taking their businesses to the next level more than Canadian-born founders, new data suggests. The report released by Statistics Canada...
Feb 26, 2025
Canada, Germany working on diversifying trade in face of U.S. threats
OTTAWA - Canadian companies and diplomats are working with their European colleagues to find ways to diversify trade as the U.S. threatens to impose steep tariffs. "We want to be part of the solution,...
Feb 26, 2025
White House says tariffs moving forward but still room for negotiation
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to hit Canada and Mexico with devastating duties is set to take effect next week - but a White House official confirmed on background that the tariff pl...
Feb 26, 2025
Supreme Court of Canada moving away from social media platform X
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says it's moving away from the social media platform X. In a farewell post Wednesday to its more than 45,000 subscribers, the top court said it will focus its comm...
Feb 26, 2025
Media, telecom firms competing with streaming ask CRTC to ease regulation
OTTAWA - As the Canadian broadcast system is upended by streaming, old-school media and telecom companies say they're struggling to compete and they want the country's broadcast regulator to take a li...
Feb 26, 2025
Doug Ford has big goals but cares about small stuff. It's how he wins, colleagues say
Doug Ford is a man of things. Things he can see, things he can touch and most importantly, things he can build. Big things matter to Ford. The Progressive Conservative leader is a self-proclaimed visi...
Feb 26, 2025
'Complete and utter shock' after abrupt resignations of two Atlantic premiers
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The surprising resignation of two well-liked Atlantic premiers has left some political experts shaking their heads in disbelief - and marvelling at the mounting demands on anyone ru...
Feb 26, 2025
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Sarah Mills: A lifetime smoking ban in the UK may be a step too far
Sarah Mills says there are great health-care costs associated with smoking, but those costs are also associated with obe...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 23
8:30 - Construction for the AI data centre in the RM of Sherwood is set to begin this spring, but many residents in the ...