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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Canada's reputation suffering under Trudeau, Garneau asserts
OTTAWA - Former foreign affairs minister Marc Garneau says Canada has lost its standing in the world under the tenure of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, whom he criticizes as an ill-prepared leader who...
Jul 05, 2024
Calgarians put water crisis aside, prepare for fun at Stampede
CALGARY - Calgary residents are getting a happy diversion from their water woes, as its annual Stampede summer festival begins today with a downtown parade. The parade comes a month to the day after a...
Jul 05, 2024
International environmental watchdog wants probe into shipping pollution enforcement
Investigators with an international environmental watchdog have recommended a probe into whether Canada is violating its own laws by not stopping toxic wastewater from being dumped into the ocean alon...
Jul 05, 2024
Canadian unemployment rate rose to 6.4% in June as jobs market stalls
OTTAWA - The Canadian job market stalled in June as the economy lost 1,400 jobs and the unemployment rate climbed to its highest level in more than two years, bolstering the case for further interest ...
Jul 05, 2024
Calgary's state of emergency ends, outdoor watering ban remains
CALGARY - Calgary is cancelling a state of emergency over its water conservation crisis, but a ban on outdoor watering remains. The city invoked the state of emergency soon after a water main ruptured...
Jul 04, 2024
Saskatchewan files for injunction over Canada Revenue Agency collecting carbon money
REGINA - Saskatchewan is going to court to stop the Canada Revenue Agency from collecting millions of dollars in carbon levy money - but the federal government says it will stand firm because the law ...
Jul 04, 2024
B.C. NDP ministers Bains, Ralston and Fleming won't seek re-election in Oct. 19 vote
VICTORIA - Three veteran New Democrat cabinet ministers and community stalwarts in Surrey and Victoria have announced they won't seek re-election in British Columbia's fall vote. Harry Bains, Bruce Ra...
Jul 04, 2024
Yukon minister says cyanide found in creek near mine spill, after firm issues denial
MAYO, YUKON - Elevated levels of cyanide have been detected in a waterway after an equipment failure and slide of ore at Victoria Gold's Eagle Mine last week, the Yukon's minister of energy, mines and...
Jul 04, 2024
Competition Bureau to speed development of guidance on new greenwashing rules
GATINEAU, Que. - The Competition Bureau says it will speed the development of guidance on the interpretation of new provisions in the Competition Act aimed at greenwashing. The federal watchdog says i...
Jul 04, 2024
Chefs mourn for B.C.'s peaches but adapt to stone fruit wipeout
VANCOUVER - Chef Gus Stieffenhofer-Brandson says that when it comes to a fat B.C. peach, there are "endless possibilities" for a fruit that signifies summer. Maybe a salad? "They play so nicely togeth...
Jul 04, 2024
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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 ...