Murray Wood: The day Canada Became a nation
April 9, 1917 was Easter Monday. On that date, 109 years ago, Canadian soldiers made history at Vimy Ridge. Murray Wood ...
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Federal government posts $50.9 billion deficit for 2023-24 fiscal year
OTTAWA - The federal government ended the 2023-24 fiscal year with a deficit of $50.9 billion. The result for the April-to-March period compared with a deficit of $41.3 billion reported for the same s...
May 31, 2024
Former BoC governor Stephen Poloz warns on low business investment, lost productivity
TORONTO - Stephen Poloz is concerned about investment levels in Canada's private sector, which he says has been dampened by higher government spending and volatility in U.S. trade relations. The previ...
May 30, 2024
Saskatchewan farmer who found space junk in field not alone; others discover debris
ITUNA, Sask. - A Saskatchewan man who found a giant piece of space junk on his farm says he is not alone. Barry Sawchuk says five more fragments of debris from high in the sky have been found by his n...
May 30, 2024
Newfoundland and Labrador launching court case against federal equalization program
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The Newfoundland and Labrador government revealed Thursday that it plans to take Ottawa to court over the federal equalization program, saying it puts Canada's easternmost province ...
May 30, 2024
ComediHa! reaches agreement to acquire 'select' Just for Laughs assets
MONTREAL - A Quebec-based entertainment group says it has reached an agreement with Just for Laughs to acquire "select" assets from the financially troubled comedy company. The agreement with ComediHa...
May 29, 2024
Manitoba promises new money for Winnipeg police to target assaults and retail thefts
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government promised new money Wednesday to fight a spike in violence and retail theft that has seen workers in some cases assaulted and injured. The province will fund overtime...
May 29, 2024
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's housing plan defeated in House of Commons
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's housing bill has been defeated in the House of Commons with the Liberals, New Democrats and Bloc Qubcois voting against the legislation. Poilievre intro...
May 29, 2024
Holland defends new ministerial powers to pull products off the shelves
OTTAWA - The federal health minister needs new powers to unilaterally take dangerous products off the shelves if they're hurting people and not being used as intended, Mark Holland said Wednesday. He ...
May 29, 2024
Blair announces training, equipment deals at military trade show
OTTAWA - Defence Minister Bill Blair came to the country's largest defence industry trade show on Wednesday to announce billions of dollars in training and equipment deals for the armed forces, and fa...
May 29, 2024
Five Ontario school boards, two schools join legal fight against social media giants
TORONTO - Five more Ontario school boards and two private schools have joined the multibillion-dollar legal fight against social media giants Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Snapchat, accusing their p...
May 29, 2024
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Sarah Mills: The prime minister needs to live by his own bilingual rules
Sarah Mills says Mark Carney largely speaking French in his call to astronaut Jeremy Hansen breaks a standard he set whe...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 9
8:30 - Another MP just crossed the floor to the Liberal Party, just weeks away from three critical byelections where the...