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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Striking crab fishers vow to resume protests at Newfoundland and Labrador legislature
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The man who led a fish harvesters protest that shut down the Newfoundland and Labrador legislature building last month says he and his colleagues plan to return on Monday to keep up...
Apr 12, 2024
Liberals say their plan to 'solve the housing crisis' will build 3.9M homes by 2031
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals have unveiled their plan to solve the housing crisis, building on recent announcements with new tax incentives, more than a billion dollars for homelessness and a country...
Apr 12, 2024
Biden heads to his hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania, to talk about taxes
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden is headed to his hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania on Tuesday to talk about who he believes should be paying more in taxes (billionaires) and who should be payin...
Apr 12, 2024
How immigrant workers in US have helped boost job growth and stave off a recession
MIAMI (AP) - Having fled economic and political chaos in Venezuela, Luisana Silva now loads carpets for a South Carolina rug company. She earns enough to pay rent, buy groceries, gas up her car - and ...
Apr 12, 2024
How immigrant workers in US have helped boost job growth and stave off a recession
MIAMI (AP) - Having fled economic and political chaos in Venezuela, Luisana Silva now loads carpets for a South Carolina rug company. She earns enough to pay rent, buy groceries, gas up her car - and ...
Apr 12, 2024
Bell Canada CEO Mirko Bibic defends job cuts in Commons committee testimony
OTTAWA - As members of Parliament accuse Bell Canada of corporate greed, the head of the company is defending its decision to cut thousands of jobs, citing a shift in Canadians' viewing habits away fr...
Apr 11, 2024
'He was a messenger': Defence disputes accused was leader at Alberta border blockade
A lawyer for one of three men on trial for their roles in the border blockade at Coutts, Alta., argued Thursday his client was nothing more than a messenger. Crown prosecutors have told jurors they in...
Apr 11, 2024
Entry to housing market feels out of reach for 76% of non-owners: CIBC poll
TORONTO - Three in four Canadians who don't own a property say buying a home feels out of reach, a new poll shows. A CIBC survey, published Thursday, shows 76 per cent of Canadians who haven't yet ent...
Apr 11, 2024
Canada needs to build 1.3M additional homes by 2030 to close housing gap, says PBO
OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget officer says Canada would need to build 1.3 million additional homes by 2030 to eliminate the country's housing gap. The newly released report looks at how many more ...
Apr 11, 2024
Ottawa to allow 30-year amortization for first-time buyers' mortgages on new homes
TORONTO - Some advocates are praising Ottawa's move to lengthen the amortization period on insured mortgages for certain homebuyers, but say expanding the policy to all Canadians would help make home ...
Apr 11, 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
On Thursday's show, Evan welcomes a trio of teens to discuss banning social media for children and teenagers, discusses ...