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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California governor, celebrities and activists launch campaign to protect law limiting oil wells
LOS ANGELES, Calif. (AP) - Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jane Fonda joined California Gov. Gavin Newsom and environmental advocates in Los Angeles on Friday to launch a campaign to keep a 2022 law banning...
Mar 22, 2024
Trump says he has nearly $500 million in cash but doesn't want to use it to pay New York judgment
NEW YORK (AP) - Donald Trump claimed on Friday to have almost a half-billion dollars in cash but said he'd rather spend it on his presidential run than on the $454 million civil fraud judgment against...
Mar 22, 2024
French President Macron regrets the Senate's vote to reject the EU-Canada trade deal
BRUSSELS (AP) - French President Emmanuel Macron said Friday he "regrets" the Senate's vote to reject legislation to ratify a trade deal between the European Union and Canada that has been criticized ...
Mar 22, 2024
Federal government posts $25.7-billion deficit between April and January
OTTAWA - The federal government recorded a budgetary deficit of $25.7 billion as of the end of January for the current fiscal year. The Finance Department says in its monthly fiscal monitor that the d...
Mar 22, 2024
California Democratic lawmakers seek ways to combat retail theft while keeping progressive policy
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Facing mounting pressure to crack down on a retail theft crisis, California lawmakers are split on how best to tackle the problem that some say has caused major store closure...
Mar 21, 2024
Trump's social media company approved to go public, potentially netting former president billions
NEW YORK (AP) - Donald Trump is returning to the stock market, and the former president stands to reap a sizeable payout in the process. Shareholders of Digital World Acquisition Corp., a publicly tra...
Mar 21, 2024
Key recommendations from the government's review of the Cannabis Act
OTTAWA - More than five years after cannabis was legalized in Canada, the government has released its final report of the legislative review of the Cannabis Act. The report is the result of 18 months ...
Mar 21, 2024
Federal cannabis review calls for look at tax structure among 54 recommendations
A group convened by the federal government to study the legislation that made cannabis legal is recommending the country review one of the industry's biggest gripes: excise taxes charged to pot produc...
Mar 21, 2024
Firing of Ohtani's interpreter highlights how sports betting is still illegal in California
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - The firing of Shohei Ohtani's interpreter by the Los Angeles Dodgers over allegations of illegal gambling and theft has highlighted an issue many outside of California don't ...
Mar 21, 2024
Arkansas airport director who was shot by federal agents dies from injuries
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - The executive director of Little Rock's airport, who was injured earlier this week in a shootout with federal agents serving a search warrant at his home, has died. Bill and H...
Mar 21, 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...