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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OJ Simpson, Las Vegas Strip hotel settle defamation case
LAS VEGAS - O.J. Simpson and a Las Vegas hotel-casino have settled a lawsuit alleging that unnamed employees defamed Simpson by telling a celebrity news site he had been banned from the property in No...
Apr 08, 2021
2 new airlines await Americans looking to fly somewhere
Americans are travelling in the greatest numbers in more than a year, and soon they will have two new leisure-oriented airlines to consider for those trips. Both hope to draw passengers by filling in ...
Apr 08, 2021
China warns Washington not to boycott Winter Olympics
BEIJING - China's government warned Washington on Wednesday not to boycott next year's Winter Olympics in Beijing after the Biden administration said it was talking with allies about a joint approach ...
Apr 07, 2021
In Canada, U.S., vaccine 'passports' could be new point of cross-border contention
WASHINGTON - As if the COVID-19 pandemic hadn't produced enough ways to complicate life at the border between Canada and the United States, here comes another: whether or not to require proof of vacci...
Apr 07, 2021
About 17 million view Baylor's championship win over Gonzaga
NEW YORK - Even an NCAA championship matchup between two widely acknowledged as the best men's college basketball teams in the country wasn't enough to set the television world afire. An estimated 16....
Apr 07, 2021
About 17 million view Baylor's championship win over Gonzaga
NEW YORK - Even an NCAA championship matchup between two widely acknowledged as the best men's college basketball teams in the country wasn't enough to set the television world afire. An estimated 16....
Apr 07, 2021
US trade deficit jumps 4.8% to $71.1 billion in February
SILVER SPRING, Md. - The U.S. trade deficit grew to a record $71.1 billion in February as a decline in exports more than offset a slight dip in imports, with severe weather taking much of the blame fr...
Apr 07, 2021
Online platform helps keep Quebec's sugar shack tradition alive during pandemic
MONTREAL - Stephanie Laurin slept next to a colossal, simmering pot every night over the last week, supervising the production cycle of pea soup at Chalet des Erables sugar shack, north of Montreal. L...
Apr 07, 2021
NRA exec sheltered on borrowed yacht after mass shootings
DALLAS - After school shootings that left dozens dead in recent years, National Rifle Association leader Wayne LaPierre said the resulting outrage put him in such danger that he sought shelter aboard ...
Apr 06, 2021
Greenland election shows divide over rare-earth metals mine
HELSINKI - Greenland is holding an early parliamentary election Tuesday focused in part on whether the semi-autonomous Danish territory should allow international companies to mine the sparsely popula...
Apr 06, 2021
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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...