Sarah Mills: Trying to score World Cup tickets is a fool's game under FIFA
Sarah Mills spent five hours and 50 minutes in a queue for FIFA's general sale for World Cup tickets on Wednesday, only ...
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Trump allows commercial fishing in marine conservation area
BANGOR, Maine - President Donald Trump rolled back protections Friday at a marine conservation area off the New England coast, signing an order to allow commercial fishing in a stretch of water enviro...
Jun 05, 2020
Twitter disables Trump campaign's George Floyd video tribute
Twitter has blocked a Trump campaign video tribute to George Floyd over a copyright claim, in a move that adds to tensions between the social media platform and the U.S. president, one of its most wid...
Jun 05, 2020
Unemployment rate falls to 13.3%, US adds 2.5 million jobs
WASHINGTON - The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 13.3% in May from 14.7%, and 2.5 million jobs were added - a surprisingly positive reading in the midst of a recession that has paralyzed the economy in...
Jun 05, 2020
Trump hails jobs report, but unemployment rate still high
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump took a victory lap Friday morning after the government reported surprising job gains for last month, seizing on the data to predict that the worst of the coronaviru...
Jun 05, 2020
National unemployment rate hits new record even as economy adds jobs
OTTAWA - Canada's employment minister says the federal government is rethinking a key COVID-19 benefit so workers have more incentive to get back on the job, in an effort to maintain a surprising...
Jun 05, 2020
U.S. trade gap rises to $49.4 billion in April
WASHINGTON - The U.S. trade deficit hit the highest level in eight months in April. Exports and imports both posted record monthly drops as the coronavirus pandemic smothered America's commerce with o...
Jun 04, 2020
Stockwell Day steps down from several roles after comments about racism
A former Canadian Alliance leader and Conservative MP has resigned from Telus' board of directors and as a strategic adviser to a law firm after comparing racism to his experience of being mocked in s...
Jun 03, 2020
Pilgrim’s Pride CEO among indicted for chicken price fixing
WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. - The CEO of Pilgrim's Pride is one of four current and former chicken company executives indicted Wednesday on charges of price-fixing. The U.S. Department of Justice said a federa...
Jun 03, 2020
Fed approves expansion of state and local support program
WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve has approved an expansion of its $500 billion emergency program to support state and local governments. The expansion will allow all states to have at least two cities...
Jun 03, 2020
Garneau expands required use of face masks on planes, trains, ships and transit
OTTAWA - Federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau is expanding the required use of face coverings on planes, trains, ships and transit to reduce the spread of COVID-19. Effective at noon on Thursd...
Jun 03, 2020
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Sarah Mills: Tiger Woods should know better after another DUI case
Sarah Mills says Tiger Woods could easily pay for a car service, and he should also have an NDA to keep his business his...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 2
On today's show, Evan asks whether you really relax when you have time off, the economic impact of the industrial carbon...