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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Beijing auto show is latest event delayed by virus fears
BEIJING - The Beijing auto show, the industry's biggest global event of the year, is being postponed in response to the spread of China's new virus. Auto China 2020, originally scheduled for April 21-...
Feb 17, 2020
Zuckerberg meets EU officials as bloc's new tech rules loom
LONDON - Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg met top European Union officials on a visit to Brussels on Monday, days before the bloc is expected to release new proposals on regulating artificial intelligence...
Feb 17, 2020
Telus and affiliates tell customers they've already met Liberal rate-cut pledge
OTTAWA - One of Canada's major mobile service providers appears to have set the stage for a battle with Ottawa over the timing of proposed wireless rate cuts. Telus and affiliated brands Koo...
Feb 17, 2020
Alstom reaches preliminary deal to buy Bombardier train unit, report says
MONTREAL - Bombardier Inc. has reached a preliminary deal to sell its train division to French rail giant Alstom SA for more than US$7 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday. The news o...
Feb 16, 2020
Barcelona's Twitter accounts hacked after team's league win
BARCELONA, Spain - Barcelona's Twitter accounts were hacked after the team's 2-1 home win over Getafe in the Spanish league on Saturday. A group calling itself "OurMine" took over Barcelona's accounts...
Feb 15, 2020
Amid virus outbreak, concerns about a hockey stick shortage
Jack Eichel snapped his stick over the crossbar in frustration after an empty-net goal sealed a Buffalo Sabres loss, splintering it across the ice. He and other NHL players might want to think twice a...
Feb 15, 2020
Amid virus outbreak, concerns about a hockey stick shortage
Jack Eichel snapped his stick over the crossbar in frustration after an empty-net goal sealed a Buffalo Sabres loss, splintering it across the ice. He and other NHL players might want to think twice a...
Feb 15, 2020
Michael Avenatti is convicted of trying to extort Nike
NEW YORK - Michael Avenatti, the combative lawyer who gained fame by representing porn star Stormy Daniels in lawsuits involving President Donald Trump, was convicted Friday of trying to extort sports...
Feb 14, 2020
Cruise stranded by virus fears ends with roses in Cambodia
SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia - After being stranded at sea for two weeks because five ports refused to allow their cruise ship to dock, the passengers of the MS Westerdam were anything but sure their ordea...
Feb 13, 2020
Budget watchdog slashes economic growth projections, partly blames coronavirus
OTTAWA - Canada's economy slowed "sharply" in the final quarter of 2019, the parliamentary budget office said Thursday in its February economic and fiscal report. And the new coronavirus outbreak...
Feb 13, 2020
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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...