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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Carney says Canadian oil will be competitive after Maduro's ouster
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney says his government is working to expand access to oil markets in Asia now that Canada faces the prospect of Venezuelan oil displacing Canadian product in the Ameri...
Jan 06, 2026
Calgary mayor says risk of more water main breaks 'new reality' until line replaced
CALGARY - The City of Calgary expects to fix a broken water main by early next week, but the mayor says the pipe is fatally flawed and citizens should prepare for future ruptures until it's fully repl...
Jan 05, 2026
Alberta's Danielle Smith says Maduro capture outlines urgency of West Coast pipeline
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the American capture of Venezuelan President Nicols Maduro underlines the urgency of building oil pipelines to export Canadian oil to new markets. U.S. P...
Jan 05, 2026
US-based multinational companies will be exempt from global tax deal
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. multinational corporations will be exempted from paying more corporate taxes overseas in a deal finalized by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. The OECD ...
Jan 05, 2026
LISTEN: Analyst says Maduro's removal could affect Canada's oil market and pipeline talks
Many questions are being raised about how the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicols Maduro by U.S. forces will impact Canada. Paul Martin, Rawlco Radio's business analyst said Canada could be signific...
Jan 05, 2026 U.S. President Donald Trump made comments about taking over Venezuela's oil reserves after the U.S. military operation in Caracas that took Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro into custody over the weekend. (980 CJME file photo)
N.S. couple donates 46 acres for an ‘intentional community’ with affordable housing
HALIFAX - When Amy Hendricks and Paul Davie moved to Antigonish, N.S., from Yellowknife, they had a bit of a struggle on their hands: finding the right plot of land. "We thought, how hard could it be?...
Jan 04, 2026
Canada's oil sector shouldn't panic, stay competitive after Maduro's seizure: experts
EDMONTON - Two political scientists say U.S. President Donald Trump's interest in transforming Venezuela's oil-rich sector hasn't created panic or shaken up Canada's oil industry. Heather Exner-Pirot,...
Jan 04, 2026
Tangled cars and billowing smoke: Remembering Hinton rail disaster 40 years later
HINTON - Colin Hanington followed a plume of smoke to reach one of the deadliest railway crashes in Canadian history, and almost 40 years later remembers the silence when he got there. Hanington was a...
Jan 04, 2026
Transport Canada warns Air India on drinking rules after pilot's Vancouver arrest
An Air India pilot was offloaded from a plane and arrested at Vancouver International Airport last week, with Transport Canada warning the airline that it faced loss of its flight authorizations if it...
Jan 02, 2026
Peace by Chocolate and NuttyHero products added to pistachio recall due to salmonella
TORONTO - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has added several Peace by Chocolate and NuttyHero products to its ongoing recall of pistachios possibly contaminated with salmonella. The latest recall p...
Jan 02, 2026
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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 ...