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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Alberta NDP leader accuses Smith's UCP of playing blame game over Calgary water main
CALGARY - Alberta Opposition NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi says Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservative Party government is playing politics with the failure of a key water main in Calgary by pointing...
Jan 20, 2026
'Damn excited': Calgary lifts water-use restrictions after broken pipe repaired
CALGARY - Calgary's 1.6 million residents and those in surrounding municipalities are once again free to flush and take longer showers, as water restrictions imposed due to a broken water main were li...
Jan 16, 2026
Immigrants more likely to cite human rights, diversity as 'Canadian values': survey
OTTAWA - Immigrants are more likely than those born in Canada to identify things like respect for human rights and gender equality as "shared Canadian values," say survey results in briefing notes pre...
Jan 16, 2026
'Completed two phases': Calgary's catastrophic water main repair nearing completion
CALGARY - Calgarians will have to wait a little longer before water restrictions will be lifted after a catastrophic water main break a couple of weeks ago. A key water main ruptured just before New Y...
Jan 15, 2026
Ontario proposes to pause rule that lets cities require affordable housing units
TORONTO - Ontario is proposing to temporarily ban three major cities from requiring a certain percentage of affordable units in new buildings near transit stations, citing a downturn in the housing ma...
Jan 15, 2026
B.C. and feds sign lumber understanding with China, as province looks beyond U.S.
British Columbia's Forests Ministry has entered into a memorandum of understanding with China on modern wood construction, a development that the province hopes will bolster the provincial lumber sect...
Jan 15, 2026
Alberta government to review Calgary water main breaks, demands documents
CALGARY - The Alberta government has launched a review of Calgary's water main ruptures and is demanding the city turn over reams of documents dating back two decades within the next two weeks. Munici...
Jan 14, 2026
Construction on second leg of high-speed rail line slated for 2032: CEO
MONTREAL - The CEO of a planned high-speed rail project between Toronto and Quebec City says construction on the eastern and western parts of the line is expected to begin by 2032. Following a speech ...
Jan 13, 2026
Nearly 85,000 people homeless in Ontario, up 8 per cent in one year: report
TORONTO - Homelessness is getting worse across Ontario with an estimated 85,000 people who were without a home in 2025 and nearly 2,000 encampments across the province, a new report from Ontario's mun...
Jan 13, 2026
Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week
TORONTO - Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week: Carney in China Prime Minister Mark Carney will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping when he travels to China th...
Jan 11, 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 ...