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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Battle for Sault Ste. Marie, Thunder Bay ridings puts northern issues in spotlight
Lisa Vezeau-Allen says it's not just Sault Ste. Marie's steelworkers who are bracing for looming U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. "I was talking to a clerk at a store and they're like, 'Oh,...
Feb 23, 2025
Freeland promises to consult Canadians on alternatives to consumer carbon pricing
OTTAWA - Liberal leadership contender Chrystia Freeland vows to scrap Canada's consumer carbon pricing regime in favour of alternatives to be developed through wide-ranging consultations. In a policy ...
Feb 22, 2025
Randy Boissonnault's former company ineligible for government contracts for 5 years
OTTAWA - The company that was co-founded by former federal cabinet minister Randy Boissonnault is now barred from doing business with the federal government until 2030. Global Health Imports was suspe...
Feb 21, 2025
A running list of Ontario election promises in campaign for snap Feb. 27 vote
TORONTO - A running list of election promises announced by the Ontario Progressive Conservatives, NDP, Liberals and Greens in the province's snap election campaign. The vote is set for Feb. 27. Progre...
Feb 21, 2025
Ford and Houston appeal to governors in latest push to stop Trump's tariffs
WASHINGTON - Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston are reaching out to state governors in Washington, D.C. as the deadline to avert U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs inches...
Feb 21, 2025
Canada can legally challenge tariffs, but will Trump respect the ruling?
If U.S. President Donald Trump imposes tariffs on Canadian goods as he's repeatedly threatened to do, experts say Canada has a strong case to challenge it under the Canada-U.S.-Mexico free trade agree...
Feb 21, 2025
70% of Canadians support retaliatory tariffs on United States: Poll
OTTAWA - Seventy per cent of Canadians are in favour of dollar-for-dollar retaliatory tariffs on the United States, a new poll suggests. Nearly half of respondents to the Leger poll - 45 per cent - sa...
Feb 21, 2025
A running list of Ontario election promises in campaign for snap Feb. 27 vote
TORONTO - A running list of election promises announced by the Ontario Progressive Conservatives, NDP, Liberals and Greens in the province's snap election campaign. The vote is set for Feb. 27. Progre...
Feb 20, 2025
B.C. task force aims to grow agriculture, food processing industries
British Columbia is launching a task force focused on growing the agriculture and food processing industries after years of struggle due to climate, labour concerns and now the threat of tariffs from ...
Feb 20, 2025
Liberal leadership candidate Baylis says PM, premiers made 'mistakes' with Trump
OTTAWA - Liberal leadership candidate Frank Baylis says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Canada's premiers have been approaching President Donald Trump's trade threats all wrong. The Montreal busines...
Feb 20, 2025
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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...