Murray Wood: A star-crossed leader is beset by floor-crossing MPs
Murray Wood says Pierre Poilievre has suffered some bad timing in his career as Conservative leader, but the question is...
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Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly off to Washington next week to talk tariffs
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly will head to Washington next week as part of her government's efforts to press the incoming Trump administration not to impose damaging tariffs on Canada....
Jan 10, 2025
Poilievre says the next Canadian election will be about the carbon price
OTTAWA - Pierre Poilievre returned to Ottawa on Thursday after the holidays with a familiar demand for Justin Trudeau: call a carbon-tax election. Neither Trudeau's announcement that he plans to resig...
Jan 09, 2025
Montreal man sentenced in U.S. for exporting weapon components to Russia
MONTREAL - A Montreal man has been sentenced to 40 months in prison by a United States federal court for running a scheme to illegally export millions of dollars' worth of electronic components to Rus...
Jan 09, 2025
U.S. steel, plastics among items Canada may target with retaliatory tariffs
OTTAWA - Canada is looking to target American steel, ceramics and plastics with retaliatory tariffs in response to an escalating trade dispute with the incoming Trump administration. A senior governme...
Jan 09, 2025
Political uncertainty could derail major carbon capture project: Experts
CALGARY - The fate of Canada's largest proposed carbon capture and storage project is even more uncertain after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's resignation announcement this week amplified existing un...
Jan 09, 2025
Cabinet ministers say they must not overreact to Trump annexation threats
OTTAWA - Several federal cabinet ministers say Canada should not overreact to U.S. president-elect Donald Trump's comments about annexing Canada but should still take them seriously. Trump has mused a...
Jan 08, 2025
Ford pitches Trump on grand energy plan in effort to avoid tariffs
BOWMANVILLE, Ont. - Ontario Premier Doug Ford is pitching U.S. president-elect Donald Trump on a vision to supply the two nations with energy, as he positions himself as the country's protector amid a...
Jan 08, 2025
Liberal MPs push Dominic LeBlanc to reconsider running for leadership
OTTAWA - Some Liberal MPs are pressing Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc to change his mind and run for the party leadership. LeBlanc bowed out of the race to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on W...
Jan 08, 2025
Is Donald Trump kidding? Americans in Canada react to tariff, annexation threats
Incoming U.S. president Donald Trump has been courting controversy in Canada since his election victory, with threats to impose whopping tariffs on Canadian goods and musings about the country becomin...
Jan 08, 2025
David Eby among premiers heading to Washington to tamp down Trump tariff threat
VANCOUVER - The "state of the federal government" following the announcement that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau would resign means Canada's premiers are taking the lead in the fight against threatened...
Jan 07, 2025
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Sarah Mills: A lifetime smoking ban in the UK may be a step too far
Sarah Mills says there are great health-care costs associated with smoking, but those costs are also associated with obe...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 23
Evan talks on Thursday's show about the RM of Sherwood's AI data centre now approved to be built, Saskatoon mayor Cynthi...