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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Vancouver Island University students are making the world's largest Nanaimo bar
NANAIMO - Students at Vancouver Island University in Nanaimo, B.C., have been busy in the kitchen assembling the world's largest Nanaimo bar. The sweet treat was unveiled to the public at noon on Satu...
May 17, 2025 Vancouver Island University students in the culinary arts and professional baking and pastry arts programs are shown working together in Nanaimo, B.C., in a Wednesday, May 14, 2025, handout photo, to bring home the record for world's largest Nanaimo bar. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Vancouver Island University)
A one-teen prom on Newfoundland's Northern Peninsula brings small community together
MAIN BROOK - Breanna Bromley-Clarke may be the sole graduate of her all-grades school on Newfoundland's Northern Peninsula, but her prom helped bring many in her community together. The 18-year-old ce...
May 17, 2025
University of Calgary launches initiative to study new relationship with the U.S.
CALGARY - Alberta is putting $6.5 million toward a new initiative at the University of Calgary to study how Canada's relationship with the United States is changing with U.S. President Trump in the Wh...
May 16, 2025
Inquest rules B.C. student's overdose death accidental, recommends naloxone training
A coroner's jury in British Columbia has recommended high schools provide resuscitation training and demonstrations of how to use naloxone after ruling that the overdose death of a University of Victo...
May 15, 2025
U.S. academics warn Drake suit could have 'dangerous' ripple effects on rap music
TORONTO - Four U.S. academics say a "dangerous" precedent could be set for rap music if Drake wins his defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group. New documents filed in a New York court ask the...
May 15, 2025
Canadian youth struggle with making friends and bullying: UNICEF report
A global study from UNICEF suggests many Canadian kids are unhappy, with social struggles such as bullying and difficulty making friends among the sources of their anguish. UNICEF's 19th Report Card s...
May 13, 2025
Quebec reports high immigration, record-low fertility in 2024
MONTREAL - Despite a downward trend, Quebec still reported nearly record-high population growth last year due to immigration, even as the province's fertility rate reached its lowest level on record. ...
May 08, 2025
Indigenous leaders hopeful for Carney-led government on economy, reconciliation
OTTAWA - Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami president Natan Obed says he doesn't expect Prime Minister Mark Carney to get everything right immediately as he learns about and crafts policies for Indigenous People...
May 03, 2025
Quebec to ban cellphones in elementary and high schools for entire school day
QUBEC - The Quebec government is expanding its cellphone ban in schools, prohibiting students from using the devices on elementary or high school property for the entire school day. Education Minister...
May 01, 2025
Ontario considering change to length of teachers' college, documents suggest
TORONTO - The Ontario government is considering shortening the length of teachers' college in order to address a worsening shortage of educators, documents obtained by The Canadian Press suggest. A fr...
Apr 30, 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...