Murray Wood: Western separation talk borders on the absurd
Western separation isn't new, as Murray Wood reminds us. From fringe parties in the 1980s to bizarre border ideas today,...
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B.C. human rights commissioner details government action, inaction on recommendations
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's human rights commissioner says her office has been "re-energized" to push the provincial government to act upon dozens of recommendations to improve human rights made in...
May 27, 2025
Trump vs. Harvard: Canadian university athlete Ocean Ma caught in the crossfire
Highlighted by an Ivy League title and a divisional crown at the national college playdowns, Canada's Ocean Ma enjoyed a memorable first season on Harvard's squash team. She hopes to build on that in ...
May 26, 2025
Alberta changing rules to ensure only 'age-appropriate' books in schools by fall
EDMONTON - Alberta is bringing in new rules this fall to ensure only "age-appropriate" books are available in school libraries. Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides said Monday the move was spurred...
May 26, 2025
Texas is closer to putting the Ten Commandments in classrooms after a key vote
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas would require all public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments under a Republican proposal that cleared a major vote Saturday and would make the state the nation...
May 24, 2025
Fewer international students adding to university budget challenges
OTTAWA - Canadian universities are being forced to tighten their financial belts as they struggle with plummeting enrolment from international students who pay higher tuitions. Universities Canada say...
May 24, 2025
'Panic and confusion' for Canadians at Harvard after Trump bans foreign students
Harvard University student Thomas Mete was picking up his brother from high school in Ridgeway, Ont., when he got the news that U.S. President Donald Trump's administration was barring the Ivy League ...
May 23, 2025
Harvard sues the Trump administration over ban on enrolling foreign students
WASHINGTON (AP) - Harvard University is challenging the Trump administration's decision to bar the Ivy League school from enrolling foreign students, calling it unconstitutional retaliation for defyin...
May 23, 2025 A sculler rows down the Charles River near Harvard University, at rear, Tuesday, April 15, 2025, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
Ontario adding 2,600 teacher candidate spaces amid shortage
TORONTO - Ontario is adding 2,600 spaces to teachers colleges across the province as it stares down a worsening teacher shortage, a move unions say is welcome though will not in isolation solve the pr...
May 23, 2025
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
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Sarah Mills: Alberta's book bans hinge on what's 'explicit'
Alberta is banning certain books in school libraries sticking to those deemed age-appropriate. But as Sarah Mills explor...
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, July 18
Evan checks in with Premier Scott Moe. Then it's open phones, Bugs 'n Hugs, Eatin' Time, and Green & White Progs. We...