Murray Wood: Taylor Swift engagement a nice way to end a cruel summer
Murray Wood says the only thing as amusing as the reaction of fans to Taylor Swift's engagement announcement on Tuesday ...
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Federal Appeal Court grants B.C. ostriches stay of cull pending appeal
A flock of nearly 400 British Columbia ostriches that gained international fame after they were ordered killed due to an avian flu outbreak have been given a stay of execution - at least for now. The ...
Jun 20, 2025
Parks Canada says fatal Banff rockfall not foreseeable or preventable
LAKE LOUISE - Parks Canada says there was nothing foreseeable or preventable about the rockfall that killed two hikers and injured three more in Banff National Park. Francois Masse, the Parks Canada s...
Jun 20, 2025
Police, rescuers respond as rock slide hits hikers in Banff; injuries undetermined
LAKE LOUISE - Rescue crews, police and paramedics scrambled to a remote region of Banff National Park on Thursday amid reports that a group of hikers were hit by a rock slide, causing possible injurie...
Jun 19, 2025 Castle Mountain in Banff National Park is shown in a June 2023 photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Colette Derworiz
Quebec dials back emissions projections due to global uncertainty
MONTREAL - The Quebec government is scaling back its projections for greenhouse gas emissions reductions due to the Trump administration. A report published Thursday by the province's Environment Depa...
Jun 19, 2025
Canada's EV market was already in trouble. Tariffs made it worse, Ontario workers say
INGERSOLL - Bob Pulham recalls the optimism in the air when General Motors began producing electric vans in Ingersoll, Ont., in late 2022. As the first BrightDrop commercial van rolled off the line at...
Jun 19, 2025
One in four Canadians report being affected by extreme weather in last year: Poll
OTTAWA - Almost one in four Canadians were directly affected by extreme weather events over the past year, a new poll suggests. The Leger poll - released as Canada copes with its second-worst wildfire...
Jun 19, 2025 Smoke from wildfires blankets the city as a couple has a picnic in Edmonton, Saturday, May 11, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
Saskatchewan government plans to extend life of coal plants: Minister
REGINA - Saskatchewan's government is planning to extend the life of the province's coal plants before moving to nuclear power generation, says a letter from the Crown Investments Corporation Minister...
Jun 18, 2025
Carbon budget to keep global warming at 1.5 C could be exhausted in 3 years: report
The world is on pace to emit enough greenhouse gas emissions over the next three years to blow by an international target to limit global warming to 1.5 C, according to a new study co-authored by a Ca...
Jun 18, 2025
Quebec bans transport of some wild animals in nearly 100 communities over rabies risk
MONTREAL - The Quebec government is temporarily banning the transportation of some wild animal species in nearly 100 municipalities located close to areas where raccoon rabies has been detected. The b...
Jun 18, 2025
Carney's contentious major projects bill clears committee
OTTAWA - Running roughshod over the environment. Spawning the next Idle No More movement. Picking economic winners and losers. Prime Minister Mark Carney's Building Canada Act is anything if not a mag...
Jun 18, 2025
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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, August 27
Evan talks with pop culture expert Shauna Foster about Taylor Swift's engagement to Kansas City Chief's tight end Travis...