Sarah Mills: King Charles declares it - Harry is out
King Charles has reiterated that Prince Harry and wife Megan are not working royals, but private citizens carrying out c...
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St. Louis-area residents make plea for compensation for illnesses tied to nuclear contamination
Karen Nickel has been dealing with lupus and other illnesses for years, illnesses she blames on childhood exposure to a suburban St. Louis creek where Cold War-era nuclear waste was dumped decades ago...
Apr 05, 2024
Spring storm: Ontario, Quebec utilities still working to restore power to thousands
About 19,700 Hydro-Qubec customers are still without power as work crews continue restoring electricity after a major spring storm. A notice from the utility says about 1,200 workers are in the field....
Apr 05, 2024
Alberta premier says carbon policy has changed since past comments about benefits
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says although she once spoke positively of carbon rebates, the rising cost of the federal levy means Prime Minister Justin Trudeau can no longer justify it. The United C...
Apr 05, 2024
Drone images show trapped B.C. orca calf is healthy female, Fisheries Department says
ZEBALLOS, B.C. - The young killer whale stranded in the lagoon off Vancouver Island is a girl. A statement from the Fisheries Department on Friday says drone images have determined that the calf given...
Apr 05, 2024
Alberta Appeal Court dismisses coal company lawsuit alleging expropriation
EDMONTON - Alberta's top court has dismissed a coal company's request for compensation over government policies to phase out coal power. Altius Royalty Corp. was asking for $190 million in compensatio...
Apr 04, 2024
Record Alberta fires changed forests for decades and destroyed rare habitat: report
EDMONTON - Last year's record wildfires in Alberta destroyed habitat for threatened species and will change the makeup of the province's forests for decades to come, says a new report. And the assessm...
Apr 04, 2024
Canadian wildfires 'entirely' drove surge in global tree loss in 2023, study says
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - A global forest study says Canadian wildfires last year were "entirely" to blame for a worldwide surge in tree losses. The study released by researchers at the University of Maryla...
Apr 04, 2024
Chasing clear weather, eclipse watchers to converge on Quebec's Eastern Townships
MONTREAL - Evan Zucker has been on a cross-continent journey from San Diego, chasing clear skies ahead of Monday's total solar eclipse. While he originally planned on watching in Texas, a cloudy forec...
Apr 04, 2024
Plans to lift a B.C. orca calf out of remote lagoon aim for two-week timeline
ZEBALLOS, B.C. - A rescue effort that involves lifting a killer whale calf out of a remote tidal lagoon off northern Vancouver Island could happen within the next two weeks. Federal Fisheries Departme...
Apr 04, 2024
Trudeau says provinces must price carbon as Manitoba eyes alternative to federal plan
WINNIPEG - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew appeared at odds over carbon pricing Thursday. Kinew's NDP government, elected last October, is putting together a proposal to t...
Apr 04, 2024
OPINION
Evan Bray: Canadians deserve more than vague explanations over poor trade results
Canadians elected Prime Minister Mark Carney to office to handle trade tensions between Canada and the U.S. Evan Bray sa...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, September 10
8:30 - Many Canadians say Prime Minister Mark Carney's decision to launch counter-tariffs was a gamble he had to make. B...