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B.C. faces a rain-soaked election day after a campaign drenched in negativity
VANCOUVER - British Columbians go to the polls on Saturday after a too-close-to-call campaign that saw David Eby's New Democrats and John Rustad's B.C. Conservatives tangle over housing, health care a...
Oct 18, 2024
Alberta government launches $7M ad campaign against incoming federal emissions cap
EDMONTON - Alberta's government has launched a national ad campaign targeting the federal government's incoming emissions cap for the oil and gas sector. Premier Danielle Smith said Tuesday it's a de ...
Oct 15, 2024
N.S. to build berm to protect Chignecto Isthmus, still wants Ottawa to pay for it
HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government says that in the coming days it will start building a 500-metre-long berm to protect a low-lying land link between the province and New Brunswick. The Chignecto Is...
Oct 15, 2024
Listeria outbreak linked to plant-based milk seems to be over: PHAC
The Public Health Agency of Canada says a Listeria outbreak linked to several plant-based milks appears to be over with no additional cases reported since August. The federal agency says its investiga...
Oct 15, 2024
Longueuil gets permit to go ahead with deer cull in local park that has been overrun
MONTREAL - A Montreal suburb will go ahead with a long-awaited white-tailed deer cull in a local park that has become overrun with them. The City of Longueuil, just south of Montreal, has been trying ...
Oct 14, 2024
Lack of salmon may not be the problem after all for endangered orcas, report suggests
VANCOUVER - A key assumption about dwindling numbers of southern resident killer whales pins the blame on a lack of salmon, but a study out of the University of British Columbia has found they have tw...
Oct 14, 2024
Alberta government proposing additional restrictions on wind and solar energy
EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA - The Alberta government is proposing additional restrictions on wind and solar farms that conservationists think are more about limiting renewable energy than protecting the...
Oct 14, 2024
Claims of India interference, new children's hospital on B.C. election campaign
VANCOUVER - There was no holiday for British Columbia's party leaders as the Oct. 19 election draws near with talk of foreign interference and vehicle insurance rates from the NDP and a promise of a n...
Oct 14, 2024
Eby urges Green voters to 'stick together' with NDP to keep Conservatives from office
SQUAMISH, B.C. - New Democrat Leader David Eby is urging Green voters in British Columbia's tight election to back the NDP to keep John Rustad's B.C. Conservatives from forming government, but the Gre...
Oct 13, 2024
'Stunned by climate silence': New Brunswick election short on climate policy
FREDERICTON - Warming temperatures, rising sea levels and coastal erosion are threatening communities up and down New Brunswick, but with just over one week to the provincial election, some voters say...
Oct 12, 2024
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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, Sept. 10
Evan talks with Christine Sarteschi, criminology professor and cult expert, about who Romana Didulo is, and former Marte...