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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Former PM Chrétien misses throne speech due to minor heart surgery
OTTAWA - Minor heart surgery forced former prime minister Jean Chrtien to miss today's throne speech delivered by King Charles in the Senate. Eddie Goldenberg, former senior political adviser to Chrti...
May 27, 2025
Abortions canceled again in Missouri after ruling from state Supreme Court
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Planned Parenthood halted abortions in Missouri on Tuesday after the state's top court ordered new rulings in the tumultuous legal saga over a ban that voters struck down la...
May 27, 2025
P.E.I. premier asks Ottawa for timeline on bridge and ferry toll reductions
FREDERICTON - The premier of Prince Edward Island is asking the federal government for an update on the timeline to reduce the tolls for the Confederation Bridge and Northumberland Ferries to improve ...
May 27, 2025
B.C. Greens, NDP working constructively despite challenges, accord updates say
VICTORIA - New Democrats in British Columbia under Premier David Eby and the provincial Greens say an agreement between the two parties has yielded challenges, but the two sides are committed to keep ...
May 23, 2025
Class-action lawsuit filed in B.C. over 2009 Interior Health data breach
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's Interior Health Authority has been hit with a class-action lawsuit over a data breach in 2009 that allegedly compromised thousands of employees' personal information tha...
May 23, 2025
Nearly one in three non-profit workers burnt out and food insecure, survey suggests
A survey of 1,116 employees at non-profit organizations across Canada indicates more than one-third of workers regularly feel burnt out and exhausted. The Changemaker Wellbeing Index, published Thursd...
May 22, 2025
A Texas bill to clarify exceptions to the state's abortion ban clears a key hurdle after rocky path
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas lawmakers advanced a bill Wednesday to clarify medical exceptions under one of the most restrictive abortion bans in the U.S., putting the GOP-backed proposal on the brink o...
May 21, 2025
N.S. to cover cost of shingles vaccine for residents 65 and older starting end of May
HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government will begin covering the cost of the shingles vaccine as of May 28 for residents aged 65 and older. Premier Tim Houston said Tuesday that residents can start bookin...
May 20, 2025
Logging, pruning and anxiety in Banff ahead of first summer since Jasper wildfire
BANFF - Looking out over a budding meadow with blackened tree stumps on the edge of Banff National Park, Cliff White points to a dark thicket of trees where the empty plot ends. "The next fire in here...
May 19, 2025
Nunavik village declares state of emergency after fire breaks out amid water shortage
MONTREAL - A village in Quebec's Far North has declared a state of emergency after a fire ravaged two homes in the community, which is already struggling with a months-long water shortage. The municip...
May 18, 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...