Murray Wood: Why I hate the latest round of changes in the CFL
Eight of the CFL's nine teams will qualify for the playoffs under the league's latest round of changes, but Murray Wood ...
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RCMP relief officer in Nunavut faces three charges including assault and theft
An RCMP officer stationed in Ottawa is facing three charges related to his time as a relief officer in Kimmirut, Nunavut, in the summer of 2020. Ira Tarleton has been charged with assault causing bodi...
May 07, 2021
Supreme Court upholds sexual assault conviction in case involving teens, alcohol
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has upheld the conviction of a youth found guilty of sexually assaulting another teenager in a case involving alcohol and capacity to consent. In its ruling Friday...
May 07, 2021
Judges' sexual assault training bill receives royal assent after clearing the Senate
OTTAWA - Rona Ambrose says she had no idea it would take so long and require such determination to see that new judges are properly trained in sexual assault law.Four years and three attempts later, B...
May 07, 2021
Canadian on death row says execution may be 'preferable' to endless prison time
Ronald Smith sounds tired. Despite good news last month, when a bill to resume executions in Montana was unexpectedly defeated, the Canadian on death row in that state is in a sombre mood. Smith, orig...
May 07, 2021
Canada must sanction Vladimir Putin's oligarchs: Alexei Navalny's chief of staff
OTTAWA - The chief of staff to Alexei Navalny, the imprisoned critic of the Russian president, is calling on Ottawa to impose new sanctions on those who he described as "Vladimir Putin's oligarchs." L...
May 06, 2021
No tickets, charges issued in Quebec for travellers violating hotel quarantine order
MONTREAL - No one in Quebec has been fined or ticketed for violating the national health order requiring travellers arriving in Canada to quarantine at a designated hotel, according to province's pros...
May 06, 2021
Supreme Court will hear appeal of Quebec money laundering case quashed over delays
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will hear an appeal in a case where the conviction of four people accused of money laundering on behalf of the Hells Angels was quashed over unreasonable legal del...
May 06, 2021
Muslim, civil liberties groups to appeal Quebec court ruling on religious symbols law
MONTREAL - Two groups that unsuccessfully challenged Quebec's secularism law in court said Thursday they will appeal last month's ruling. The National Council of Canadian Muslims and the Canadian Civi...
May 06, 2021
COVID-19 restrictions in Nova Scotia are tough, but they could get tougher: premier
HALIFAX - With Atlantic Canada's worst COVID-19 outbreak showing no signs of letting up, Nova Scotia's premier warned Thursday he might impose tougher restrictions to reduce the rapid spread of the de...
May 06, 2021
Ontario First Nations group backs Line 5 shutdown, slams Ottawa for fighting back
WASHINGTON - The federal Liberal government is putting Canada's oil and gas industry ahead of the Great Lakes by opposing Michigan's efforts to shut down the Line 5 pipeline, says a prominent group of...
May 06, 2021
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Murray Wood: The Art of the CUSMA Deal
Insults, complaints that Canada is so mean, warnings the U.S. doesn't need us. It's all standard operating procedure. Th...
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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, April 29
On Wednesday, Evan reviews Tuesday's federal spring fiscal update, takes the temperature of the new CFL changes coming i...