Murray Wood: Going to seed, in a good way
Murray Wood says seed sales are taking off this spring. Food prices are likely convincing some to grow their own vegetab...
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MPs hit summer campaign circuit as election year looms
OTTAWA - Members of Parliament poured out of the House of Commons into the stifling air of an Ottawa heat wave Wednesday, heading back to their constituencies for the summer barbecue and festival circ...
Jun 19, 2024
Coalition of drug user groups wants court to quash B.C. drug 'recriminalization'
VANCOUVER - When the federal government allowed British Columbia to walk back its experiment with drug decriminalization, the move wasn't surprising to Brittany Maple, executive director of the Matsqu...
Jun 19, 2024
Nova Scotia's Lunenburg Municipality passes coastal protection regulations
HALIFAX - A rural municipality on Nova Scotia's South Shore has become the first to pass its own coastal protection regulations after the province abandoned its legislation earlier this year. The Muni...
Jun 19, 2024
LNG company plans to use 'floatel' near Squamish, B.C., without local permit
SQUAMISH, B.C. - The company behind a natural gas project near Squamish, B.C., has withdrawn its application for a local permit to house workers in a converted cruise ship, and is instead pressing ahe...
Jun 19, 2024
Premier defends comments addressing conspiracy theories at town hall
Premier Scott Moe is explaining himself for the first time after a video clip surfaced of the premier addressing questions around conspiracy theories at a town hall event. The town hall took place in ...
Jun 19, 2024 Moe responded to questions about chemtrails and bioweapons at the town hall event in April. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Ontario's open single-game sports-betting industry continues to thrive.
TORONTO - Ontario's single-game sports betting industry is on a winning streak. On Wednesday, iGaming Ontario (iGO) released a report that states the industry contributed $2.7 billion to Ontario's gro...
Jun 19, 2024
Feds delay B.C.'s open-net salmon farms closure until 2029, offer five-year renewals
VANCOUVER - With entrenched views on all sides of the salmon-farming debate in British Columbia, the federal government cast the issue five years down the road on Wednesday, saying aquaculture must mo...
Jun 19, 2024
NATO secretary-general urges Ottawa to meet its defence spending target
OTTAWA - Canada needs to meet NATO's minimum defence spending target, and present a plan on how it will reach it as a way to show authoritarian regimes that Western allies are aligned, said the allian...
Jun 19, 2024
Protesters say U of T should cut ties with Hebrew University. Are they right?
TORONTO - Pro-Palestinian protesters have been pushing the University of Toronto to boycott the Hebrew University of Jerusalem - which the Canadian school has long had partnerships with - but U of T s...
Jun 19, 2024
New Democrats to represent Winnipeg constituency for first time following byelection
WINNIPEG - The Tuxedo constituency in Winnipeg will be represented by the New Democrats for the first time since its creation following a byelection on Tuesday. Carla Compton has secured the seat for ...
Jun 18, 2024
OPINION
Sarah Mills: We are feeling the pinch of rising prices, even beyond the gas pumps
Costs have already gone up with airlines. Parcel and delivery services could also increase, and even ride sharing may ja...
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, April 14
On Tuesday's show, Evan talks about the Prime Minister's transition from minority to majority government, explores a pro...