Murray Wood: Of Easter bunny bells and Juicy Fruit gum
For Murray Wood, Easter brings to mind grandma's practical advice about repurposing, and some of life's little lessons.
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First Nation leader urges B.C. to maintain DRIPA as Eskay Creek mine deal is signed
VICTORIA - The president of the Tahltan Central Government said British Columbia shouldn't change its Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, just as the First Nation and the provincial g...
Jan 27, 2026
Carney says Holocaust Remembrance Day a time to remember Canadian complicity
OTTAWA - Canadians must reflect on the consequences of ignorance and hatred, Prime MInister Mark Carney said on Tuesday at a Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony in Ottawa. Speaking at the event at the ...
Jan 27, 2026
Nova Scotia auditor general flags transparency problems in health-care reporting
HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government says it disagrees with parts of an auditor general report calling on the province to be more transparent with the performance of the health-care system. In a repor...
Jan 27, 2026
Marineland has solid plan to move whales and dolphins to U.S., minister says
TORONTO - Marineland has a "solid plan" to move Canada's last remaining captive whales and dolphins to several parks in the United States, Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson said Tuesday. On Monday, t...
Jan 27, 2026
'I meant what I said': Carney says he explained his Davos speech to Trump
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday he told U.S. President Donald Trump personally that he meant what he said in his speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, last week. C...
Jan 27, 2026
Openness advocates unimpressed by early proposals for Access to Information reform
OTTAWA - Advocates of more federal transparency are concerned a federal review of the Access to Information regime will not fix long-standing problems, and that it could even make things worse. The Tr...
Jan 27, 2026 President of the Treasury Board Shafqat Ali rises during question period in House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, May 29, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Hearing into Myles Gray's beating death halted for 4 weeks over obscenity resignation
VANCOUVER - A long-anticipated hearing into the police-involved death of Myles Gray in 2015 is being adjourned for four weeks, after it was derailed by an obscene remark and the subsequent resignation...
Jan 27, 2026
Why two skulls unearthed in B.C. could be harbingers for future archeological woes
Last June, landscapers working on a site in Kamloops, B.C., came upon a troubling discovery - two human skulls and jawbones. Police and the coroner were informed, but after an inspection that swiftly ...
Jan 27, 2026
No possession arrests without 'extenuating circumstances': head of B.C. police chiefs
VICTORIA - The president of the BC Association of Chiefs of Police says people will not be arrested for possession of small amounts of drugs after the end of decriminalization on Jan. 31, "unless ther...
Jan 26, 2026
Feds say more than 22,000 firearms reported in first week of compensation program
OTTAWA - Public Safety Canada says gun owners reported 22,251 firearms to the federal government in the first week of a program to provide compensation for banned guns. Owners of outlawed firearms hav...
Jan 26, 2026
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8:30 - Canada's industrial carbon tax is set to rise again, and it's sparking a lot of debate about what that means for ...