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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Byelection date set for Winnipeg seat vacated by former Manitoba premier
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew has set the date for a byelection to fill a seat left vacant by his predecessor. Voters in the Winnipeg constituency of Tuxedo will go to the polls on Tuesday, Ju...
May 20, 2024
Feds unveil national plan to tackle auto theft, including criminal code changes
OTTAWA - The federal government says more intelligence sharing among police forces and a working group involving all levels of government are among the measures it's implementing as part of a national...
May 20, 2024 $28 million meant to help prevent cars from being shipped abroad. (Charleston Archi/Twitter)
'The Apprentice,' about a young Donald Trump, premieres in Cannes
CANNES, France (AP) - While Donald Trump's hush money trial entered its sixth week in New York, an origin story for the Republican presidential candidate premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on Monda...
May 20, 2024
Hunter Biden presses for delay in federal gun trial set to begin next month
WASHINGTON (AP) - Hunter Biden pressed for a delay in his federal gun case on Monday, asking an appeals court to pause the Delaware trial set to begin next month. Defense attorneys for the president's...
May 20, 2024
Uber and Lyft say they won't leave Minnesota after all - and drivers are getting a raise
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft said Monday they will keep operating in Minnesota now that state lawmakers have passed a measure that will increase driver pay, but at a low...
May 20, 2024
The Latest | Defense lawyers in Trump's hush money trial ask the judge to dismiss the case
NEW YORK (AP) - Donald Trump's hush money trial entered its final stretch with the prosecution resting its case late Monday afternoon following the conclusion of star witness Michael Cohen 's testimon...
May 20, 2024
This wildfire season, changes are coming to better inform people about smoke hazards
Last year's record-breaking wildfire season forced Canadians to become familiar with the scale of air pollution as hazardous smoke drifted across the country. Environment Canada's colour-coded Air Qua...
May 20, 2024
After the only hospital in town closed, a North Carolina city directs its ire at politicians
WILLIAMSTON, N.C. (AP) - Weeds have punctured through the vacant parking lot of Martin General Hospital's emergency room. A makeshift blue tarp covering the hospital's sign is worn down from flapping ...
May 19, 2024
Nikki Haley faces a murky path forward and a key decision on whether or not to endorse Trump
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Nikki Haley is perhaps the highest-profile Republican in the nation who has refused to fall in line and endorse Donald Trump's presidential bid. It's unclear how long that might ...
May 19, 2024
Many remember solid economy under Trump, but his record also full of tax cut hype, debt and disease
WASHINGTON (AP) - It was a time of fear and chaos four years ago. The death count was mounting as COVID-19 spread. Financial markets were panicked. Oil prices briefly went negative. The Federal Reserv...
May 19, 2024
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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...