Murray Wood: The Art of the CUSMA Deal
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Two byelections loom for Ontario; Milton race high stakes for Ford and Crombie
Voters in two Ontario ridings head to the polls in a pair of byelections Thursday, but most eyes will be on a Greater Toronto Area town, where the tight race comes with high stakes for both the premie...
May 01, 2024
Cenovus teams with First Nations to build northern Alberta homes amid housing crisis
CHARD, Alta. - Raoul Montgrand, president of the Chard Mtis Nation in northern Alberta, called a 200-square-foot camper trailer home for close to two years. The community leader and his wife were amon...
May 01, 2024
Florida's 6-week abortion ban takes effect as doctors worry women will lose access to health care
BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) - Florida's ban on most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, before many women even know they are pregnant, went into effect Wednesday, and some doctors are concerned that wom...
Apr 30, 2024
Trump calls judge 'crooked' after facing a warning of jail time if he violates a trial gag order
FREELAND, Mich. (AP) - Donald Trump returned briefly to the campaign trail Wednesday and called the judge presiding over his hush money trial "crooked" a day after he was held in contempt of court and...
Apr 30, 2024
Trump's comparison of student protests to Jan. 6 is part of effort to downplay Capitol attack
NEW YORK (AP) - Donald Trump this week lamented the possibility that Columbia University's pro-Palestinian protesters could be treated more leniently than the rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol in J...
Apr 30, 2024
Google and Apple now threatened by the US antitrust laws that helped build their technology empires
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The U.S. Justice Department's double-barreled antitrust attack on Google's dominant search and Apple's trendsetting iPhone is reviving memories of the epic battle that hobbled Mic...
Apr 30, 2024
Biden's historic marijuana shift is his latest election year move for young voters
PHOENIX (AP) - President Joe Biden may eventually ban TikTok, but he's moving to give something back to the young people who dominate the popular social media app - a looser federal grip on marijuana....
Apr 30, 2024
The DNC restores New Hampshire's delegates after a second nominating event unknown to many Democrats
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Democratic National Committee 's rulemaking arm voted Tuesday to seat New Hampshire's full slate of delegates at the party's convention this summer, ending a bitter feud with the...
Apr 30, 2024
Mobile sports betting will remain illegal in Mississippi after legislation dies
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mobile sports betting will remain illegal in Mississippi after legislative negotiators failed to advance a final proposal Monday. The House and Senate passed versions of the Miss...
Apr 30, 2024
Louisiana won't immediately get a new majority-Black House district after judges reject it
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A new congressional map giving Louisiana a second majority-Black House district was rejected Tuesday by a panel of three federal judges, fueling new uncertainty about district bound...
Apr 30, 2024
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Sarah Mills: Accountability is a word some elected officials seem to be forgetting
From four people walking away from the RM of Sherwood council with little to no explanation to the reaction of some coun...
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, April 28
8:30 - The war involving Iran has increased uncertainty in global energy markets, largely because the Strait of Hormuz h...