Murray Wood: The day Canada Became a nation
April 9, 1917 was Easter Monday. On that date, 109 years ago, Canadian soldiers made history at Vimy Ridge. Murray Wood ...
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Kentucky GOP lawmakers remove Democratic governor's role in filling US Senate vacancies
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Republican lawmakers in Kentucky on Friday removed the Democratic governor from any role filling future U.S. Senate vacancies - a move supporters said was unrelated to recent scr...
Apr 12, 2024
Faced with possibly paying for news, Google removes links to California news sites for some users
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Google on Friday began removing California news websites from some people's search results, a test that acted as a threat should the state Legislature pass a law requiring th...
Apr 12, 2024
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
WASHINGTON (AP) - ABC's "This Week" - Gov. Chris Sununu, R-N.H.; Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn. ___ NBC's "Meet the Press" - Govs. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Mich., and Wes Moore, D-Md.; Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio. ...
Apr 12, 2024
Judge declines to delay Trump’s NY hush money trial over complaints of pretrial publicity
NEW YORK (AP) - The judge in Donald Trump's hush money criminal case on Friday turned down the former president's request to postpone his trial because of publicity about the case. It's the latest in ...
Apr 12, 2024
Biden tells racial justice meeting, 'We've kept our promises,' as he looks to energize Black voters
NEW YORK (AP) - President Joe Biden virtually addressed the Rev. Al Sharpton's racial justice conference on Friday, telling a sympathetic crowd "we've kept our promises" as he ramps up efforts to ener...
Apr 12, 2024
Jill Biden calls Trump a 'bully' who is 'dangerous' to LGBTQ people
WASHINGTON (AP) - Jill Biden rallied LGBTQ voters for President Joe Biden 's reelection campaign on Friday, calling likely rival Donald Trump a "bully" who is "dangerous" to their community and urging...
Apr 12, 2024
How a Black conservative activist arranged Donald Trump's stop at an Atlanta Chick-fil-A
WASHINGTON (AP) - The scenes of Donald Trump being warmly greeted on Wednesday by a Black audience at a Chick-fil-A restaurant in Atlanta electrified conservative political media at a moment when Repu...
Apr 12, 2024
Ottawa to provide $132 million to help people fleeing civil war in Sudan
OTTAWA - Canada will provide $132 million in aid for people fleeing Sudan's yearlong civil war and facing "famine-like conditions," International Development Minister Ahmed Hussen said Friday. "The sh...
Apr 12, 2024
Trump pushes Arizona lawmakers to 'remedy' state abortion ruling that he says 'went too far'
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - Former President Donald Trump urged Arizona lawmakers on Friday to swiftly "remedy" the state Supreme Court ruling allowing prosecutors to enforce a near-total abortion ban that h...
Apr 12, 2024
Trump will be first ex-president on criminal trial. Here's what to know about the hush money case
NEW YORK (AP) - Donald Trump will make history as the first former president to stand trial on criminal charges when his hush money case opens Monday with jury selection. The case will force the presu...
Apr 12, 2024
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Sarah Mills: The prime minister needs to live by his own bilingual rules
Sarah Mills says Mark Carney largely speaking French in his call to astronaut Jeremy Hansen breaks a standard he set whe...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 9
8:30 - Another MP just crossed the floor to the Liberal Party, just weeks away from three critical byelections where the...