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Freeland doesn't rule out new taxes on wealthy or corporate Canada in budget
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has ruled out raising taxes on the middle class in the upcoming federal budget - but won't say if corporations or the wealthy are in for the same treatment....
Apr 09, 2024
Conservative motion calls for PM, premiers to have 'emergency' carbon price meeting
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is challenging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to defend his carbon pricing policy in a televised "emergency meeting" with the country's premiers. The Conse...
Apr 09, 2024
Appeals court rejects Donald Trump's latest attempt to delay April 15 hush money criminal trial
NEW YORK (AP) - A New York appeals court judge Tuesday rejected Donald Trump's latest attempt to delay his hush money criminal trial, taking just 12 minutes to swat aside an argument that it should be...
Apr 09, 2024
Ontario looks at counting student residences toward aim of building 1.5 million homes
TORONTO - Ontario is considering counting student residences toward its target of building 1.5 million homes in 10 years, a move opposition parties criticized as a new attempt to inflate the numbers a...
Apr 09, 2024
GOP's Marjorie Taylor Greene delivers fresh threats of ousting Speaker Johnson in scathing rebuke
WASHINGTON (AP) - Hard-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene escalated her criticism Tuesday of House Speaker Mike Johnson, blistering his leadership in a lengthy letter to colleagues and renewing threats...
Apr 09, 2024
Liberal government to launch $500M fund for youth mental health
Ottawa is setting up a $500-million fund to help community health organizations provide more mental health care to young people. Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland made the announcement Tuesday in Ott...
Apr 09, 2024
No need to overturn nomination amid alleged irregularities, Liberal official says
OTTAWA - The director of the Liberal election campaign in 2019 says he recommended Justin Trudeau take no action on alleged nomination irregularities in a Toronto riding. Jeremy Broadhurst's testimony...
Apr 09, 2024
Mayorkas impeachment trial set to start in Senate next week, but may be over before it starts
WASHINGTON (AP) - House Republicans will delay bringing their case against Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate until next week, two months after impeaching the Homeland Security secretary. It will be the...
Apr 08, 2024
Louisiana proposes bill similar to Texas’ migrant arrest law
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Louisiana's Republican-controlled Senate advanced a bill Monday that would empower state and local law enforcement to arrest and jail people in the state who entered the U.S. i...
Apr 08, 2024
Prosecutors urge Supreme Court to reject Trump's immunity claims in election subversion case
WASHINGTON (AP) - Special counsel Jack Smith's team urged the Supreme Court on Monday night to reject former President Donald Trump's claim that he is immune from prosecution in a case charging him wi...
Apr 08, 2024
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 2
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 ...