Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
Every Friday, Murray Wood takes a look back at the week's news and decides who's hot... and who's not. This week's list ...
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Biden could miss the deadline for the November ballot in Ohio, the state's election office says
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - President Joe Biden could be left off the ballot in Ohio this fall unless the state's Republican-dominated legislature creates an exception to the ballot deadline or the Democratic...
Apr 08, 2024
Biden administration announces $6.6 billion to ensure leading-edge microchips are built in the US
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - The Biden administration pledged on Monday to provide up to $6.6 billion so that a Taiwanese semiconductor giant can expand the facilities it is already building in Arizona and...
Apr 08, 2024
As Sudan crisis rages, resettlement stalled; groups urge Ottawa to do more to help
OTTAWA - Canada has yet to reunite a single family with relatives who are trying to escape conflict-racked Sudan, while diaspora groups are demanding the federal government do more to end a yearlong c...
Apr 08, 2024
PM's national security adviser, PMO staff to testify at foreign interference inquiry
OTTAWA - The public inquiry studying alleged meddling in Canada's most recent elections will hear from the prime minister's national security adviser today. Nathalie Drouin was named to the post in Ja...
Apr 08, 2024
Arctic sovereignty anchors federal plans to upgrade Canada's military
OTTAWA - Canada's military will take a bigger role in the North over the next two decades as climate change and increasingly aggressive foes threaten Arctic sovereignty, says a new defence policy docu...
Apr 08, 2024
Nova Scotia town seeking novel approach to dealing with unruly university students
HALIFAX - A small Nova Scotia town that has struggled to tame its sometimes rowdy population of university students is considering advice from an unlikely source. Last week, the town of Wolfville - ho...
Apr 08, 2024
Trump declines to endorse a national abortion ban. He says limits should be left to the states
NEW YORK (AP) - Former President Donald Trump said Monday he believes abortion limits should be left to the states, outlining his position in a video in which he declined to endorse a national ban aft...
Apr 07, 2024
Latino voters are coveted by both major parties. They also are a target for election misinformation
PHOENIX (AP) - As ranchera music filled the Phoenix recording studio at Radio Campesina, a station personality spoke in Spanish into the microphone. "Friends of Campesina, in these elections, truth an...
Apr 07, 2024
Biden promotes 'life-changing' student loan relief in Wisconsin as he rallies younger voters
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - President Joe Biden said Monday that more than 30 million borrowers would see "life-changing" relief from his new plan to ease their student loan debt burdens, a fresh attempt by ...
Apr 07, 2024
Canadian soldier missing, presumed dead in Swiss avalanche: Armed Forces
OTTAWA - The Canadian military says a soldier is presumed dead after being caught in an avalanche while on leave in Switzerland. A statement from the Armed Forces says Capt. Sean Thomas went missing i...
Apr 07, 2024
OPINION
Sarah Mills: Floor crossing should be a choice between sitting as an independent or running in a byelection
Sarah Mills says floor crossing from any party in the House of Commons just one year into a mandate shouldn't be allowed...
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, April 10
8:30 - After another conservative MP crossed the floor to the Liberals earlier this week, we wanted to get thoughts from...