Murray Wood: A different kind of 'Mike' drop for Edmonton
Hurt Feelings Alert: Mike Babcock is taking over the bench of the underachieving Edmonton Oilers. Murray Wood says many ...
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U.S. Homeland Security secretary calls out 'fracturing' relationship with Canada
WASHINGTON - U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said the "fracturing" relationship between Canada and the United States needs to be restored to ensure security in both countries, making...
Jun 17, 2026
Kristi Noem joins B.C. mineral exploration company NovaRed Mining in advisory role
VANCOUVER - Former U.S. Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem has joined B.C. mineral exploration company NovaRed Mining Inc. in a strategic advisory role. The company says Noem, who is special envo...
Jun 17, 2026
Quebec Labour Minister Jean Boulet to leave politics at end of term
QUBEC - Another Coalition Avenir Qubec cabinet minister is leaving politics. Labour Minister Jean Boulet said today in his riding of Trois-Rivires that he won't run for another term in the Oct. 5 prov...
Jun 17, 2026
CBC's news should be assessed by outside experts for fairness, senators say in report
OTTAWA - CBC/Radio-Canada's news and current affairs content should be periodically analyzed by outside experts "in order to assess its fairness and balance," a new Senate committee report says. Senat...
Jun 17, 2026
Mayor of Lunenburg, N.S., banned from taxi service after alleged late-night fracas
LUNENBURG - The mayor of a tourist hot spot on Nova Scotia's southwestern coast has been banned from using a taxi service in the community for allegedly being involved in a drunken, late-night confron...
Jun 17, 2026
Inside Lytton's contentious recovery, where concerns smoulder 5 years after wildfire
Mayor Denise O'Connor concedes that Lytton, B.C., looks "pretty empty" these days, aside from the homes of about 75 residents and a couple other buildings. It's almost five years since a wildfire kill...
Jun 17, 2026 Rebuilt houses and one still under construction are seen in an aerial view, in Lytton, B.C., on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025. A fast-moving wildfire destroyed 90 per cent of the village in 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Police in Quebec municipalities issued thousands of fines for insulting officers
MONTREAL - Police in some of Quebec's largest metropolitan regions have handed out thousands of fines over the past six years to citizens for allegedly hurling insults at officers or other municipal o...
Jun 17, 2026
What you need to know as the deadline for formally extending CUSMA approaches
WASHINGTON - A major benchmark is coming up for the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement on trade, known in Canada as CUSMA. July 1 is the deadline for the three countries to either formally extend the agreem...
Jun 17, 2026
Committee majority recommends against MAID for mental illness, four senators object
OTTAWA - A parliamentary committee is calling on the federal government to indefinitely exclude people with mental illness from becoming eligible for medical assistance in dying, after a process that ...
Jun 17, 2026
Ontario's repealed wage restraint law Bill 124 still rippling through public sector
TORONTO - Ontario's ill-fated wage restraint law known as Bill 124 is still sending ripples through the public sector across the province, even years after the law was repealed, with the electricity s...
Jun 17, 2026
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Sarah Mills: As the final school bell rings, let the summer begin
Sarah Mills says school is done for another year, so let's give thanks to all those who all those who make a positive im...
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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, June 24
8:30 - Premier Scott Moe is back from a trade mission to Europe that saw Saskatchewan sign new agreements on nuclear ene...