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Group asks Vancouver for more time over Crab Park homeless site cleanup
VANCOUVER - An advocacy group and others are making a final plea to the City of Vancouver to hold off on its second phase of a plan to clean up the site of a homeless camp in Crab Park. The group call...
Mar 25, 2024
Bell CEO ordered to appear at House of Commons committee over job cuts
OTTAWA - Members of Parliament have issued a summons to the head of Bell Canada to compel his testimony next month about the company's decision to cut thousands of jobs across the country. CEO Mirko B...
Mar 25, 2024
Aluminum company says preferred site for new smelter is a region of Kentucky hit hard by job losses
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - An aluminum company has singled out northeastern Kentucky as its preferred site for a new aluminum smelter that would bring about 1,000 permanent jobs to an Appalachian region ha...
Mar 25, 2024
Manitoba agrees to pay $530M in settlement over children's allowance
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government has agreed to pay $530 million to settle three class-action lawsuits over child welfare benefit payments in an agreement that plaintiffs say should send a message to...
Mar 25, 2024
Ex-Tory seeking N.B. Liberal nod after 'very' conservative takeover of Higgs's party
FREDERICTON - A former two-term Progressive Conservative member of Parliament is seeking the New Brunswick Liberal party nomination to take on a Christian television host who he says is pushing the pr...
Mar 25, 2024
Liberal MPs call on finance minister to fund disability benefit in upcoming budget
OTTAWA - Dozens of Liberal members of Parliament are calling on the finance minister to set aside money for the Canada Disability Benefit in next month's federal budget. In a letter shared on social m...
Mar 25, 2024
Florida's DeSantis signs one of the country's most restrictive social media bans for minors
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Florida will have one of the country's most restrictive social media bans for minors - if it withstands expected legal challenges - under a bill signed by Republican Florida G...
Mar 25, 2024
Ontario budget to be 'prudent,' feature gas tax cut extension, infrastructure funds
Ontario's finance minister is set to present his budget Tuesday amid pressures to ease the rising cost of living, spur new home construction and plan for larger public sector salaries, all while eyein...
Mar 25, 2024
Supreme Court again confronts the issue of abortion, this time over access to widely used medication
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court will again wade into the fractious issue of abortion this week when it hears arguments over a medication used in the most common way to end a pregnancy, a case with...
Mar 25, 2024
Biden and Harris discuss migration in separate White House meetings with Guatemalan leader Arévalo
WASHINGTON (AP) - Vice President Kamala Harris welcomed Bernardo Arvalo, the newly elected president of Guatemala, to the White House on Monday to praise his battle against corruption and promote thei...
Mar 25, 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 ...