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Feds eye 'more responsive' models for RCMP's contract policing across Canada
OTTAWA - The Liberal government is looking for ways to improve policing services provided under contract by the RCMP across Canada - eyeing everything from overall cost and sustainability to stronger ...
Mar 20, 2024
Chaotic fishers protest blocks entrance to Newfoundland legislature, halts budget
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A protest Wednesday that descended into a chaotic confrontation between mounted police officers and fishers outside the Newfoundland and Labrador legislature halted the provincial g...
Mar 20, 2024
Saskatchewan pre-election budget pitches record spending, $273M deficit
REGINA - The Saskatchewan government is promising big-ticket spending on health, education and communities along with no tax hikes and a $273-million deficit. Finance Minister Donna Harpauer introduce...
Mar 20, 2024
Ontario woman says brother died hungry in Gaza, waiting for word on Canadian visa
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A 62-year-old Ontario woman says her brother has died in northern Gaza after weeks spent searching for food and refuge while he waited for word from the federal government about whe...
Mar 20, 2024
England is limiting gender transitions for youths. US legislators are watching
Legislators in at least two U.S. states are citing a recent decision in England to restrict gender transitions for young people as support for their own related proposals. They weren't the first to tu...
Mar 19, 2024
Biden casts the election as prom night for the voters who 'brung me to the dance'
WASHINGTON (AP) - When President Joe Biden talks to his supporters, he can make the presidential election sound like a high school prom. "You guys brought me to the dance in 2020," he told Irish Ameri...
Mar 19, 2024
Republicans make last-ditch request for Biden to testify as impeachment inquiry winds down
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden is all but winding down, lacking the political appetite from within the Republican ranks to go forward with an actual impeachme...
Mar 19, 2024
Election misinformation is a problem in any language. But some gets more attention than others
WASHINGTON (AP) - Warnings about deepfakes and disinformation fueled by artificial intelligence. Concerns about campaigns and candidates using social media to spread lies about elections. Fears that t...
Mar 19, 2024
In Ohio's GOP congressional primaries, Taylor wins 2nd Congressional District, Rulli wins 6th
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Businessman Dave Taylor has defeated 10 of his fellow Republicans in a crowded primary for southern Ohio's 2nd Congressional District seat, and State Sen. Michael Rulli has won t...
Mar 19, 2024
Trump suggests he'd support a national ban on abortions around 15 weeks of pregnancy
NEW YORK (AP) - Donald Trump suggested Tuesday that he'd support a national ban on abortions around 15 weeks of pregnancy, voicing for the first time support for a specific limit on the procedure. The...
Mar 19, 2024
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Sarah Mills: Trudeau's behaviour after leaving office isn't endearing him to the public
Sarah Mills says the former PM has skied with a prince, appeared on Instagram with a backwards cap alongside his popstar...
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, April 17
On Friday's show, Evan entertains the question of whether Pierre Poilievre should step down as Conservative Party leader...