Sarah Mills: American politics has become a wild rollercoaster ride
The blue wave of Democratic wins in the U.S. midterms provides no guarantee for any of the major players. Sarah Mills sa...
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Bloc Québécois ready to extract gains for Quebec in exchange for supporting Liberals
MONTEBELLO, Que. - The Bloc Qubcois is ready to wheel and deal with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government in exchange for support during confidence votes now that the Liberal government's confide...
Sep 8, 2024
Teachers say immigrants not to blame as Quebec links teacher shortage to newcomers
MONTREAL - Quebec's school year started on a familiar note: thousands of teaching spots were unfilled, and the provincial government had to defend itself for its failure to solve the problem. But as p...
Sep 8, 2024
Military surplus store in Calgary, destination of celebrity shoppers, closing doors
CALGARY - Cher, Anthony Hopkins, Heath Ledger, Alec Baldwin and Tom Hardy are just a few of the celebrities John Cumming met while growing up in his family's military surplus store. After decades in b...
Sep 8, 2024
Trudeau to face fretful caucus ahead of return to the House
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will face a fretful and strained caucus in British Columbia Monday, with MPs looking for him to finally reveal his plan to address the political purgatory the pa...
Sep 8, 2024
Premier says Manitoba grand chief to lie in state at provincial legislature
WINNIPEG - Grand Chief Cathy Merrick of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs will lie in state at the provincial legislature following her sudden death. Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew made the announcement dur...
Sep 7, 2024
Montreal byelection candidates go door-to-door on early voting day
MONTREAL - Advanced voting kicked off on Friday in Montreal's LaSalle-mard-Verdun riding, and party leaders are helping get out the vote as the federal byelection on Sept. 16. draws nearer. Polls show...
Sep 7, 2024
Quebec begins granting early requests for MAID without requested federal changes
MONTREAL - Quebecers who want to arrange a medically assisted death before their condition leaves them unable to grant consent can do so as of next month, the province announced Saturday as it unveile...
Sep 7, 2024
How to get a whole city to stop lawn watering? Experts say praise over punishment
CALGARY - For almost two weeks, a city of 1.6 million people has been told once again to stop watering lawns, take three-minute showers, hold off on laundry and dishes, and let the yellow in their toi...
Sep 7, 2024
Trudeau insists he's staying on as Liberal leader. But what if he changes his mind?
OTTAWA - The Liberal caucus is set to meet in Nanaimo, B.C., next week for a retreat ahead of the fall parliamentary sitting. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau insists he will lead his party into the next...
Sep 7, 2024
Despite union protest, new hybrid work rules for federal employees kick in Monday
OTTAWA - On Monday, federal public servants will return to the office a minimum of three days a week- if grudgingly. Public service unions will start the week with an early-morning rally opposing the ...
Sep 7, 2024
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Murray Wood: Reading the electoral ashes
Is it the beginning of the end of MAGA? The end of the beginning? Or, Murray Wood asks, are just Americans fed up with h...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, Nov. 5
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe joined Evan on Thursday's show to talk about the U.S. midterm election results, AI data c...