Murray Wood: The day Canada Became a nation
April 9, 1917 was Easter Monday. On that date, 109 years ago, Canadian soldiers made history at Vimy Ridge. Murray Wood ...
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Third-party movement No Labels says it will field a 2024 presidential ticket
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - The third-party presidential movement No Labels decided Friday to field a presidential candidate in the 2024 election after months of weighing the launch of a so-called "unity ...
Mar 08, 2024
Biden calls out 'shrinkflation' as part of a broader strategy to reframe how voters view the economy
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden is going all-in on calling out "shrinkflation." The term applies to a seemingly covert way for companies to raise prices by ever so slightly reducing the size of ...
Mar 08, 2024
Yukon sees record snowpack in one region but flood risks low for most of territory
WHITEHORSE - The Yukon government says snowpack levels in one region have reached a record high, but flood risks this spring should stay low across most of the territory. Yukon's Water Resources Branc...
Mar 08, 2024
Supreme Court of Canada affirms appeal review standards, rejects novel approach
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has affirmed the standards that appeal courts have long used to review trial judgments, saying they promote the fair assessment of witness testimony. In a ruling F...
Mar 08, 2024
Biden in a hot mic moment shows his growing frustration with Netanyahu over Gaza humanitarian crisis
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden 's growing frustration with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continues to mount, with the Democrat captured on a hot mic saying that he and the Israeli l...
Mar 08, 2024
Trump attorneys post $92 million bond to support jury award to E. Jean Carroll in defamation suit
NEW YORK (AP) - Donald Trump has secured a $91.6 million bond sufficient to cover the money he owes to writer E. Jean Carroll in a defamation lawsuit while he appeals the jury's verdict, the former pr...
Mar 08, 2024
Republican Matt Dolan lands former US Sen. Rob Portman's endorsement in Ohio's Senate primary
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Republican Matt Dolan has landed the endorsement of former U.S. Sen. Rob Portman in the fractious three-way primary to take on Democratic U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown this fall, a pot...
Mar 08, 2024
Biden visiting battleground states and expanding staff as his campaign tries to seize the offensive
ROSE VALLEY, Pennsylvania (AP) - Fresh off his defiant State of the Union address, President Joe Biden on Friday laced into former President Donald Trump - by name this time - as he and his senior aid...
Mar 08, 2024
Talks continue on catch limits before moratorium lifts on East Coast redfish fishery
HALIFAX - The federal Fisheries Department says it is still collecting feedback on how to reopen the redfish fishery this spring in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, after collapsing stocks led to a decades-l...
Mar 08, 2024
AP Decision Notes: What to expect in the March 12 presidential contests
WASHINGTON (AP) - Super Tuesday put former President Donald Trump within reach of clinching his third consecutive Republican presidential nomination, but it may be Republican voters in Georgia, Hawaii...
Mar 08, 2024
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Sarah Mills: The prime minister needs to live by his own bilingual rules
Sarah Mills says Mark Carney largely speaking French in his call to astronaut Jeremy Hansen breaks a standard he set whe...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 9
On Thursday's show, Evan welcomes a trio of teens to discuss banning social media for children and teenagers, discusses ...