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Canada's fertility rate hit all-time low in 2022, Statistics Canada says
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the country's fertility rate reached an all-time low of 1.33 children per woman in 2022. The federal agency says that's part of a downward trend that began in 2009. Can...
Jan 31, 2024
House GOP takes party-line vote toward Mayorkas impeachment as border becomes 2024 campaign issue
WASHINGTON (AP) - House Republicans voted along party lines early Wednesday to move toward impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for a "willful and systematic" refusal to enforce i...
Jan 31, 2024
US says it disrupted a China cyber threat, but warns hackers could still wreak havoc for Americans
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. officials said Wednesday they disrupted a state-backed Chinese effort to plant malware that could be used to damage civilian infrastructure, as the head of the FBI warned that B...
Jan 31, 2024
'Traitor': After bitter primary, DeSantis may struggle to win over Trump supporters if he runs again
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) - Before launching his ill-fated campaign for the White House, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was a star. Again and again, Republican voters said they saw him as the future of the par...
Jan 31, 2024
AP Decision Notes: What to expect in South Carolina's Democratic presidential primary
WASHINGTON (AP) - For the first time ever, the race for the Democratic presidential nomination officially kicks off this Saturday in South Carolina, the state that resurrected then-candidate Joe Biden...
Jan 31, 2024
Ontario seeks municipal daycare audits, raising cost-cutting concerns
TORONTO - Ontario has ordered municipalities that directly operate child-care centres to do a value-for-money audit of their programs to determine if they could instead be operated by a "third party,"...
Jan 31, 2024
'Muscling': Alberta government won't stock B.C. wines that sell direct to consumers
EDMONTON - An interprovincial wine war is fermenting after Alberta's liquor wholesaler told vintners in British Columbia that it won't stock their products in retail stores unless they stop shipping i...
Jan 31, 2024
Alaska governor pitches teacher bonuses as debate over education funding dominates session
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy urged lawmakers late Tuesday to pass his pilot program that would pay teachers bonuses of up to $15,000 a year, pitching it as an investment in the clas...
Jan 30, 2024
After Teamsters meeting, Trump says of possible union endorsement, 'Stranger things have happened'
WASHINGTON (AP) - Former President Donald Trump met with leaders of the Teamsters Union in Washington Wednesday as he tried to chip away at President Joe Biden's organized labor support heading into a...
Jan 30, 2024
Utah is the latest state to ban diversity, equity and inclusion efforts on campus and in government
Utah's governor signed a bill into law Tuesday that makes the state the latest to prohibit diversity training, hiring and inclusion programs at universities and in state government. The measure signed...
Jan 30, 2024
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Sarah Mills: Trying to score World Cup tickets is a fool's game under FIFA
Sarah Mills spent five hours and 50 minutes in a queue for FIFA's general sale for World Cup tickets on Wednesday, only ...
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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 ...