Murray Wood: A 'high test' compromise tax
Premier Scott Moe is jacking the price of U.S.liquor with a tax that mirrors U.S. tariffs on Canadian alcohol. Murray Wo...
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Fulton County DA Fani Willis says despite efforts to slow down Trump case, 'the train is coming'
ATLANTA (AP) - Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis said Saturday that the election interference prosecution against Donald Trump hasn't been delayed by proceedings over her romantic relationsh...
Mar 23, 2024
What people are saying about former prime minister Brian Mulroney at his funeral
OTTAWA - Family members, friends, political dignitaries and celebrities packed Montreal's storied Notre Dame Basilica on Saturday for the funeral of Brian Mulroney. The former prime minister died Feb....
Mar 23, 2024
Members of the public brave snowfall, frigid temperatures to honour Brian Mulroney
MONTREAL - The frigid, snow-covered streets of Old Montreal were mostly empty ahead of former prime minister Brian Mulroney's funeral, save for a handful of determined mourners from the general public...
Mar 23, 2024
Biden signs $1.2 trillion funding package after Senate's early-morning passage ended shutdown threat
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - President Joe Biden on Saturday signed a $1.2 trillion package of spending bills after Congress had passed the long overdue legislation just hours earlier, ending the threat of...
Mar 23, 2024
One Tech Tip: How to get around Instagram's new limits on political content
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Instagram has started an automatic clamp down on the amount of political content appearing in its users' feeds, but there is a relatively quick and easy way to turn off the contro...
Mar 23, 2024
Brian Mulroney's casket arrives at Montreal's Notre-Dame Basilica for state funeral
MONTREAL - An RCMP honour guard carried the flag-draped casket of Canada's 18th prime minister into Notre-Dame Basilica on Saturday as the state funeral for Brian Mulroney got underway in Montreal. Mu...
Mar 23, 2024
The latest on the state funeral for former prime minister Brian Mulroney
OTTAWA - 1:25 p.m. The family follows the casket out of the church. The bell at Notre-Dame toll 18 times in honour of the country's 18th prime minister. Meanwhile, a 19-gun salute begins at the Old Po...
Mar 23, 2024
Arizona expects to be back at the center of election attacks. Its top officials are going on offense
PHOENIX (AP) - The room sits behind a chain-link fence, then black iron gates. Guards block the entrance, which requires a security badge to access. The glass surrounding it is shatterproof. What meri...
Mar 23, 2024
Arizona expects to be back at the center of election attacks. Its top officials are going on offense
PHOENIX (AP) - The room sits behind a chain-link fence, then black iron gates. Guards block the entrance, which requires a security badge to access. The glass surrounding it is shatterproof. What meri...
Mar 23, 2024
‘Pretty simple animals’: Alberta city hires trapper for free skunk removal
Slavko Babincak was getting strange looks while tooling around town one day and couldn't figure out why. "Finally two guys asked, 'Have you been sprayed by a skunk?' And I'm like, 'Maybe?'" Babincak r...
Mar 23, 2024
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Sarah Mills: Interprovincial trade barriers are still Canada's weak spot
Sarah Mills says the U.S. trade war continues to expose the fact that provinces and territories act like independent nat...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, August 27
On Thursday's show, Evan gets the Canadian Chamber of Commerce's opinion on the tariff situation, chats with Regina Mayo...