Murray Wood: Drop in reading rates a sad trend to see
New data suggests people are spending less time reading for pleasure. Murray Wood says it's sad that people are drawn to...
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B.C. launches public safety program aimed at stopping non-violent street crime
VANCOUVER - British Columbia has launched a new public safety program aimed at reducing robbery, shoplifting, vandalism, property damage and other non-violent street crimes in high-traffic business ar...
May 30, 2025
Centre for Truth and Reconciliation to release names of residential school priests
OTTAWA - The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation says it will soon release the names of 140 priests or brothers who worked in residential schools. Along with their names, the centre said in a...
May 30, 2025
New law forces B.C. legislator to quit her 'part-time' job as municipal councillor
VICTORIA - A B.C. Conservative legislator has lost what she called her "part-time" job as a councillor after a new law banning MLAs from also serving as municipal representatives came into effect. Mis...
May 30, 2025
Canada calls on Israel to abandon plans for new West Bank settlements
OTTAWA - Canada is calling on Israel to abandon plans unveiled Thursday to authorize 22 Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank which it says would be illegal. Israel captured the West Bank, alon...
May 30, 2025
Ottawa's plan to 'fast-track' infrastructure doesn't go far enough: Poilievre
OTTAWA - As Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre argues the government's plan to speed up key infrastructure projects doesn't go far enough, some Indigenous leaders are accusing Ottawa of not giving t...
May 30, 2025
Alberta government extends deadline for judge's investigation into contract scandal
EDMONTON - Alberta's government says it's extending the deadline for a former judge to investigate allegations of high-level conflict of interest and arm-twisting in health care contracts. Former Mani...
May 30, 2025
Carney says he has no immediate plans to overhaul municipal funding
OTTAWA - Ottawa probably can't help overhaul how municipalities raise funds in the near future, because the federal government is now focused on major, nation-building projects, Prime Minister Mark Ca...
May 30, 2025
Quebec private security law doesn't apply to firms working in federal areas: court
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says a Quebec law governing private security activities does not apply to two firms involved in work that falls under federal responsibility. In a unanimous judgme...
May 30, 2025
Quebec tables bill to eliminate interprovincial trade barriers on sale of goods
QUBEC - Quebec is moving to lower interprovincial trade barriers, as part of a push by provinces and the federal government to increase domestic trade in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's tari...
May 30, 2025
Nova Scotia NDP says province too secretive, must release environmental racism report
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's Opposition NDP called on Premier Tim Houston's government Friday to release a report about the province's long history of environmental racism, saying it's a matter of accounta...
May 30, 2025
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, Sept. 19
Evan talks with Premier Moe about his trip to China and the current state of canola tariffs, Ray Wilgenbusch about the M...