Sarah Mills: We came so close to the zipper merge
Three block of two lanes of traffic merging one by one, with everyone inching forward. It was the zipper merge in action...
Tag Archives: Politics
AP Interview: US calls on China to be responsible power
BEIJING (AP) - A senior U.S. diplomat called on China to look beyond differences and work with the United States on difficult global issues such as climate and the COVID-19 pandemic as a responsible g...
Jul 26, 2021
Tory riding associations' war chests larger than other parties, analysis shows
OTTAWA - An in-depth analysis by The Canadian Press of federal parties' financing at the grassroots level shows Conservative candidates' riding-based war chests are flush with cash, dramatically outpa...
Jul 26, 2021
Mary Simon set to be installed as 30th governor general, and first Indigenous
OTTAWA - Mary Simon will be installed later this morning as the country's new governor general and become the first Indigenous person to hold the role. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau named Simon, an In...
Jul 26, 2021
Pandemic changed people's views on their future in long-term care, survey suggests
TORONTO - A survey from the Angus Reid Institute suggests that the pandemic has changed the way most Canadians think about their future with long-term care. The survey finds that just 18 per cent of r...
Jul 26, 2021
Official: 1960s civil rights activist Bob Moses has died
Robert Parris Moses, a civil rights activist who endured beatings and jail while leading black voter registration drives in the American South during the 1960s and later helped improve minority educat...
Jul 25, 2021
Pandemic pares back pomp of Mary Simon's installation ceremony as governor general
OTTAWA - When Mary Simon walks into the Senate on Monday to be installed as the country's next governor general, she will find the upper chamber sparsely populated. The installation ceremonies for Sim...
Jul 25, 2021
RCMP spied on Canadian nationalist committee as it pushed pro-independence agenda
OTTAWA - Canada's spy service closely monitored the burgeoning nationalist movement in the 1960s and '70s, poring over pamphlets, collecting reports from confidential sources and warily watching for s...
Jul 25, 2021
Conservative leader talks policy in wake of speculation on fall election
The federal Conservatives are gearing up for an election they think will happen this fall. Conservative Party leader Erin O'Toole told Gormley, their party will be ready in the case of an election wit...
Jul 24, 2021 (The Canadian Press)
Nova Scotia New Democrats promise to ban street checks if elected next month
LOON LAKE, N.S. - Nova Scotia's NDP Leader Gary Burrill spent Saturday campaigning in the largely African Nova Scotian riding of Preston where he promised, if elected next month, an end to street chec...
Jul 24, 2021
International passengers at Pearson airport may have to line up by vaccination status
TORONTO - International travellers arriving at Canada's largest airport may now be funnelled into different customs lines based on their vaccination status. Toronto's Pearson International Airport sai...
Jul 24, 2021
OPINION
Murray Wood: Isn't it time for more 'we' than 'oui' in Rideau Hall?
Louise Arbour brings much more than French skills to her role as the king's representative, but she also has taken contr...
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, May 8
8:30 - We're learning that the cost to refit Saskatchewan's coal-fired power plants has climbed to $26 billion over the ...