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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House narrowly approves $1.9B to fortify Capitol after riot
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House on Thursday narrowly approved $1.9 billion to fortify the Capitol after the Jan. 6 insurrection, as Democrats pushed past Republican opposition to try to harden the complex...
May 20, 2021
'Crisis delayed': experts say drop in N.S. suicides in 2020 doesn't tell full story
HALIFAX - The number of suicides recorded in Nova Scotia in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic was the lowest since 2014. According to new government data, 120 people in Nova Scotia killed themselves i...
May 20, 2021
'This is being done slowly': Provinces balance reopenings and vaccination progress
Many provinces are setting their sights on reopening as Canada's COVID-19 vaccination pace brings optimism, but leaders are warning that those plans could be curtailed if people don't get their shots....
May 20, 2021
Activist and former CFL player Balarama Holness to run for Montreal mayor
MONTREAL - A community activist and former CFL player is entering the race to become mayor of Montreal. Balarama Holness announced today he'll compete for the city's top job under the banner of his ne...
May 20, 2021
Activist and former CFL player Balarama Holness to run for Montreal mayor
MONTREAL - A community activist and former CFL player is entering the race to become mayor of Montreal. Balarama Holness announced today he'll compete for the city's top job under the banner of his ne...
May 20, 2021
Mortgage stress tests set to tighten in wake of Bank of Canada warnings
OTTAWA - Canadians looking to buy homes will face stiffer mortgage tests in a few days as the federal government and a national regulator tighten rules in the wake of new warnings from the central ban...
May 20, 2021
Stacey Abrams has deal for 2 more political thrillers
NEW YORK (AP) - Nearly 20 years after her first novels were published, Stacey Abrams is hitting full stride as a writer. The voting rights activist, grassroots organizer and former Georgia Democratic ...
May 20, 2021
US jobless claims fall again as some states end federal aid
WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of Americans seeking unemployment aid fell last week to 444,000, a new pandemic low and a sign that the job market keeps strengthening as consumers spend freely again, vir...
May 20, 2021
Researchers suggest Ottawa eliminate health transfers, give provinces room to tax
MONTREAL - A new report by researchers at the Universit de Montral's HEC business school is calling for the end of federal transfers payments to the provinces. The report published Thursday suggests t...
May 20, 2021
Study finds abandoned oil and gas wells place unfair burden on landowners, taxpayers
CALGARY - The costs of Alberta's growing stock of abandoned and inactive oil and gas wells are falling unfairly on landowners and taxpayers, says a report from the University of Calgary. "Landowners h...
May 20, 2021
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Sarah Mills: Tiger Woods should know better after another DUI case
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 2
On today's show, Evan asks whether you really relax when you have time off, the economic impact of the industrial carbon...