Murray Wood: Taylor Swift engagement a nice way to end a cruel summer
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Federal representative hopes to ease tensions in Nova Scotia lobster dispute
HALIFAX - The man tasked with lowering the temperature in a heated dispute over Nova Scotia lobster says he has a deeply personal relationship with the coastal area that has seen the most violence. "T...
Oct 24, 2020
Egypt's parliamentary vote likely to tighten leader's grip
CAIRO - Egyptians cast ballots Saturday in the first stage of the country's parliamentary election, a vote which is highly likely to produce a toothless lower chamber packed with supporters of Preside...
Oct 24, 2020
Fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh goes on despite US mediation
Rocket and artillery barrage hit residential areas Saturday hours after the United States hosted top diplomats from Armenia and Azerbaijan for talks on settling their decades-long conflict over Nagorn...
Oct 24, 2020
British Columbia votes in snap election called during COVID-19 pandemic
Voters in British Columbia are casting ballots today in an election campaign that was largely defined by the COVID-19 pandemic.NDP Leader John Horgan called the snap election one year before the fixed...
Oct 24, 2020
Poland's President Duda tests positive for coronavirus
WARSAW, Poland - Poland's President Andrzej Duda has tested positive for the coronavirus, but is feeling well, his spokesman said Saturday. The spokesman, Blazej Spychalski, said on Twitter that the 4...
Oct 24, 2020
Liberals win two Toronto byelections despite stiff challenges from Greens, Tories
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals saw their share of the vote drop in two Toronto byelections Monday, a humbling result for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the first electoral test of his government's ha...
Oct 23, 2020
Ottawa appoints N.S. university president to help resolve Indigenous lobster dispute
The federal government has named a Nova Scotia university president to help resolve the Indigenous lobster fishery dispute. The Liberal government says it has appointed Allister Surette as a Fed...
Oct 23, 2020
Saskatchewan election: Leaders criticize track records in final stretch of campaign
Saskatchewan's two main political leaders criticized each other's track records Friday as they urged people to vote in the home stretch of the provincial campaign. Election day in Saskatchewan is on M...
Oct 23, 2020
Mountaintop coal mine hearings to begin amidst fears of pollution, development rush
A proposed coal mine that would create hundreds of jobs but shear off a mountaintop in one of Alberta's most sensitive environments is to go to a public hearing this week. Riversdale Resources, propon...
Oct 23, 2020
Poles vent fury at court's further restrictions on abortions
WARSAW, Poland - Thousands of protesters vented fury across Poland over a top court ruling that declared abortions of fetuses with congenital defects unconstitutional, effectively narrowing one of Eur...
Oct 23, 2020
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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, August 27
Evan talks with pop culture expert Shauna Foster about Taylor Swift's engagement to Kansas City Chief's tight end Travis...