Murray Wood: Self-defence is a legitimate legal defence in home invasion
An Ontario man was charged for allegedly assaulting an intruder in his home, sparking wide reaction this week. Murray Wo...
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Who stands in for an ill prime minister is not as clear as it is in American politics
OTTAWA - Should U.S. President Donald Trump fall too ill with COVID-19 to be able to perform his duties, there's an automatic backup: U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence. The Canadian approach to suc...
Oct 02, 2020
PBO complains of lack of transparency on $422 billion in federal business support
OTTAWA - Crown corporations have handed out an estimated $422 billion in loans, guarantees and deferrals to businesses since the start of the pandemic, the parliamentary budget officer says in a repor...
Oct 02, 2020
Family of Indigenous woman subjected to slurs in Quebec hospital announces lawsuit
JOLIETTE, Que. - The family of an Indigenous woman subjected to insults as she lay dying in hospital said Friday it will hit back hard against a racist system it accuses of killing her. Members of Joy...
Oct 02, 2020
Trump adds to election anxiety by pushing legal boundaries
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has floated the unconstitutional idea of delaying the Nov. 3 election. His administration violated a judge's order on the 2020 census and could be held in contempt....
Oct 02, 2020
In big states, tiny counties, Trump attacking voting rules
RALEIGH, N.C. - When Donald Trump's campaign took issue with a new rule on processing some votes in North Carolina, it didn't just complain to the Board of Elections and file a lawsuit. It wrote to so...
Oct 02, 2020
Denying, defending and numb: Voters not moved by Trump taxes
OSHKOSH, Wis. - Danielle Fairbank closed the tailgate of her fire-engine red pickup truck in a Target parking lot in Oshkosh, Wisconsin and offered a hearty "Fake news!" to dismiss reports that Presid...
Oct 02, 2020
President's positive COVID-19 tests underscores perils of campaigning in a pandemic
WASHINGTON, Wash. - The perils of America's fractured, partisan approach to the COVID-19 pandemic finally caught up Friday with U.S. President Donald Trump, now infected with the very virus that for m...
Oct 02, 2020
Bernie Sanders resuming in-person campaigning to back Biden
WILMINGTON, Del. - Bernie Sanders is returning to in-person campaigning for the first time since the start of the coronavirus pandemic in March, heading to the battleground states of New Hampshire and...
Oct 02, 2020
Trump COVID infection thrusts world in uncharted territory
PARIS - News that the world's most powerful man was infected with the world's most notorious disease dominated screens large and small, drawing shock, sympathy and some barbs for President Donald Trum...
Oct 02, 2020
With Trump testing positive, a look at some Canadian politicians and COVID-19
United States President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump have tested positive for the virus that causes COVID-19. Here is a look as some Canadian politicians who have tested positive or neede...
Oct 02, 2020
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, August 21
8:30 - U.S. President Donald Trump deployed the National Guard in Washington, D.C. last week and now, the United States ...