Murray Wood: Big companies seem to be allergic to answering questions
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Bail hearing delayed again for man accused of threatening PM in Rideau Hall case
OTTAWA - The man accused of ramming through a gate at Rideau Hall while heavily armed is staying in an Ontario jail for another three weeks. Corey Hurren was arrested July 2 and has not yet had a bail...
Jul 31, 2020
Navy enters new era by welcoming long-awaited Arctic warship into fleet
OTTAWA - The Royal Canadian Navy is poised to enter a new era by taking possession of the first armed warship under the federal government's multibillion-dollar shipbuilding plan, and the first built ...
Jul 31, 2020
Trudeau expected perception issues with WE deal, but no conflict of interest
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he knew there would be problems with perception over having WE Charity run a $900-million student-volunteer program, but he believed there was no conflict o...
Jul 31, 2020
Trudeau says feds will create EI-like benefit for gig, contract workers
OTTAWA - The federal government plans to move as many out-of-work Canadians into the employment insurance system when a key emergency benefit runs out in the fall, and provide an EI-like support ...
Jul 31, 2020
Expansion of Alberta coal mine will need federal review: environment minister
OTTAWA - The federal environment minister is backtracking on a previous decision to keep Ottawa out of the approval process for a major coal mine expansion in Alberta. The existing Vista mine, which i...
Jul 30, 2020
Mass killer had hiding spaces for guns, but drug smuggling not verified: RCMP
HALIFAX - RCMP investigators confirmed Thursday that the gunman who went on a rampage in Nova Scotia in April had hidden compartments in buildings and had converted personal assets into ...
Jul 30, 2020
Ottawa initially refused to hold joint inquiry into mass killing: N.S. minister
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's justice minister says he privately pushed Ottawa for a full federal-provincial public inquiry into the April mass shooting but federal officials initially r...
Jul 30, 2020
Slow ambulance response may have played role in man's death, Quebec coroner says
MONTREAL - A Quebec coroner says the death of a young man who waited 21 minutes for an ambulance could have possibly been avoided had help arrived sooner. Hugo St-Onge, a 24-y...
Jul 30, 2020
Companies highlight jobs, economic spinoffs as fighter-jet competition closes
OTTAWA - Fighter-jet makers are leading with promises of jobs and other economic spinoffs as they make their final pitches for why Canada should buy their planes to replace the military's aging CF-18 ...
Jul 30, 2020
'Ice jacking' caused CN Rail derailment, crude leak in northwestern Ontario
TORONTO - A freight-train derailment in northwestern Ontario that led to a significant oil spill this winter was caused by a phenomenon known as "ice jacking," federal investigators reported on Thursd...
Jul 30, 2020
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, August 26
8:30 - As we eagerly await the Premier's visit to China in hopes of striking a deal to remove canola tariffs, we're stil...