Murray Wood: The day Canada Became a nation
April 9, 1917 was Easter Monday. On that date, 109 years ago, Canadian soldiers made history at Vimy Ridge. Murray Wood ...
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Ontario wrote off $1.4 billion of personal protective equipment, auditor finds
TORONTO - Ontario wrote off more than one billion items of personal protective equipment at a cost of $1.4 billion since 2021 and is now burning expired products, the province's auditor general found....
Dec 02, 2025
Miller says government needs to start Indigenous consultation on B.C. pipeline
OTTAWA - Heritage Minister Marc Miller says his government needs to "sit down and start working now" on consultation with Indigenous communities and stakeholders about a possible new pipeline in B.C. ...
Dec 02, 2025
Budget office sees modest boost in housing supply from Build Canada Homes
OTTAWA - Housing Minister Gregor Robertson said the federal government's new housing agency is just getting started after the parliamentary budget office said in a new report Tuesday that Build Canada...
Dec 02, 2025
May says voting for budget was 'mistake' and it won't happen again
OTTAWA - Green Party Leader Elizabeth May says supporting the Carney government on the budget vote is a "mistake" she won't make again. May told The Canadian Press the memorandum of understanding Prim...
Dec 02, 2025 Green leader Elizabeth May speaks with reporters in the Foyer of the House of Commons about supporting the government's budget, in Ottawa, Monday, Nov. 17, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Ontario auditor general finds province not properly overseeing doctor billings
TORONTO - Ontario is not properly overseeing doctors' billings, including cases of physicians billing for more than 24 hours in a day - money that could be going toward adding more family doctors, the...
Dec 02, 2025
Carney vows to meet Coastal First Nations after chiefs vote against pipeline to B.C.
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney promised to meet with Coastal First Nations after chiefs voted unanimously Tuesday to press the government to uphold the oil tanker ban off the northern British Col...
Dec 02, 2025
B.C. community holds vigil to mourn deaths, losses in deadly Hong Kong fire
VANCOUVER - Family members of more than 150 people who died when seven highrises burned in Hong Kong last week "deserve the truth," said Phoebe Wong, who attended a memorial in Vancouver late Sunday f...
Dec 01, 2025
Energy regulator cancels New Brunswick gas price cuts promised by Liberal government
FREDERICTON - Gas price cuts that were set to come into effect in New Brunswick on Monday have been cancelled by the province's energy and utilities board. Premier Susan Holt had campaigned in the 202...
Dec 01, 2025
Activists, politicians mark World AIDS Day urging criminal reform
by Dylan Robertson Activists marked World AIDS Day on Monday by calling on the federal government to honour a Trudeau government promise to reform the laws on HIV disclosure, and to provide enough fun...
Dec 01, 2025 People watch a World AIDS Day event in Kisama, on the outskirts of Kohima, the capital of the northeastern Indian state of Nagaland, on Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024. (Yirmiyan Arthur/AP)
Forever Canada petition opposing Alberta separation has signature goal verified
A citizen-led petition affirming Alberta should remain part of Canada has been verified by elections officials and is now on its way to the legislature. In a statement, Elections Alberta says it accep...
Dec 01, 2025
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Sarah Mills: The prime minister needs to live by his own bilingual rules
Sarah Mills says Mark Carney largely speaking French in his call to astronaut Jeremy Hansen breaks a standard he set whe...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 9
On Thursday's show, Evan welcomes a trio of teens to discuss banning social media for children and teenagers, discusses ...