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Seven foreign policy challenges facing Mark Carney that aren't about Trump
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney has many foreign policy issues on his plate - and they're not all about U.S. President Donald Trump. Here are six of the key challenges Ottawa will be navigating in...
May 04, 2025 Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks during a news conference in Ottawa, Friday, May 2, 2025. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld)
Trump says 'highly unlikely' U.S. ever uses military force to annex Canada
OTTAWA - U.S. President Donald Trump says it is "highly unlikely" the United States would ever use military force to annex Canada, though he maintains he will continue to push to make Canada the 51st ...
May 04, 2025
McGill platform becomes safe space for conserving U.S. climate research under threat
MONTREAL - Academics at McGill University in Montreal are providing the U.S. scientific community a platform to protect climate research under attack. Six months ago, researchers at McGill University'...
May 04, 2025
Canada's deepening dependence on U.S. has been a decades-long evolution, experts say
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has repeatedly accused the Liberal government of entrenching Canada's economic dependence on the United States. But political scientists say the reality i...
May 04, 2025
Experts see hopeful signs as Mark Carney prepares to talk trade with Trump
WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Mark Carney will be watched closely by Canadians infuriated by Donald Trump - and by an anxious business community looking for tariff relief - when he meets with the U.S. p...
May 04, 2025
The headwinds and potential ahead for Carney's economic ambitions
Canada now knows who will lead the country as it confronts this nation-defining economic moment, but uncertainty is still the word of the year. "We are going to build baby, build," said Prime Minister...
May 04, 2025
Albertans rally for separation, saying things won't change under Confederation
EDMONTON - Katheryn Speck said she used to be a Canadian nationalist, travelled the world with a maple leaf on her backpack and once lived in Quebec so she could become fluently bilingual. But on Satu...
May 03, 2025
Small-town mayors 'excited' Pierre Poilievre targeting seat in rural Alberta
CALGARY - The prospective new riding for federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is home to wheat fields, dinosaur bones and Nickelback. It's also Tory country through and through. Battle River-C...
May 03, 2025
Alberta NDP votes to allow opting out of federal party membership
EDMONTON - Alberta's New Democratic Party has voted overwhelmingly to cut traditional membership ties with its federal counterpart. Delegates in Edmonton voted Saturday to allow provincial members to ...
May 03, 2025
John Hogan named N.L.'s premier designate after winning Liberal leadership contest
ST. JOHN'S - Liberals in Newfoundland and Labrador elected John Hogan as leader and the province's new premier designate on Saturday. Hogan, the 47-year-old former health and justice minister, handily...
May 03, 2025
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Sarah Mills: Whose standards do we use when we measure offence?
Sarah Mills says we all have different standards when it comes to what offends us. But when standards don't align, who's...
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, Sept. 19
Evan talks with Premier Moe about his trip to China and the current state of canola tariffs, Ray Wilgenbusch about the M...