Sarah Mills: The president is playing a game of Risk with real lives
Sarah Mills says when you make a threat like "a whole civilization will die tonight" about Iran, the only choi...
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14 Fort Hood soldiers fired, suspended over violence at base
WASHINGTON - The Army on Tuesday said it has fired or suspended 14 officers and enlisted soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas, and ordered policy changes to address chronic failures of leadership that contrib...
Dec 08, 2020
MP drafts legislation to open floodgates on interprovincial booze sales
OTTAWA - A Conservative backbencher is aiming to open the floodgates on cross-country booze shipments, drafting legislation that offers a workaround to interprovincial trade barriers. MP Dan Albas tab...
Dec 08, 2020
Conservatives prepared to debate assisted-dying bill around the clock: O'Toole
OTTAWA - Many people will suffer needlessly if Conservatives continue filibustering a bill on medically assisted dying beyond a court-imposed deadline of Dec. 18, Justice Minister David Lametti said T...
Dec 08, 2020
Future value of Trans Mountain pipeline rests on Liberals' climate plans, PBO says
OTTAWA - The federal government could end up losing money on the Trans Mountain pipeline if it further tightens its climate policy and ends up decreasing demand for Canadian oil, the parliamentary bud...
Dec 08, 2020
UK, EU leaders to meet Wednesday amid Brexit no-deal signals
LONDON - The leaders of Britain and the European Commission will make a last-minute push for a post-Brexit U.K.-EU trade deal over dinner on Wednesday, with both sides warning that the chance of reach...
Dec 08, 2020
Canada 'must build back better' for Indigenous People after COVID-19: Bellegarde
OTTAWA - Canada must invest in closing the gap for Indigenous people as it emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic, the outgoing head of the Assembly of First Nations said Tuesday. "That gap amplifies ever...
Dec 07, 2020
Biden makes pitch for retired general to be Pentagon chief
WASHINGTON - President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday made his case for retired Army Gen. Lloyd Austin to be secretary of defence, urging Congress to waive a legal prohibition against a recently serving m...
Dec 07, 2020
Five things to know about the rollout of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine in Canada
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that a small number of the most vulnerable in Canada could get Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine before the holidays. Here are five things to know about the vaccine's rollou...
Dec 07, 2020
Environmental groups keep fighting KXL despite Biden's promise to block pipeline
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Critics of Canada's most controversial cross-border pipeline projects aren't taking their demise for granted under president-elect Joe Biden. A new report from the U.S.-based Rainfo...
Dec 07, 2020
Pandemic financial pressures deplete finances, spirits as festive season approaches
TORONTO - Pandemic restrictions and financial strain mean Christmas will look different than past years for Tia Cyr and her family, so she enlisted Santa in breaking the news to her son. The Alberta m...
Dec 07, 2020
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Murray Wood: Signs of spring appearing in Saskatchewan
Murray Wood says signs of spring were all over the place on the weekend, even though the forecast remains wintery for th...
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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, April 8
On today's show, Evan gets the latest on global tensions with Iran and the U.S., discusses Riversdale safety concerns an...