Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
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Trump a lesson for politicians, says Kellie Leitch, the Tory MP once compared to him
OTTAWA - Kellie Leitch, the former Conservative MP once accused of trying to be Canada's Donald Trump, says there is a lesson for all politicians in how well Trump did in this month's U.S. presidentia...
Nov 19, 2020
Feds 'missing opportunity' to ensure political parties covered by privacy law
OTTAWA - A not-for-profit group that promotes public awareness of digital rights says the Trudeau government has missed an opportunity to ensure political parties come under federal privacy law. Innov...
Nov 19, 2020
Canada-Britain trade negotiation in final stages as Dec. 31 tariff deadline looms
OTTAWA - Canada and Britain say they are in the final stages of negotiating a new trade deal before a Dec. 31 deadline. That would prevent Canadian products from seafood to steaks and autos from being...
Nov 19, 2020
African continent hits 2 million confirmed coronavirus cases
NAIROBI, Kenya - Africa has surpassed 2 million confirmed coronavirus cases as the continent's top public health official warned Thursday that "we are inevitably edging toward a second wave" of infect...
Nov 19, 2020
GOP increasingly accepts Trump's defeat - but not in public
WASHINGTON - When Kamala Harris returned to the Senate this week for the first time as vice-president-elect, her Republican colleagues offered their congratulations and Sen. Lindsey Graham greeted her...
Nov 18, 2020
Biden approaches 80 million votes in historic victory
President-elect Joe Biden's winning tally is approaching a record 80 million votes as Democratic bastions continue to count ballots and the 2020 election cracks turnout records. Biden has already set ...
Nov 18, 2020
A rusty Giuliani returns to the courtroom on Trump's behalf
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - Rudy Giuliani, representing a client inside a courtroom for the first time in nearly three decades, showed some rust as he tried to make the case that President Donald Trump has be...
Nov 18, 2020
Liberals legislate 2050 net-zero emissions, but critics say they're delaying action
OTTAWA - Newly proposed federal legislation would legally bind the government to set multiple targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions over the next 30 years but the only penalty for failing to meet...
Nov 18, 2020
RCMP needs structural changes to address racism: MMIWG commissioner
OTTAWA - A commissioner who served on the inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls says top-down attitudes and the centralized structure of the RCMP are leading to racist practices...
Nov 18, 2020
Tories disappointed by Scheer's decision to hire family as they call for better rules
OTTAWA - Conservative MPs vented some disappointment in their former leader - and current caucus colleague - Andrew Scheer Wednesday after revelations he twice hired family members to work in his offi...
Nov 18, 2020
OPINION
Sarah Mills: Floor crossing should be a choice between sitting as an independent or running in a byelection
Sarah Mills says floor crossing from any party in the House of Commons just one year into a mandate shouldn't be allowed...
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, April 10
8:30 - After another conservative MP crossed the floor to the Liberals earlier this week, we wanted to get thoughts from...