Murray Wood: Federal gun initiatives take aim at small business
Darryl Schemenauer is closing down his Regina gun store after 35 years, and he puts the blame squarely on the federal Li...
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EU parliament backs lobster deal and EU-US mini trade pact
BRUSSELS - Thanksgiving just got a little bit better for the Maine lobster industry. The European Union parliament on Thursday approved a mini trade deal with the United States, which includes the eli...
Nov 26, 2020
France resumes tax on tech giants, seeks deal with US
PARIS - France is resuming collection of a special tax on Big Tech companies like Amazon and Facebook despite the threat of U.S. retaliatory tariffs on French Champagne, cheese, handbags and other goo...
Nov 26, 2020
Provinces push Freeland to delay bump in CPP premiums in economic update
OTTAWA - Provincial finance ministers have quietly prodded Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland to pause planned increases in premiums workers and businesses pay into the Canada Pension Plan. The planne...
Nov 26, 2020
Health Canada expects first COVID-19 vaccine to be approved next month
OTTAWA - The first COVID-19 vaccine could be approved for use in Canada within two weeks, Health Canada's chief medical adviser said Thursday.The department's medicine review team is currently reviewi...
Nov 26, 2020
Canadians who say they've been targeted by foreign agents want co-ordinated response
OTTAWA - After burying his wife after the passenger jet she was aboard was shot down by the Iranian military, Javad Soleimani returned to Canada and began speaking out about the tragedy of Ukrainian I...
Nov 26, 2020
COVID-19 vaccines to roll out for priority groups in early 2021; Atlantic bubble pops
A top public health official said Thursday that priority groups in Canada should start receiving COVID-19 vaccine doses early next year as new restrictions for those entering New Brunswick effectively...
Nov 26, 2020
The latest news on COVID 19 developments in Canada on Nov. 26, 2020
The latest news on COVID-19 in Canada (all times Eastern): 6:23 p.m. The Yukon government has announced a policy on mandatory masks in all indoor public spaces starting Dec. 1. The territory is report...
Nov 26, 2020
Vancouver council unanimously endorses drug decriminalization, seeks federal approval
VANCOUVER - Councillors in Vancouver have voted unanimously to ask the federal government to decriminalize possession of small amounts of illicit drugs. Mayor Kennedy Stewart put forward the motion ea...
Nov 26, 2020
Spy watchdog urges justice minister to fix gaps in whistle-blowing regime
OTTAWA - The national spy watchdog is urging Justice Minister David Lametti to close gaps in the federal whistle-blowing framework to protect Canada's deepest secrets and the public servants who keep ...
Nov 26, 2020
Ethiopian PM says troops ordered to move on Tigray capital
NAIROBI, Kenya - Ethiopia's prime minister said Thursday the army has been ordered to move on the embattled Tigray regional capital after his 72-hour ultimatum ended for Tigray leaders to surrender, a...
Nov 26, 2020
OPINION
Sarah Mills: The season of the zipper merge has returned
It sometimes feels like leaders in our cities and towns don't plan for construction very well, but Sarah Mills says the ...
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The Evan Bray Show - Monday, April 20
On Monday's show, Evan hears concerns about the FSIN's transparency after its general assembly last week, discusses how ...