Murray Wood: A star-crossed leader is beset by floor-crossing MPs
Murray Wood says Pierre Poilievre has suffered some bad timing in his career as Conservative leader, but the question is...
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Pentagon to cut troop levels to 2,500 in Iraq, Afghanistan
WASHINGTON - Acting Defence Secretary Christopher Miller said Tuesday the U.S. will reduce troop levels in Iraq and Afghanistan by mid-January, asserting that the decision fulfills President Donald Tr...
Nov 17, 2020
Bank of Canada governor says country needs to pick up pace on tackling climate change
OTTAWA - Canada's top central banker is making a plea for the country to more quickly address the impacts of climate change to avoid any economic ripple effects on households and businesses. Tiff Mack...
Nov 17, 2020
Turkish parliament approves peacekeepers for Azerbaijan
ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey's parliament on Tuesday granted President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government permission to deploy peacekeepers to Azerbaijan to monitor a cease-fire deal between Azerbaijan and ...
Nov 17, 2020
Ex-Quebec police chief goes to court to stop process that could lead to his ouster
MONTREAL - The former head of the provincial police is the latest big name in Quebec to take the government to court over a years-long saga involving leaked documents tied to anti-corruption unit inve...
Nov 17, 2020
Quebec announces working group for 'nation-to-nation' discussions with First Nations
MONTREAL - The Quebec government will create a new political working group that will hold regular "nation-to-nation" meetings with First Nations leaders on issues that concern them, Indigenous Affairs...
Nov 17, 2020
Rising food prices push annual rate of inflation 0.7 per cent higher in October
OTTAWA - The country's headline inflation meter jumped last month by 0.7 per cent compared to one year ago, the fastest the consumer price index has risen in months, largely on the back of higher food...
Nov 17, 2020
New Brunswick government crows about province's pandemic response in throne speech
FREDERICTON - Premier Blaine Higgs' government congratulated itself Tuesday for handling the COVID-19 pandemic better than most jurisdictions, saying in a throne speech that New Brunswick had received...
Nov 17, 2020
Feds launch nuclear-waste strategy review amid elusive solutions for toxic waste
TORONTO - The federal government has launched a new initiative aimed at finding long-term solutions for the growing quantity of radioactive waste produced by Canada's nuclear reactors. To that end, th...
Nov 17, 2020
Info commissioner slams RCMP, Liberals on rampant access-to-information failures
OTTAWA - The federal information commissioner has come out swinging against Public Safety Minister Bill Blair and the RCMP for what she says is a complete disregard for transparency and accountability...
Nov 17, 2020
'Not good': Ocean advocacy group criticizes Canadian fishery management in audit
HALIFAX - Only about 25 per cent of Canada's fish populations are considered healthy and the federal government is missing data on more than one-third of the country's fisheries, according to an ocean...
Nov 17, 2020
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Sarah Mills: A lifetime smoking ban in the UK may be a step too far
Sarah Mills says there are great health-care costs associated with smoking, but those costs are also associated with obe...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 23
8:30 - Construction for the AI data centre in the RM of Sherwood is set to begin this spring, but many residents in the ...