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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By the tens of thousands, Trump supporters flood downtown D.C. to show solidarity
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Tens of thousands of the 72 million Americans who voted for Donald Trump showed up on his doorstep Saturday, urging on the president in his quixotic bid to subvert the results of la...
Nov 14, 2020
Trump putting democracy to the test after his loss to Biden
WASHINGTON - Winston Churchill was not known for leaving his thoughts unspoken. One of them was this: "It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government, except for all those other forms...
Nov 14, 2020
Biden likely to break barriers, pick woman to lead Pentagon
WASHINGTON - President-elect Joe Biden is expected to take a historic step and select a woman to head the Pentagon for the first time, shattering one of the few remaining barriers to women in the depa...
Nov 14, 2020
Ethiopia’s Tigray leader confirms firing missiles at Eritrea
NAIROBI, Kenya - The leader of Ethiopia's rebellious Tigray region has confirmed firing missiles at neighbouring Eritrea's capital and is threatening more, marking a huge escalation as the deadly figh...
Nov 14, 2020
Harris inspiring young Black Canadians toward politics: MPs
OTTAWA - The election of Kamala Harris as vice-president of the United States will inspire more young Black women in Canada to engage in politics and run for office, says Velma Morgan, a Black Canadia...
Nov 14, 2020
Trump, still not conceding defeat, trumpets vaccine progress
WASHINGTON - Gliding over significant challenges still to come, President Donald Trump offered a rosy update on the race for a vaccine for the resurgent coronavirus as he delivered his first public re...
Nov 14, 2020
Democrats keep winning the popular vote. That worries them.
Democrats won the popular vote in this year's presidential election yet again, marking seven out of eight straight presidential elections that the party has reached that milestone. And, for some Democ...
Nov 14, 2020
Progressives look to make early mark on Biden White House
WILMINGTON, Del. - Leading progressives are pressuring President-elect Joe Biden to embrace their policy agenda even as more centrist Democrats argue such proposals prevented the party from retaking f...
Nov 14, 2020
Bloomberg's big spending struggles to sway election outcomes
WASHINGTON - After pouring more than $1.2 billion of his personal fortune into presidential politics this election, former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg has little to show for it. His only win during ...
Nov 14, 2020
Biden faces tough choice of whether to back virus lockdowns
WASHINGTON - Joe Biden faces a decision unlike any other incoming president: whether to back a short-term national lockdown to finally arrest a raging pandemic. For now, it's a question the president-...
Nov 14, 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 ...