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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Two-thirds of Canadians would support a COVID-19 curfew if pandemic severe: Poll
OTTAWA - More than two-thirds of Canadians say they would support a curfew if the COVID-19 pandemic became serious enough, according to a new poll.The survey by Lger and the Association for Canadian S...
Nov 09, 2020
Eastern Ontario reeve seeks to change road name derogatory to Indigenous women
OTTAWA - The council of Beckwith Township near Ottawa is proposing to change the name of a private road that includes a derogatory term for Indigenous women after months of controversy and over the ob...
Nov 09, 2020
After Biden win, McConnell says Trump OK to fight election
WASHINGTON - Despite President-elect Joe Biden's victory, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said President Donald Trump is "100% within his rights" to question election results, as GOP lawmakers ...
Nov 09, 2020
'Stop being so nice': Alberta councillor apologizes for Indigenous homeless comments
SLAVE LAKE, Alta. - A northern Alberta councillor says she is deeply sorry for recommending her town stop feeding and "being so nice" to its Indigenous homeless population. At a Sept. 8 council meetin...
Nov 09, 2020
Erdogan accepts Turkish finance minister's resignation
ANKARA, Turkey - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accepted the resignation of his son-in-law from the position of finance minister, the Turkish leader's office announced Monday. A statement from his...
Nov 09, 2020
Ukraine's president tests positive for COVID-19
MOSCOW - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy announced Monday that he has tested positive for the coronavirus and will be working in self-isolation while being treated. "There are no lucky people ...
Nov 09, 2020
Rules tightened for visitors to N.S. from outside Atlantic after COVID-19 cases spike
HALIFAX - In a bid to subdue a small but sudden spike in COVID-19 cases, Nova Scotia has introduced strict new rules for people arriving in the province from outside the Atlantic region. With 15...
Nov 09, 2020
Trump fires Esper as Pentagon chief after election defeat
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump fired Defence Secretary Mark Esper on Monday, an unprecedented move by a president struggling to accept election defeat and angry at a Pentagon leader he believes w...
Nov 09, 2020
President-elect's long to-do list to include repairing damaged Canada-U. S. ties
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Joe Biden's to-do list just got a whole lot longer - and it's a safe bet it now includes patching the holes in Canada's relationship with the United States. Biden has more pressing ...
Nov 09, 2020
Terry Fox, Indigenous advocates among diverse group on shortlist for new $5 bill
OTTAWA - A diverse group of notable Canadians, including Indigenous advocates and veterans, an Inuit artist and the first person of Chinese descent born in this country have been shortlisted to appear...
Nov 09, 2020
OPINION
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
Evan talks on Thursday's show about the RM of Sherwood's AI data centre now approved to be built, Saskatoon mayor Cynthi...