Murray Wood: The most charming words kids say are usually the wrong ones
Kids mispronounce the funniest things. And Murray Wood thinks that sometimes, parents shouldn't rush to fix them.
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CPP Investments earned 7.8% for fiscal 2026, net assets total $793.3 billion
TORONTO - The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has reported a return of 7.8 per cent for its 2026 fiscal year. The results helped increase its net assets to $793.3 billion at March 31, up from $71...
9h ago Signage is seen in the reception of CPP Investments' Toronto offices, on Thursday, September 21, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
Canadian citizen charged with illegally voting in multiple U.S. elections
BOSTON - The U.S. Attorney's Office says a Canadian citizen who has been living in the United States for decades has been charged with voting illegally. The 40-year-old accused faces one count of unla...
9h ago The seal of Department of Justice U.S. Attorney's Office is seen during a news conference in Washington, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Jason Nixon named Alberta's new finance minister in cabinet shakeup
EDMONTON - Veteran legislator Jason Nixon is the new cabinet minister in charge of Alberta's money. Nixon, with more than a decade of experience in the legislature, was named the new finance minister ...
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Supreme Court of Canada to hear appeal in British Columbia mineral claims case
OTTAWA - British Columbia's Attorney General said her government may still bring forward legislation to amend key parts of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, even as the Supreme ...
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Feds working with City of Ottawa to ease public service transit woes: memo
OTTAWA - Officials managing the federal government's return-to-office plans are concerned about the ability of Ottawa's troubled municipal transit system to actually get public servants to their workp...
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Alberta legislature committee eyes separation vote as meeting hits bizarre roadblock
EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA - Alberta's journey toward holding a fall referendum on separation took a bizarre turn Wednesday - straight into another roadblock. It occurred when the governing United Cons...
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Alberta's finance, hospital ministers stepping down, won't seek re-election
EDMONTON - Two of Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's longtime cabinet ministers are stepping down. In letters posted on social media Wednesday, Finance Minister Nate Horner and Hospitals Minister Matt J...
May 20, 2026
Opposition, unions fear federal cuts could undermine food security
OTTAWA - New Democrats and several unions are warning that federal job cuts and research facility closures will put food safety and security at risk. The federal government's website says it's plannin...
May 20, 2026
New Brunswick opens 16th collaborative care clinic, more than halfway to 2028 goal
BEAURIVAGE - The New Brunswick government says an eastern town is the latest community in the province with a new collaborative care clinic. Officials say three physicians came together in recent mont...
May 20, 2026
US Rep. Barry Moore and former Navy SEAL Jared Hudson advance to GOP runoff in Alabama for US Senate
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - US Rep. Barry Moore and former Navy SEAL Jared Hudson advanced to a runoff on Wednesday for the Republican nomination for the open U.S. Senate seat in Alabama. Moore is a three...
May 20, 2026
OPINION
Sarah Mills: Snowbirds' grounding is a chance for Liberal government to stand behind its words
We are told the Snowbirds will return. We are told that the plan is to get new planes quickly. Sarah Mills says now, the...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, May 21
8:30 - Information Services Corporation (ISC), the Regina-based company that runs the backbone systems for Saskatchewan'...