Murray Wood: What happened to basic manners?
At the risk of sounding old fashioned, Murray Wood is questioning the manners of some of the people he meets. He says pe...
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Liberals, NDP release costed campaign plans, Conservatives promise platform 'soon'
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals and NDP both released their costed campaign platforms Saturday as Canada's 45th general election inched toward the finish line. With just over one week left before electi...
Apr 19, 2025 Liberal Leader Mark Carney waves as he arrives to announce the release of his party's election platform during a federal election campaign stop in Whitby, Ont., on Saturday, April 19, 2025. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi)
Australia celebrates end to 'Vegemite-gate' after product back on shelves in Toronto
Canada and Australia have shaken hands to end a potential diplomatic dust-up over a yeast-based spread that many Aussies like on toast and crackers. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese thanked ...
Apr 19, 2025
Quebec says no special recruitment measures to attract U.S. doctors, researchers
MONTREAL - Quebec doesn't plan to create any special measures to attract United States-based physicians and researchers - even as other provinces are moving to capitalize on those professionals seekin...
Apr 19, 2025
Arizona governor vetoes bill requiring local officials to help with federal immigration efforts
PHOENIX (AP) - Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs on Friday vetoed a Republican-backed bill intended to support the Trump administration's immigration crackdown by requiring local and state officials in Ariz...
Apr 18, 2025
Judge says detained Tufts student must be transferred from Louisiana to Vermont
A Tufts University student from Turkey being held in a Louisiana immigration facility must be returned to New England no later than May 1 to determine whether she was illegally detained for co-writing...
Apr 18, 2025
Judge blocks Trump administration’s from passport changes affecting transgender Americans
BOSTON (AP) - A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from enacting a policy that bans the use of "X" marker used by many nonbinary people on passports as well as the changing of ge...
Apr 18, 2025
US senator returns from El Salvador trip, says Abrego Garcia case is about far more than one man
WASHINGTON (AP) - The dispute over the wrongful deportation and imprisonment of Kilmar Abrego Garcia "is not only about one man" but about Donald Trump's disregard of the American judicial system as w...
Apr 18, 2025
Wisconsin governor can lock in 400-year school funding increase using a veto, court says
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The Wisconsin governor's creative use of his uniquely powerful veto to lock in a school funding increase for 400 years may be "attention grabbing," but it was constitutional, the ...
Apr 18, 2025
Federal judge in Baltimore temporarily limits DOGE access to Social Security data
BALTIMORE (AP) - A federal judge on Thursday imposed new restrictions on billionaire Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, limiting its access to Social Security systems that hold personal ...
Apr 17, 2025
Alberta names new interim chief medical officer of health
EDMONTON - The Alberta government has announced the appointment of a new interim chief medical officer of health, days after the previous one's contract expired. Officials say Dr. Sunil Sookram is to ...
Apr 17, 2025
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Sarah Mills: Protest during Donald Trump's visit to the U.K. draws a smirk
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, Sept. 18
Evan talks with Fraser Institute Senior Fellow Michael Zwaagstra aobut his recent research about university student beha...