Murray Wood: Why I hate the latest round of changes in the CFL
Eight of the CFL's nine teams will qualify for the playoffs under the league's latest round of changes, but Murray Wood ...
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Class-action lawsuit in investment case can go ahead, Supreme Court rules
OTTAWA - A class-action suit over personal investments can proceed against a Montreal-based financial services firm, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled. Between 2005 and 2007, Ronald Asselin purcha...
Oct 30, 2020
Group launches legal action against N.B. government for greater abortion access
FREDERICTON - A national civil liberties group has filed legal notice in the first stage of a suit against the New Brunswick government for lack of access to abortion. The Canadian Civil Liberties Ass...
Oct 30, 2020
Federal parties rake in millions despite pandemic
OTTAWA - The COVID-19 pandemic hasn't stopped federal political parties from raking in millions of dollars in donations. Financial reports filed Friday with Elections Canada show that all the main par...
Oct 30, 2020
Race for Texas intensifies amid surging turnout, COVID cases
MCALLEN, Texas - Texas' surprising status as a battleground came into clearer focus on Friday as Democratic vice-presidential nominee Kamala Harris devoted one of the race's final days to campaigning ...
Oct 30, 2020
Twenty-five years ago, Quebec nearly divorced Canada
OTTAWA - Twenty-five years ago today, Quebec came within a small margin of separating from Canada. The referendum on Oct. 30, 1995, saw 4.7 million Quebecers vote on whether the province should "becom...
Oct 30, 2020
In battleground Pennsylvania, Trump supporters are still all in for their president
YOUNGSTOWN, Pa. - Along a scenic stretch of historic Lincoln Highway, a meandering two-lane strip of east-west pavement that runs through southern Pennsylvania, partisan devotion to Donald Trump is on...
Oct 30, 2020
Pompeo wraps up anti-China tour of Asia in Vietnam
HANOI, Vietnam - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo wrapped up a five-nation, anti-China tour of Asia in Vietnam on Friday with a call for regional unity to counter Beijing's growing assertiveness, a...
Oct 29, 2020
Developer tied to Texas AG says feds tampered with warrants
DALLAS - On a summer morning last year, FBI agents arrived at the home of a prominent real estate developer in Austin and began scouring the palatial French-style chateau for documents, videos and pho...
Oct 29, 2020
An Election Day role for National Guard? Maybe, but limited
WASHINGTON - Federal laws and long-standing custom generally leave the U.S. military out of the election process. But President Donald Trump's unsubstantiated warnings about widespread voting irregula...
Oct 29, 2020
Malaysian PM's key ally demands early polls in new snag
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - The key ally in Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin's coalition has called for general elections to be held to establish a stable government once the coronavirus pandemi...
Oct 29, 2020
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Sarah Mills: Subtle words delivered by a king
Sarah Mills says King Charles touched on everything from NATO to climate and global conflicts in his speech to U.S. Cong...
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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, April 29
8:30 - The spring fiscal update released yesterday includes new measures such as a major skilled trades training program...