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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Move to Canada? A pipe dream for some Americans is a parachute for Canadian expats
WASHINGTON, Wash. - When people in the United States talk about moving to Canada to escape four more years of Donald Trump, it's usually either a punchline or a pipe dream. Ask some of the roughly 800...
Oct 23, 2020
NBC's Welker sharp in first turn as debate moderator
NEW YORK - Moderator Kristen Welker - with the help of an offstage mute button - helped give Americans the substantive, crackling debate over leadership that had been missing so far during the 2020 pr...
Oct 23, 2020
Debate Takeaways: Round 2 highlights policy over petulance
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden met for the second and last time on a debate stage after a previously scheduled town hall debate was scrapped after the Republic...
Oct 23, 2020
Ottawa predicts system delays, backlogs unless court extends life of refugee pact
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government says there will be upheaval at the Canada-U.S. border early next year if a refugee pact between the two countries is allowed to expire. Federal lawyers are asking the F...
Oct 23, 2020
B.C. political leaders campaign for votes on last day before voting begins
VANCOUVER - The B.C. election campaign is in its last day with the main opponents to the NDP sounding a familiar refrain in their final pitch for votes. Both the B.C. Liberals and the Greens criticize...
Oct 22, 2020
Trump, Biden fight over the raging virus, climate and race
NASHVILLE - President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden fought over how to tame the raging coronavirus during the campaign's closing debate, largely shelving the rancour that overshadow...
Oct 22, 2020
Walmart sues US in pre-emptive strike in opioid abuse battle
NEW YORK - Walmart is suing the U.S. government in a pre-emptive strike in the battle over its responsibility in the opioid abuse crisis. The government is expected to take civil action against the wo...
Oct 22, 2020
COVID-19 testing option to be tried at Calgary airport, U.S. border crossing
International travellers arriving in Alberta by air or land will have the option to take an expedited COVID-19 test to avoid quarantining for 14 days - a move the premier says would help the province'...
Oct 22, 2020
Promised path to residency for "Guardian Angel" asylum seekers yet to open
OTTAWA - A much-heralded program to grant permanent residency to some asylum seekers working on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic has yet to accept a single application. Federal Immigrati...
Oct 22, 2020
First Nation says running water must be restored 24/7 before evacuees can return
The chief and council of a First Nation in a remote part of northwestern Ontario said Thursday that they won't send evacuees home until the community has access to running water 24/7. The condit...
Oct 22, 2020
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Murray Wood: The Art of the CUSMA Deal
Insults, complaints that Canada is so mean, warnings the U.S. doesn't need us. It's all standard operating procedure. Th...
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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, April 29
On Wednesday, Evan reviews Tuesday's federal spring fiscal update, takes the temperature of the new CFL changes coming i...