Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
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'We felt that we won': Vancouver shipyard fights second icebreaker battle
OTTAWA - Mark Lamarre is making his latest pitch for why Ottawa should choose Seaspan ULC to build the Canadian Coast Guard's next flagship, the CCGS John G. Diefenbaker. The pitch involves an arrange...
Sep 17, 2020
Public service could review Rideau Hall allegations if complaint filed, documents say
OTTAWA - Internal government documents show that public servants could have investigated allegations of a toxic work environment at Rideau Hall had an employee at the Governor General's office filed a...
Sep 17, 2020
Quebec provincial police report rise in online threats directed at politicians
MONTREAL - Quebec provincial police are warning of a spike in online threats directed at the general public and towards politicians. Between March and September, police received 30...
Sep 17, 2020
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. to get new name to better reflect changing mandate
OTTAWA - The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. will be getting a new name in the coming months, part of a larger rebranding by the federal housing agency to better reflect its changing mandate.The hea...
Sep 17, 2020
Nova Scotia First Nation launches lobster fleet amid tension on the water
SAULNIERVILLE, N.S. - Exactly 21 years after the Supreme Court of Canada affirmed the right of Indigenous groups in Eastern Canada to hunt and fish for a moderate livelihood, a First Nation in No...
Sep 17, 2020
Doctors, patient advocates say telemedicine spurred by pandemic is here to stay
The arrival of COVID-19 has taken the concept of telemedicine from a pipe dream to a fixture across Ontario, with many doctors expressing the hope that the change is here to stay long beyond the pande...
Sep 17, 2020
First volume of Barack Obama's memoir coming Nov. 17
NEW YORK - The first volume of former President Barack Obama's memoir is coming out Nov. 17, two weeks after Election Day. It's called "A Promised Land" and will cover his swift and historic rise to t...
Sep 17, 2020
Japan new PM begins 1st full day, vows to push reforms
TOKYO - Japan's new Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga started his first full day in office Thursday with a resolve to push forward popular reforms. "I'm determined to work hard for the people and get resu...
Sep 17, 2020
Germany apologizes for past military anti-gay discrimination
BERLIN - Germany's defence minister is apologizing for decades of discrimination against gay servicepeople in the military until a change of policy in 2000. A study commissioned by the defence ministr...
Sep 17, 2020
B.C. adds $660M in tax incentives, reveals details of $1.5 billion recovery plan
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government announcing $660 million in new tax incentives Thursday and outlined how it will spend another $1.5 billion on economic recovery from the COVID...
Sep 17, 2020
OPINION
Sarah Mills: Trudeau's behaviour after leaving office isn't endearing him to the public
Sarah Mills says the former PM has skied with a prince, appeared on Instagram with a backwards cap alongside his popstar...
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, April 17
On Friday's show, Evan entertains the question of whether Pierre Poilievre should step down as Conservative Party leader...