Sarah Mills: We need more 'regular guys' in the civic process
Standing in front of CEOs, lobbyists, advocates and others at a council meeting is not an exciting prospect, but Sarah M...
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Mourners pay tribute outside U.S. Supreme Court as battle brews over RBG's successor
WASHINGTON, Wash. - A solemn procession of ordinary Americans, many of them mothers with daughters in tow, left flowers, cards and tributes scrawled in chalk Monday as they publicly mourned the death ...
Sep 21, 2020
Liberals pledge $1 billion for cities to buy motels, hotels for rapid-housing program
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals plan to spend $1 billion over the next six months so cities and housing providers can buy properties being sold because of the COVID-19 pandemic and use them to keep peop...
Sep 21, 2020
Nova Scotia Mi'kmaq chiefs call on Ottawa to denounce 'racism' in lobster dispute
HALIFAX - Indigenous chiefs in Nova Scotia are calling on the federal government to denounce what they described as racism and violence directed towards the Mi'kmaq people following a weeken...
Sep 21, 2020
Feds reluctantly approve Ontario and New Brunswick carbon prices for big emitters
OTTAWA - The federal government has reluctantly given green lights to both Ontario and New Brunswick to use their own carbon-pricing systems for big industrial emitters, rather than have a federal pro...
Sep 21, 2020
Federal Court hears certification arguments this week in MMIW lawsuit
REGINA - A mother who alleges the federal government and RCMP took a a "negligent" and "lackadaisical" approach to investigating missing and murdered Indigenous women will attend a hearing this week t...
Sep 21, 2020
AP sources: Woman accused of sending ricin letter arrested
WASHINGTON - A woman suspected of sending an envelope containing the poison ricin, which was addressed to White House, has been arrested at New York-Canada border, three law enforcement officials told...
Sep 20, 2020
AP sources: Woman accused of sending ricin letter arrested
WASHINGTON - A woman suspected of sending an envelope containing the poison ricin, which was addressed to White House, has been arrested at New York-Canada border, three law enforcement officials told...
Sep 20, 2020
Ginsburg's impact on women spanned age groups, backgrounds
NEW YORK - Sure, there were the RBG bobbleheads, the Halloween getups, the lace collars, the workout videos. The "I dissent" T-shirts, the refrigerator magnets, the onesies for babies or costumes for ...
Sep 20, 2020
Addressing anti-mask protests poses a challenge for leaders, experts say
MONTREAL - Quebec's COVID-19 case numbers hit their highest numbers since the end of May this weekend, but Alexandre Laberge-Ayotte wasn't worried. Laberge-Ayotte and a handful of other protester...
Sep 20, 2020
Judge agrees to delay US government restrictions on WeChat
NEW YORK - A judge has approved a request from a group of U.S. WeChat users to delay looming federal government restrictions that could effectively make the popular app nearly impossible to use. In a ...
Sep 20, 2020
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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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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 30
Evan finds out what to do if you find space junk on your farm, analyzes the outrage over Ticketmaster prices and the fut...