Murray Wood: It's time to pull over reckless people on scooters, bikes
Murray Wood says he's had too many close calls with people on scooters, bikes and skateboards. But he's never seen them ...
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Party leaders make promises on oil and gas, health care and affordability
OTTAWA - After controversial statements from the past came back to haunt two major parties, federal leaders campaigning on Tuesday each highlighted different issues. Conservative Leader Pierre Poiliev...
Apr 01, 2025 A composite image made from three file photographs shows, from left, Liberal Leader Mark Carney in London, Monday, March 17, 2025; NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh in Montreal on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025; and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre in L'Orignal, Ont., Monday, March 17, 2025. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick, Christinne Muschi, Adrian Wyld)
Trump administration halts dozens of research grants at Princeton University
WASHIGNTON (AP) - The Trump administration has halted several dozen federal research grants at Princeton University, the Ivy League school said Tuesday. The university received notifications this week...
Apr 01, 2025
First Quantum discontinues Cobre Panama arbitration proceedings
TORONTO - First Quantum Minerals Ltd. says it has agreed to discontinue arbitration proceedings it launched before the International Chamber of Commerce's International Court of Arbitration related to...
Apr 01, 2025
Ontario to spend $35M to help rebuild Shaw Festival's Royal George Theatre
TORONTO - Ontario will spend $35 million to help the Shaw Festival rebuild the Royal George Theatre. Tourism Minister Stan Cho says the funding will be used to build a larger, more modern theatre as t...
Apr 01, 2025
U.S. lists Quebec's language law in annual report on 'foreign trade barriers'
MONTREAL - Quebec has no intention of softening its language laws, Premier Franois Legault said Tuesday after the United States listed his government's French-language reform as a barrier to trade. "I...
Apr 01, 2025
Ontario minimum wage to rise to $17.60 with annual inflationary increase
TORONTO - Ontario minimum wage earners will be making $17.60 an hour, starting Oct. 1. The provincial government announced today the amount of the annual increase to the minimum wage, which is tied to...
Apr 01, 2025
Quebec becomes last province with a price on carbon, but how long will it last?
MONTREAL - As Quebec becomes the last province in Canada that hasn't abandoned carbon pricing, the provincial government could start feeling pressure to align itself with the rest of the country. Ther...
Apr 01, 2025
Drivers look for relief at the pump after B.C. ends consumer carbon tax
British Columbia drivers looked to the gas pumps Tuesday for a sign of tax relief after the early-morning approval of legislation that ended the province's consumer carbon tax after 17 years. The NDP ...
Apr 01, 2025
Canadian book industry calls on government to keep it out of trade war
TORONTO - Canada's literary institutions are banding together on the eve of an expected announcement about counter-tariffs on U.S. imports that could include books. Booksellers big and small, librarie...
Apr 01, 2025
Carney promises home building program, Poilievre pitches national energy corridor
OTTAWA - Liberal Leader Mark Carney promised Monday to get the federal government back into the business of home building, while Pierre Poilievre's Conservatives pitched a national energy corridor to ...
Mar 31, 2025
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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, Sept. 17
Evan talks with Rachel Browne about her new podcast series on the "Queen of Canada," Shawn Moen of 9Mile Legac...