Murray Wood: Going to seed, in a good way
Murray Wood says seed sales are taking off this spring. Food prices are likely convincing some to grow their own vegetab...
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Twitter disables Trump campaign's George Floyd video tribute
Twitter has blocked a Trump campaign video tribute to George Floyd over a copyright claim, in a move that adds to tensions between the social media platform and the U.S. president, one of its most wid...
Jun 05, 2020
Trump jabs Maine's Democratic governor; she hits back
GUILFORD, Maine - President Donald Trump on Friday laced into Maine's Democratic governor for not moving quickly enough to reopen the state's economy and urged his supporters to help him win the rest ...
Jun 05, 2020
DC paints huge Black Lives Matter mural near White House
WASHINGTON - The city of Washington capped nearly a week of demonstrations against police brutality Friday by painting the words Black Lives Matter in enormous bright yellow letters on the street lead...
Jun 05, 2020
Black Canadians say racism here is just as harmful as in the United States
MONTREAL - The death of George Floyd in Minnesota following a police intervention has spurred massive protests in both Canada and the United States and societal soul-searching on the need to fight rac...
Jun 05, 2020
UN agency: Iran violating all restrictions of nuclear deal
VIENNA - Iran has continued to increase its stockpiles of enriched uranium and remains in violation of its deal with world powers, the United Nations' atomic watchdog said Friday. The International At...
Jun 05, 2020
Trump hails jobs report, but unemployment rate still high
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump took a victory lap Friday morning after the government reported surprising job gains for last month, seizing on the data to predict that the worst of the coronaviru...
Jun 05, 2020
Minister says reckoning on police violence against Indigenous people needed
OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says Canada needs a reckoning over a repeated and disgusting pattern of police violence against Indigenous people. Miller says he "watched in disgust"...
Jun 05, 2020
A look at how provinces plan to emerge from COVID-19 shutdown
Provinces have been releasing plans for easing restrictions that were put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19. Here is what some of the provinces have announced so far: Newfoundland and Labrador ...
Jun 05, 2020
Trudeau offers $14B to provinces for anti-COVID-19 efforts through rest of year
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday he has offered provinces and territories up to $14 billion in new federal transfers if they work with Ottawa on a "safe-restart agreement" that ...
Jun 05, 2020
National unemployment rate hits new record even as economy adds jobs
OTTAWA - Canada's employment minister says the federal government is rethinking a key COVID-19 benefit so workers have more incentive to get back on the job, in an effort to maintain a surprising...
Jun 05, 2020
OPINION
Sarah Mills: We are feeling the pinch of rising prices, even beyond the gas pumps
Costs have already gone up with airlines. Parcel and delivery services could also increase, and even ride sharing may ja...
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, April 14
On Tuesday's show, Evan talks about the Prime Minister's transition from minority to majority government, explores a pro...