Sarah Mills: Trying to score World Cup tickets is a fool's game under FIFA
Sarah Mills spent five hours and 50 minutes in a queue for FIFA's general sale for World Cup tickets on Wednesday, only ...
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Government expects fewer questions on foreign aid from weakened NDP: briefing note
OTTAWA - A Global Affairs Canada briefing note suggests the department expects fewer questions in the House of Commons about possible cuts to foreign aid because of the much-reduced NDP caucus. "A dec...
Nov 03, 2025
Ottawa urged to keep Canadian weapons out of Sudan's civil war
OTTAWA - As Prime Minister Mark Carney prepares to visit the United Arab Emirates, human rights advocates are calling on his government to do more to stop the flow of weapons from the UAE to a militia...
Nov 03, 2025
Leader Currie Dixon says voters wanted change as Yukon Party wins majority government
WHITEHORSE - Yukon Party Leader Currie Dixon says Yukon voters have opted for change by electing what he calls a "strong Yukon Party majority government." Dixon is set to become the Yukon's first prem...
Nov 03, 2025
Four things on Quebec's municipal elections
MONTREAL - Voters in roughly 1,100 municipalities across Quebec chose their local leaders on Sunday. Here are four things to know about the province's municipal election results. Montrealers have vote...
Nov 02, 2025
B.C. First Nation members vote in favour of treaty, moving toward self-governance
TERRACE, BRITISH COLUMBIA - A First Nation from the northwest coast of British Columbia has voted in favour of a constitution and a treaty that it says opens a path to a new era of self-government. Th...
Nov 02, 2025
Halloween display depicts municipal politicians hanging from a noose in Manitoba
A group representing more than a dozen Manitoba municipalities says RCMP are investigating a gruesome Halloween display the group believes was meant to intimidate local politicians. Ivan Normandeau, p...
Nov 02, 2025
Canada bolsters Indo-Pacific presence with new defence pact with the Philippines
OTTAWA - Defence Minister David McGuinty has signed a defence co-operation agreement with the Philippines, on the final day of a visit meant to strengthen defence relations. The agreement will allow t...
Nov 02, 2025
Mark Carney's first budget plots a sharp departure from the past
by Craig Lord OTTAWA - Prime Minster Mark Carney's government is getting ready to table its first budget this week - one that will be markedly different from budgets of the past. "This one is importan...
Nov 02, 2025 Prime Minister Mark Carney jokes with Minister of Finance and National Revenue Francois-Philippe Champagne as they greet families before participating in an announcement at a community centre in Ottawa, on Friday, Oct. 10, 2025. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang)
N.S. opposes Supreme Court ruling to strike minimum sentences for child porn possession
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's justice minister says he has "grave concerns" about a federal Supreme Court decision to strike down mandatory minimum sentences for accessing or possessing child pornography. I...
Nov 02, 2025
Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week
TORONTO - Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week: Trade The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments this week from businesses and states that say President Donald Tr...
Nov 02, 2025
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 2
On today's show, Evan asks whether you really relax when you have time off, the economic impact of the industrial carbon...