Murray Wood: The day Canada Became a nation
April 9, 1917 was Easter Monday. On that date, 109 years ago, Canadian soldiers made history at Vimy Ridge. Murray Wood ...
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Rohingya hail UN ruling that Myanmar act to prevent genocide
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - The United Nations' top court on Thursday ordered Myanmar to do all it can to prevent genocide against the Rohingya people, a ruling met by members of the Muslim minority with...
Jan 23, 2020
'Birth tourism' faces new restrictions from State Department
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration is coming out with new visa restrictions aimed at restricting "birth tourism," in which women travel to the U.S. to give birth so their children can have a covete...
Jan 23, 2020
Democrats not alone in soliciting votes in Iowa; GOP is, too
WASHINGTON - With all eyes on Democrats as they prepare to cast their ballots in Iowa's highly anticipated kickoff caucuses, President Donald Trump's reelection campaign is working to try to persuade ...
Jan 23, 2020
Trial highlights: Democrats roll out case as senators fidget
WASHINGTON - House prosecutors faced fidgeting senators as they rolled out their case against President Donald Trump on Wednesday, the trial's previous session having lasted a fatigue-inducing 13 hour...
Jan 23, 2020
Trump rollback could leave waterways vulnerable to pollution
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration on Thursday ended federal protection for many of the nation's millions of miles of streams, arroyos and wetlands, a sweeping environmental rollback that could lea...
Jan 23, 2020
AP-NORC poll: Public doubts Senate trial will be revealing
WASHINGTON - Americans are sharply divided along party lines about whether President Donald Trump should be removed from office, and they doubt the Senate impeachment trial will do anything to change ...
Jan 23, 2020
Democrats argue ‘right matters’ in Trump impeachment trial
WASHINGTON - Democratic House prosecutors made an expansive case Thursday at Donald Trump's impeachment trial that he abused power like no other president in history, swept up by a "completely bogus" ...
Jan 22, 2020
Protest messages shared in Hong Kong Lunar New Year packets
Hong Kong's anti-government protests are putting a new spin on a Lunar New Year tradition. Every year, adults hand out red packets stuffed with cash to children and young, single adults. Messages prin...
Jan 22, 2020
Quebec to expand assisted death to mentally ill, but few expected to qualify
MONTREAL - Quebec plans to expand medical aid in dying to include people with severe, incurable mental illness, the province's health minister says, with guidelines to be drawn up by the provinci...
Jan 22, 2020
Names in the mix: a list of potential Conservative leadership contenders
OTTAWA - The Conservative leadership race is underway and the deadline to register as a candidate and meet the first round of requirements is Feb. 27. These candidates have officially declared they in...
Jan 22, 2020
OPINION
Sarah Mills: The prime minister needs to live by his own bilingual rules
Sarah Mills says Mark Carney largely speaking French in his call to astronaut Jeremy Hansen breaks a standard he set whe...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 9
8:30 - Another MP just crossed the floor to the Liberal Party, just weeks away from three critical byelections where the...