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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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: Carney in Washington Prime Minister Mark Carney will head to Washington this week to meet with U.S. President Dona...
Oct 05, 2025
Montrealers gather to honour missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls
MONTREAL - Shirley Pien spends a lot of time in Cabot Square, a park in downtown Montreal where many homeless people gather. The woman works as health navigator for an Indigenous-led health clinic in ...
Oct 04, 2025
Trump plans to deploy National Guard in Illinois, governor says
The Trump administration plans to federalize 300 members of the Illinois National Guard, Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker said Saturday. Pritzker said the guard received word from the Pentagon in the morni...
Oct 04, 2025
Tyra the Tyrannosaurus could leave a footprint in Drumheller civic election
By Bill Graveland DRUMHELLER, ALBERTA - The future of Tyra the Tyrannosaurus is still up in the air, but that's not stopping her from leaving a big footprint in Drumheller's upcoming civic election. A...
Oct 04, 2025 Tyra the Tyrannosaurus, the lovable landmark that towers over the Drumheller skyline in the heart of the Canadian Badlands, is facing an extinction-level event and is pictured in Drumheller, Alta., on April 1, 2025. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh)
Women have run this tiny Newfoundland town since 2013. They were just re-elected.
ST. JOHN'S - Residents of a small but busy community in eastern Newfoundland reelected its all-women council this week with a near-perfect voter turnout. The few eligible voters who didn't cast a ball...
Oct 04, 2025
'Shut the mic off': Smith's Alberta Next panel wraps up summer town hall tour
EDMONTON - It's all over but the recommendations for Premier Danielle Smith's Alberta Next panel, a touring summer town hall that saw Smith lionized and criticized amid straw polls, finger pointing, s...
Oct 04, 2025
Could a U.S. visa fee push tech workers to Canada? Here's what you need to know
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney says he sees an opening for Canada to attract global tech talent now that the United States is introducing a $100,000 fee for temporary visas for workers with speci...
Oct 04, 2025
Quebec LNG proposal not of 'national interest' at this point, says federal minister
MONTREAL - Federal Energy Minister Tim Hodgson says it's too early to say whether a liquefied natural gas facility pitched for Quebec meets the bar of being in the national interest. "My sense is this...
Oct 03, 2025
Alberta anti-separatist petitioners tout more than two-thirds of required signatures
EDMONTON - The former Alberta politician trying to keep the province from splitting up with Canada says his campaign is zeroing in on its goal, but he's not slowing down. Thomas Lukaszuk's Forever Can...
Oct 03, 2025
Government says flypast for King's visit to Ottawa cost more than $800,000
OTTAWA - The Department of National Defence says the Royal Canadian Air Force flypast during King Charles III's visit to Ottawa this spring cost more than $824,700. The department released a tally of ...
Oct 03, 2025
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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
On Thursday's show, Evan welcomes a trio of teens to discuss banning social media for children and teenagers, discusses ...