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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Israel to release three Canadians detained in Gaza flotilla, group says more coming
OTTAWA - Ottawa says Israel will release three Canadians it detained for attempting to reach the Gaza Strip through the Mediterranean Sea. Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand wrote on the platform X ...
Oct 06, 2025
Ontario school boards urge Ford to halt plan to scrap speed cameras
TORONTO - Ontario's school boards are jointly urging the provincial government not to proceed with Premier Doug Ford's plan to get rid of speed cameras. A statement Monday from the province's four pub...
Oct 06, 2025
Number of temporary worker applications fell as fine total increased, government says
OTTAWA - Ottawa ordered companies to pay almost $5 million in fines in the last fiscal year for failing to comply with the rules for temporary foreign worker permits, new government data shows. A new ...
Oct 06, 2025
Chief justice says rule of law, judicial independence protect Canada from autocracy
OTTAWA - While Canada is not a superpower in the traditional sense of the word, it's "certainly a democratic superpower," Chief Justice Richard Wagner said Monday at a ceremony to open the Supreme Cou...
Oct 06, 2025
'An open nerve': Israelis, Palestinians mark two years of the Gaza war
OTTAWA - Two years into the war in Gaza, the conflict continues to spread anger, frustration and pain across Canada, while Israelis and Palestinians fear the region will never exit the cycle of violen...
Oct 06, 2025
Ottawa shifts budgets to the fall as minister defends new fiscal focus
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Franois-Philippe Champagne on Monday unveiled major changes to how and when the Liberal government will introduce federal budgets in the future as the focus on Ottawa's curre...
Oct 06, 2025
Hydro-Québec seeks to shield info as ex-employee's economic spying trial begins
LONGUEUIL - A trial for a former employee of Quebec's electricity utility accused of economic espionage on behalf of China was delayed Monday as Hydro-Qubec announced it wanted to prevent some informa...
Oct 06, 2025
Economic uncertainty takes centre stage at summit of Great Lakes premiers, governors
QUBEC - Economic uncertainty caused by the Trump administration was the focus of a three-day summit of Great Lakes governors and premiers in Quebec City. Ontario Premier Doug Ford took aim at U.S. Pre...
Oct 06, 2025
Thousands of union members greeted MLAs outside B.C. legislature as it has resumed
VICTORIA - Thousands of union members representing different sectors filled the lawn outside the British Columbia legislature as politicians inside began the fall session on Monday. The return of the ...
Oct 06, 2025
Alberta teachers say strike aims to fix crisis, Smith says province wants to bargain
EDMONTON - The head of the Alberta teachers union said Monday the provincewide strike by thousands of members is about drawing a line in the sand on underfunding and overcrowding that has become so eg...
Oct 06, 2025
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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...