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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Budget watchdog says home affordability is getting better — but not everywhere
OTTAWA - Ottawa's fiscal watchdog is reporting significant progress in closing Canada's housing affordability gap - but the picture looks very different across the country. Interim Parliamentary Budge...
Oct 02, 2025
Liberals roll out Defence Investment Agency to speed up military purchasing
OTTAWA - Ottawa is launching a new federal procurement agency designed to overhaul and centralize how the military buys its equipment. Secretary of State for Defence Procurement Stephen Fuhr, who will...
Oct 02, 2025 Secretary of State (Defence Procurement) Stephen Fuhr speaks to journalists as he arrives for a meeting of the federal cabinet in West Block on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, May 14, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
'No one of her stature': Conservationist Jane Goodall remembered in Canada
TORONTO - Jane Goodall's friend Dax Dasilva says one of the most remarkable things about the conservationist was an ability to draw animals towards her. Dasilva, a Vancouver-born entrepreneur and envi...
Oct 02, 2025
Former Vancouver police officer awarded $30,000 after years-long grievance process
A labour arbitrator has awarded a former Vancouver police officer $30,000 in her years-long grievance process over how the Vancouver Police Department handled sexual harassment and discrimination comp...
Oct 02, 2025
Federal officials were interested in proposed Quebec LNG project, documents show
MONTREAL - Senior federal officials touted a proposed liquefied natural gas facility in Quebec as having the potential to export "substantial volumes" of LNG to Europe, documents show. The revelation ...
Oct 02, 2025
Israeli envoy says communications with Ottawa have 'deteriorated' under Carney
OTTAWA - Israel's envoy to Canada says dialogue between his government and Ottawa has "deteriorated" since Prime Minister Mark Carney took office - and suggests his "hard line" on Gaza explains why Ca...
Oct 02, 2025
B.C. Conservative staffer fired for calling Reconciliation Day flag a 'disgrace'
VICTORIA - A former spokesperson for the Conservative Party of British Columbia says she has been fired over a social media post in which she called the raising of a flag honouring survivors of Canada...
Oct 01, 2025
Quebec election czar OKs alternative delivery of documents due to postal strike
MONTREAL - Quebec's chief electoral officer says he is making a special decision to allow municipalities to deliver election-related documents by means other than direct delivery to voters' doors for ...
Oct 01, 2025
Latest American tariffs on B.C. lumber are 'absurd,' says Premier David Eby
VICTORIA - It is "completely absurd" that softwood lumber exports from British Columbia to the United States face higher duties than the same product from Russia, Premier David Eby said Wednesday. He ...
Oct 01, 2025
U.S. approves sale of mobile artillery rocket systems to Canada
WASHINGTON - The U.S. State Department has approved the possible sale of M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems and related equipment to Canada. A news release from the Defense Security Cooperati...
Oct 01, 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...