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More Nova Scotians add their names to petition calling for return of uranium ban
HALIFAX - More than 10,000 people have now signed a petition asking the Nova Scotia government to reinstate a ban on uranium mining in the province. The opposition Liberals and NDP were planning to ta...
Sep 08, 2026
The Latest: Canada's retaliatory tariffs on $28B in U.S. goods take effect
OTTAWA - Ottawa's retaliatory tariffs on American goods - a response to the 50 per cent tariffs Washington hit Canada with last month - took effect just after midnight EDT on Tuesday. Here's the lates...
Sep 08, 2026
Cape Breton schools, government offices closed in flooding aftermath
BADDECK - Schools and government offices in parts of Cape Breton are closed after torrential rains destroyed roads and triggered a local state of emergency over the weekend. A slow-moving storm dumped...
Sep 08, 2026
Canada joins European ban on Israeli settlement goods in response to rising violence
OTTAWA - Ottawa joined European nations on Tuesday with a pledge to ban imports of goods produced in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. Israel's foreign minister promised unspecified "coun...
Sep 08, 2026
Carney warns of tough times ahead in national address as retaliatory tariffs begin
OTTAWA - Canada's pivot away from the United States will "come at a cost" but the alternative would be far worse, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday. Carney made the remarks in a video released j...
Sep 08, 2026
Back-to-school looks different for university students campaigning in Quebec election
MONTREAL - Orphe Dub-Gervais expects to spend a lot of time studying on the train in the coming weeks. Dub-Gervais is one of several candidates balancing university studies with door knocking, attendi...
Sep 08, 2026
Saskatchewan tax on American liquor kicks in for retailers amid trade standoff
REGINA - Saskatchewan entered the Canada-U.S. trade war Tuesday, slapping a retaliatory tax on American booze. Premier Scott Moe says the move is regrettable but necessary. "Saskatchewan didn't ask fo...
Sep 08, 2026
Trump ramps up retaliation against Canada, banning imports of booze, other products
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump signed new executive orders on Tuesday, ramping up retaliation after Canada imposed its latest set of duties on the United States. The five orders, which will ...
Sep 07, 2026
Quebec premier warns of further U.S. tariffs as Canada prepares retaliation
MONTREAL - The Canada-U.S. trade war is looming large over Quebec's election campaign, as party leaders clash over how to protect the province from the economic fallout. Premier Christine Frchette war...
Sep 07, 2026
Otto Jelinek, a former cabinet minister and world-champion figure skater, dies at 86
OTTAWA - Otto Jelinek, a former world-champion figure skater and federal cabinet minister, has died at the age of 86. "He was quite the ambitious guy," his younger brother Henry said Sunday, a day aft...
Sep 07, 2026 Former Canadian Olympians, from left, Otto Jelinek, Catriona le May Doan and Charmaine Crooks attend a news conference in Prague, Czech Republic Monday, June 30, 2003, as a part of the 2010 Olympic bid for Vancouver. (CP PHOTO/Jonathan Hayward)
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Sarah Mills: Cross-country running is a reminder of my school days
Sarah Mills says cheering on her kids in their races has her reminiscing about Mr. Clark and the tortuous cross-country ...
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, Sept. 25
On Friday's show, Evan talks to John Watson from Bell about the AI data centre near Regina. Plus, the rising cost of gro...