Murray Wood: A star-crossed leader is beset by floor-crossing MPs
Murray Wood says Pierre Poilievre has suffered some bad timing in his career as Conservative leader, but the question is...
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'As long as it takes': Union escalates B.C. public service strike
VANCOUVER - Strike action by public service workers from the BC General Employees' Union entered its third day with pickets in front of a Vancouver building that houses a Ministry of Finance office, a...
Sep 04, 2025
Competition Bureau seeks input for small- and medium-sized business lending review
GATINEAU - The Competition Bureau is seeking input from Canadians as it prepares to begin its review of competition in lending for small- and medium-sized businesses. The regulator is giving Canadians...
Sep 04, 2025
Head of hard-right U.S. think tank no longer addressing Carney's cabinet
TORONTO - The head of a controversial right-wing American think tank dropped off the list of speakers who were set to brief Prime Minister Mark Carney and his cabinet behind closed doors Thursday. Kev...
Sep 04, 2025
Crown Royal bottling plant 'caught in the crosshairs' of parent company's struggles
The looming closure of an Ontario plant that bottles Crown Royal sparked political blowback this week, but a supply chain expert says the company behind the move faced pressing decisions on how to cut...
Sep 04, 2025 Ontario Premier Doug Ford empties a Crown Royal bottle of whisky at a press conference in Kitchener, Ont., on Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. Ford criticized the popular whisky's parent company, Diageo, for their plan to close one of their Ontario bottling plants in the coming months. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sammy Kogan
'It makes people want to read': Stores see sales spike after Alberta book ban
EDMONTON - An Alberta government order banning some books from school libraries doesn't appear to be deterring people from reading them, say managers at several bookstores. Kelly Dyer with Audreys Boo...
Sep 04, 2025
Sim says Vancouver is 'begging' B.C. for mental health supports after festival attack
VANCOUVER - No city can completely eliminate all risks to public safety and it's not feasible to protect every event among thousands held each year, Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim said following the release ...
Sep 04, 2025
Champagne says 'adjustments' coming to the public service as Ottawa reviews spending
TORONTO - Finance Minister Franois Philippe Champagne acknowledged Thursday that "adjustments" are coming to the public service as Ottawa looks to trim its spending in the fall budget. Champagne was i...
Sep 04, 2025
Report calls on NATO to counter authoritarian manipulation, disinformation
OTTAWA - A resurgent North Atlantic Treaty Organization should play a leading role in fighting the growing aggression of authoritarian states in the online battlespace, says a new report from civil so...
Sep 04, 2025
Code of conduct investigation launched into Halifax Mayor Andy Fillmore
HALIFAX - Two Halifax residents say the city's mayor is being investigated for an alleged breach of the municipal code of conduct because of comments he made about the power structure at city hall. Th...
Sep 04, 2025
Another beluga and a seal have died at Marineland. The deaths caught Doug Ford's attention
Another beluga whale and a harbour seal have died at Marineland, and those deaths have caught the attention of Ontario Premier Doug Ford, The Canadian Press has learned. The beluga death marks the 20t...
Sep 04, 2025
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Sarah Mills: A lifetime smoking ban in the UK may be a step too far
Sarah Mills says there are great health-care costs associated with smoking, but those costs are also associated with obe...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 23
Evan talks on Thursday's show about the RM of Sherwood's AI data centre now approved to be built, Saskatoon mayor Cynthi...