Sarah Mills: A stamp price may cost Canada Post's future
The federal budget includes a significant increase in the cost to mail a letter. Sarah Mills says that could have Canada...
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Americans in Canada hope for closer ties between two countries after midterms
When Lucia Lloyd immigrated to Canada in 2019, she thought she had moved far away enough from President Donald Trump's America. She said she was already upset when Trump first took office in 2017, but...
Nov 8, 2026
Province-wide protests call for moratorium on AI data centre proposals in N.S.
HALIFAX - The chants of nearly 1,000 Nova Scotians drowned out the rain in downtown Halifax Saturday as residents took to the streets to protest a proposed artificial intelligence data centre in south...
Nov 7, 2026
Budget offers little new relief for middle-income Canadians
OTTAWA - The latest federal budget promises billions of dollars in affordability relief, but middle-income Canadians struggling with the cost of living may find little new immediate help in the spendi...
Nov 7, 2026 A cashier rings through a customer at a FreshCo grocery store in Brampton, Ont., Friday, June 5, 2026. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young)
Justin Trudeau named distinguished fellow at Oxford's Blavatnik School of Government
Former prime minister Justin Trudeau has joined England's Oxford University in a new role. Trudeau, 54, joined the Blavatnik School of Government as a distinguished fellow and member of the World Lead...
Nov 7, 2026
Can Ottawa's 10-year plan end Canada's homeless crisis?
OTTAWA - Advocates are welcoming news that the federal government plans to end homelessness within 10 years - a crisis they say has been decades in the making. This week's federal budget estimated abo...
Nov 7, 2026 A person sleeps on the street in downtown Montreal, on Monday, Sept. 10, 2026. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov)
Aid sector calls out lack of any mention of foreign aid in federal budget
OTTAWA - Canada's aid sector is expressing dismay over the first federal budget in more than 15 years to make no mention of foreign aid, and is calling on Ottawa to outline its vision in an upcoming f...
Nov 7, 2026
US Justice Department drops bid to force California to set aside disputed ballots
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The U.S. Department of Justice on Friday requested to dismiss its own lawsuit that sought to stop California from counting roughly 20,000 ballots it alleged went to noncitizens unti...
Nov 6, 2026
Avian flu detected in B.C. poultry flock for first time this season
CHILLIWACK - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has announced the first detection of avian flu in a commercial poultry flock in British Columbia this season. The agency says the infection was detecte...
Nov 6, 2026
Democrat Nancy Lacore wins election to U.S. House in South Carolina's 1st Congressional District
Democrat Nancy Lacore won election Friday to the U.S. House of Representatives representing South Carolina's 1st Congressional District, defeating Republican Jenny Costa Honeycutt. Lacore is a former ...
Nov 6, 2026
Federal budget looks to restore auditor general's access to privileged information
OTTAWA - The federal government is looking to restore the auditor general's access to privileged information. In Thursday's federal budget, a line item in a list of proposed legislative changes indica...
Nov 6, 2026
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Murray Wood: Remembrance Day is a time to consider our values
Some Canadians object to spending money to help Ukraine, but Murray Wood thinks standing up to barbaric aggression is wh...
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The Evan Bray Show - Monday, Nov. 9
On Monday's show, guest host Brent Loucks talked about the federal budget with Conservative MP Andrew Scheer. Plus, why ...