Murray Wood: Saskatchewan is winning the race to the bottom on minimum wage
An increase is coming for Saskatchewan's minimum-wage earners this fall, but Murray Wood says it will ensure they contin...
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Police probe overnight fire at Manitoba cabinet minister's constituency office
WINNIPEG - Police are investigating a fire that broke out early Tuesday morning at the constituency office of Manitoba Families Minister Nahanni Fontaine. The blaze came roughly one week after windows...
Sep 30, 2025
PM Carney welcomes Trump's peace plan proposal for Israel and Gaza
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada welcomes U.S. President Donald Trump's "historic new Middle East peace plan," which Washington has asked Ottawa to sell to other nations. Trump's plan t...
Sep 30, 2025
Trump returns to '51st state' rhetoric in speech to U.S. military officials
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump returned to his talk of annexing Canada during an unprecedented speech to top military leaders on Tuesday. The president was speaking about his "Golden Dome" m...
Sep 30, 2025
Howie Mandel says Canadian 'Price is Right' spinoff will be 'tariff-free' and timely
Howie Mandel is coming home to host a Canadian spinoff of "The Price is Right," and unlike softwood lumber or steel, he quips, his services come with no duties attached. "I'm hosting tariff-free," the...
Sep 30, 2025
InterRent receives Investment Canada Act approval for takeover deal
OTTAWA - InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust says it has received Investment Canada Act approval for its deal to be acquired by a group including executive chair Mike McGahan and Singapore sovereig...
Sep 30, 2025
Quebec premier launches last-ditch effort to avoid political annihilation
MONTREAL - A defiant Franois Legault took a fighting stance as he entered a party convention last weekend, accompanied by the theme song from Rocky III. The Quebec premier threw a few mock punches and...
Sep 30, 2025
A glimpse of Trudeau's congratulatory call that might have been to Kamala Harris
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau had clear guidance on what to say early last November in the event he should pick up the phone to congratulate Kamala Harris on becoming the first woman president of the United...
Sep 30, 2025
Carney marks 'devastating legacy' of residential schools in Ottawa event
OTTAWA - The federal government will "match remembrance with responsibility," Prime Minister Mark Carney promised on Tuesday, as he addressed the crowd assembled on Parliament Hill to mark the fifth a...
Sep 30, 2025
Talks off before they began, BCGEU leader says of negotiations with B.C. government
VICTORIA - The head of the union representing British Columbia's 34,000 public sector workers says a government request to get back to the bargaining table appears to have been a "cheap stunt" as it o...
Sep 29, 2025
Jobs minister Kahlon says B.C. won't pan away from Trump threat to tariff films
VICTORIA - British Columbia's Jobs Minister Ravi Kahlon says the government is taking threats by U.S. President Donald Trump to tariff B.C.-made films by 100 per cent "very seriously," but it's unclea...
Sep 29, 2025
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Sarah Mills: World Cup fun is becoming infectious
There is something special about watching your country play at the World Cup. Sarah Mills says the collective experience...
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, June 30
Evan celebrates Canada Day with a test of your citizenship knowledge, hears about the latest happenings in the Canadian ...