Murray Wood: Weed is legal, but weeds shouldn't be
Murray Wood is renewing his annual rant about the cities of Regina and Saskatoon allowing dandelions to flourish on publ...
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Federal intervention in potential Air Canada strike would be 'troubling': labour prof
Labour experts say if Ottawa meets Air Canada's call for government intervention in a contract dispute with its flight attendants' union, it could further erode collective bargaining rights in future ...
Aug 14, 2025
Conservatives plan national campaign against federal electric vehicle mandates
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has set his sights on Canada's electric vehicle mandate, pledging Thursday that his party will embark on a national campaign to push the Liberal governmen...
Aug 14, 2025
Rain on the way after Vancouver Island wildfire grows by more than half
PORT ALBERNI - A forecast of up to 40 millimetres of rain is expected to help firefighters battling a wildfire that has been raging near Port Alberni on Vancouver Island this week. The Mount Underwood...
Aug 14, 2025
PM's staff say search is on for a local office that meets Carney's security needs
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney's office says work is "well underway" to find a local constituency office for the prime minister that meets his security requirements. As first reported this week b...
Aug 14, 2025
Ontario public servants required to go back to office five days a week by January
Ontario public servants will be required to return to the office full time, with employees going in-person five days a week by January 2026, the government announced Thursday. Treasury Board President...
Aug 14, 2025
Chinese tariff on canola seed comes into force as farmers hope for resolution
REGINA - A Chinese tariff of nearly 76 per cent on Canadian canola seed is set to come into force today. The duty, announced Tuesday, has already caused the price of one of Canada's most valuable crop...
Aug 14, 2025 David Reid lands his 1957 Helio Courier on a landing strip bordered by his canola crop on the family's farm near Cremona, Alta., Thursday, July 17, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Racial profiling of customers a neglected human rights issue, report says
Heiltsuk Tribal Council Chief Marilyn Slett says no one in her community is immune to the small acts of racial profiling that can embed themselves in the everyday life of an Indigenous person in Canad...
Aug 14, 2025
Premier Smith, Alberta Next panel face hecklers, supporters at fiery Edmonton event
EDMONTON - A travelling panel collecting public feedback on Alberta's grievances with Ottawa struggled to keep an emotionally-charged crowd on topic at its third summer town hall on Thursday night. Pr...
Aug 14, 2025
'Serious business': Judge to go ahead with review of Alberta separation question
EDMONTON - A judicial review of a proposed Alberta separation referendum question will go ahead, after an application to quash the proceeding and have the question approved without scrutiny was denied...
Aug 14, 2025
Former general says Ottawa must help former translator's family escape Taliban
OTTAWA - A former top general says it would be "unconscionable" for Ottawa to allow the family of an Afghan translator who risked his life to help Canadian soldiers to be deported back to Afghanistan....
Aug 14, 2025
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Sarah Mills: Back-to-work mandates for remote workers may not work
Sarah Mills says a court ruling in B.C. means remote workers may not be forced back to work, which has implications acro...
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, June 2
On Tuesday's show, Evan dives into Australia's six-month-old social media ban for young people, hears from a former comm...