Murray Wood: Isn't it time for more 'we' than 'oui' in Rideau Hall?
Louise Arbour brings much more than French skills to her role as the king's representative, but she also has taken contr...
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Federal bill includes new security powers to tighten border, immigration system
OTTAWA - Proposed federal legislation would give authorities new powers to search mail, make it easier for officials to pause or cancel immigration applications and expand the Canadian Coast Guard's r...
Jun 03, 2025
Review of B.C. home-sharing program for adults with developmental disabilities
The British Columbia government is commissioning an independent review of the province's home-share program, months after an inquest into the starvation death of a woman with Down syndrome in a Port C...
Jun 02, 2025
Manitoba Opposition Tories agree to speed passage of free trade bill before summer
WINNIPEG - Manitoba politicians reached a deal to speed passage of a free trade bill Monday, hours before the legislature was to break for the summer. More than 30 other bills were also set to be appr...
Jun 02, 2025
Olympic champion kayaker Adam van Koeverden steps to helm of Canadian sport
Olympic champion paddler Adam van Koeverden is the latest politician to step into the leadership of sport in Canada. The MP for Burlington North-Milton West in Ontario was appointed Secretary of State...
Jun 02, 2025
B.C. primary care review underway, part of NDP's confidence deal with Greens
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has launched a review of its primary health care system, in accordance with the ruling New Democrats' confidence agreement with the Green Party. The assessme...
Jun 02, 2025
Former national chief calls for list of demands as PM, premiers talk infrastructure
OTTAWA - The former national chief of the Assembly of First Nations is calling for an emergency meeting of chiefs to come up with demands for Canada's governments as they look to fast-track projects t...
Jun 02, 2025
Premiers huddle with Carney in Saskatoon to decide what major projects to prioritize
SASKATOON - Canada's premiers are meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney in person for the first time since the federal election to pitch which major projects they think should get fast-tracked. The ...
Jun 02, 2025 Moe and the other Western and Northern premiers spoke about the possibility of a trade corridor stretching across Western Canada, from the Port of Churchill to northern B.C., at the Western Premiers Meeting. Moe brought that up again on Monday morning as an example of where many of the premiers are already working together. (Scott Moe/X)
Here are some facts about the proposed cull of hundreds of ostriches at B.C. farm
Protesters have been gathered for weeks at an ostrich farm in Edgewood, B.C., where an outbreak of avian flu killed 69 of the birds in December and January. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency wants t...
Jun 02, 2025
Vancouver mayor, city councillors to meet with federal officials in Ottawa
VANCOUVER - Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim says a planned trip to Ottawa this week to meet with senior federal officials aims to strengthen ties with a newly elected government. "We don't want to wait," Sim ...
Jun 02, 2025
Liberals pressed to reveal how much revenue U.S. tariff response has raised
OTTAWA - The Conservatives pushed the federal government on Monday to disclose how much revenue its counter-tariffs have generated so far - and accused the Liberals of putting their "elbows down" as U...
Jun 02, 2025
OPINION
Sarah Mills: Betty Nippi-Albright did the honourable thing by choosing to sit as independent
Sarah Mills says Betty Nippi-Albright's departure from the Sask. NDP has not forced a byelection, nor has she sought dea...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, May 7
Evan speaks with Shaun Semple after Regina City Council approved the Brandt/REAL District purchase deal on Wednesday, th...