Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
Every Friday, Murray Wood takes a look at the week's news and decides who's hot... and who's not. This week's list inclu...
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B.C. ministers to make tech pitch in Europe as Eby eyes Asia
VICTORIA - British Columbia ministers are set to travel to Europe in a bid to diversify and strengthen markets for the province's tech industries, even as Premier David Eby continues an Asian trade mi...
Jun 05, 2025
Quebec says it will drop permanent immigration targets to as low as 25,000 per year
MONTREAL - Quebec's immigration minister says the government will drop its permanent immigration targets to as low as 25,000 people per year, and keep them low until Ottawa agrees to slash the number ...
Jun 05, 2025
Nova Scotia premier pitching ambitious 'Wind West' offshore wind energy project
HALIFAX - In response to Prime Minister Mark Carney's bid to make Canada an "energy superpower," Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston is floating the idea of dramatically ramping up the province's nascent ...
Jun 05, 2025
Alberta government walks back beer tax hike citing tariffs, need to support business
EDMONTON - Alberta's government has ditched a new fee schedule for breweries that would have seen the province's oldest beer maker pay significantly more in taxes. The schedule, introduced in February...
Jun 05, 2025
PM Carney announces government's new parliamentary secretaries
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced his government's new parliamentary secretary team. Thirty-nine members of Parliament were chosen by Carney to assist ministers and secretaries of stat...
Jun 05, 2025
'Lost Canadians' bill tabled after judge sets November deadline for passage
OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Lena Diab tabled legislation Thursday to restore citizenship to "Lost Canadians" after a court found the existing law unconstitutional. The term "Lost Canadians" refers t...
Jun 05, 2025
How Mennonite women are building bridges between public health and community amid measles outbreak
LEAMINGTON, ONTARIO - Catalina Friesen got a call one night in February from one of her clients, a Low German-speaking mother in Aylmer, Ont. Her daughter had a rash that covered her body. The five-ye...
Jun 05, 2025
Trump says it might be better to let Ukraine and Russia 'fight for a while'
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump said Thursday that it might be better to let Ukraine and Russia "fight for a while" before pulling them apart and pursuing peace. In an Oval Office meeting wit...
Jun 05, 2025
Trump suggests Biden aides acted without then-president's knowledge -- but says he has no evidence
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump alleged Thursday that officials in Joe Biden 's administration might have in effect forged their boss's signature and taken broad actions he wasn't aware of - ...
Jun 05, 2025
Bank of Canada hearing less ‘catastrophic’ tariff talk from businesses
OTTAWA - Trade-sensitive businesses are telling the Bank of Canada that they're broadly less worried about their "worst-case tariff scenarios" coming true compared to earlier in the year, a senior cen...
Jun 05, 2025
OPINION
Sarah Mills: May long weekend looks different this year
Sarah Mills says we should be excited about the official start to summer, as the May long weekend represents all that li...
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, May 15
On Friday's show, Evan welcomes the new leader of the federal NDP, chats about energy and power with Premier Scott Moe a...