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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Albertans rally for separation, saying things won't change under Confederation
EDMONTON - Katheryn Speck said she used to be a Canadian nationalist, travelled the world with a maple leaf on her backpack and once lived in Quebec so she could become fluently bilingual. But on Satu...
May 03, 2025
Small-town mayors 'excited' Pierre Poilievre targeting seat in rural Alberta
CALGARY - The prospective new riding for federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is home to wheat fields, dinosaur bones and Nickelback. It's also Tory country through and through. Battle River-C...
May 03, 2025
Alberta NDP votes to allow opting out of federal party membership
EDMONTON - Alberta's New Democratic Party has voted overwhelmingly to cut traditional membership ties with its federal counterpart. Delegates in Edmonton voted Saturday to allow provincial members to ...
May 03, 2025
John Hogan named N.L.'s premier designate after winning Liberal leadership contest
ST. JOHN'S - Liberals in Newfoundland and Labrador elected John Hogan as leader and the province's new premier designate on Saturday. Hogan, the 47-year-old former health and justice minister, handily...
May 03, 2025
Indigenous leaders hopeful for Carney-led government on economy, reconciliation
OTTAWA - Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami president Natan Obed says he doesn't expect Prime Minister Mark Carney to get everything right immediately as he learns about and crafts policies for Indigenous People...
May 03, 2025
NDP has lost touch with its core supporters, says a former MP
OTTAWA - The New Democratic Party ran a leader-focused election campaign and lost touch with core supporters who ended up backing the Conservatives, says a former member of Parliament. Charlie Angus, ...
May 03, 2025
Ontario riding flips to Liberals after validation process
OTTAWA - Ontario's Milton East-Halton Hills South riding has flipped to the Liberals after a vote validation process. Elections Canada's validated results indicate that Liberal candidate Kristina Tess...
May 02, 2025
Alberta Premier Smith says meeting with PM Carney a 'positive first step'
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she has had a "positive" meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney. The meeting is the first since Carney's Liberals won Monday's election and Smith warned...
May 02, 2025
Trump, trade barriers and passing a budget on Carney's spring to-do list
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney on Friday held his first news conference since his Liberals won a minority government mandate in Monday's election. He now has a long list of tasks to complete in t...
May 02, 2025 Prime Minister Mark Carney attends a news conference in Ottawa on Friday, May 2, 2025. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld)
Judge blocks Trump executive order targeting elite law firm, a blow to his retribution campaign
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge on Friday blocked a White House executive order targeting an elite law firm, dealing a setback to President Donald Trump's campaign of retribution against the legal p...
May 02, 2025
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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
8:30 - Yesterday, Regina city council approved the deal that would see Brandt Properties purchase part of REAL District....