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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Ontario says art museum investment is commitment to Canadian patriotism, identity
The Ontario government says a planned $50 million investment in the McMichael Canadian Art Collection is an investment in patriotism and Canadian culture. Ontario's tourism and culture minister, Stan ...
Apr 08, 2025
Rise in asylum seekers to Canada as migrants' protected status set to expire in U.S.
MONTREAL - There has been a steady rise in the number of people seeking asylum at a major border crossing south of Montreal, border officials said Tuesday amid concerns that Trump administration polic...
Apr 08, 2025
Supreme Court blocks order requiring Trump administration to reinstate thousands of federal workers
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Tuesday blocked an order for the Trump administration to return to work thousands of federal employees who were let go in mass firings aimed at dramatically down...
Apr 08, 2025
Legal group apologizes after disinviting 'Peace by Chocolate' owner over Gaza comment
FREDERICTON - A national legal group has apologized and begun an internal review after facing widespread criticism from outside groups and within its own ranks for cancelling a speech by a prominent S...
Apr 08, 2025
Carney and Poilievre target voters in B.C., while Singh focuses on Ontario
OTTAWA - The Liberal and Conservative leaders are both in British Columbia today, where the Liberals are promising environmental conservation measures and support for seniors, while the Tories are off...
Apr 07, 2025 A composite image made from three file photographs shows, from left, Liberal Leader Mark Carney in London, Monday, March 17, 2025; NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh in Montreal on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025; and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre in L'Orignal, Ont., Monday, March 17, 2025. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick, Christinne Muschi, Adrian Wyld)
UBC professors taking school to court over 'political' actions by administration
VANCOUVER - A group of professors and a graduate student are taking the University of British Columbia to court to stop the school from engaging in "political activity," which they claim limits academ...
Apr 07, 2025
COVID-19 rules barring protests in 2021 were unconstitutional: Ontario's top court
TORONTO - Provincial restrictions on gatherings that prohibited peaceful protests in Ontario for several weeks during the COVID-19 pandemic were unconstitutional, the province's top court ruled Monday...
Apr 07, 2025
Alberta premier suggests Mark Carney has issues with strong conservative women
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith responded Monday to Liberal Leader Mark Carney using her as a stump speech punchline, saying Carney has issues with assertive women of opposing ideologies. "I've noticed...
Apr 07, 2025
Government social services are 'significant agent' of colonialism, N.L. inquiry hears
ST. JOHN'S - A social worker with decades of experience working with the Innu in Newfoundland and Labrador has told a public inquiry that government social services that were supposed to help have in ...
Apr 07, 2025
US bishops halt partnerships with federal government on aid programs, citing funding cuts
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops announced Monday that it is ending a half-century of partnerships with the federal government to serve refugees and children, saying the "heartbreaking" decisio...
Apr 07, 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
Evan speaks with Shaun Semple after Regina City Council approved the Brandt/REAL District purchase deal on Wednesday, th...