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Manitoba bill takes aim at deepfakes, election disinformation, voter misdirection
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government put forward a bill Tuesday aimed at cracking down on election disinformation. It proposes several provisions against deliberate attempts to undermine confidence in e...
Mar 11, 2025
Federal Liberals and Tories now in a dead heat, new poll indicates
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals and the Conservatives are running neck-and-neck in voter support, a new Leger online poll suggests. The poll of Canadians' voting intentions has both parties sitting at 3...
Mar 11, 2025 Liberal Party of Canada Leader Mark Carney delivers his speech after being announced as the winner of the party leadership in Ottawa on Sunday, March 9, 2025. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick)
B.C.'s legislature could get a new party. Here's what that would mean
VANCOUVER - Cracks in the Opposition B.C. Conservative Party became cavernous last week when one MLA was kicked out of caucus and another two followed in solidarity. Dallas Brodie, Tara Armstrong and ...
Mar 11, 2025
B.C. says U.S. has paused Columbia River Treaty talks as trade tensions grow
VICTORIA - British Columbia's Energy Ministry says the United States has paused negotiations with Canada on the wide-reaching Columbia River Treaty that regulates everything from flood control and pow...
Mar 11, 2025
B.C. takes advantage of U.S. 'chaos,' trade war to attract more doctors and nurses
The "chaos" in the United States provides an opportunity for British Columbia to recruit more American doctors and nurses, the province's health minister said as she announced changes aimed at fast-tr...
Mar 11, 2025
Responsibility for safe sport flips to Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport
The shifting of safe sport onto the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport and the shuttering of the Office of the Sport Integrity Commissioner is underway. The CCES is the country's doping watchdog and ...
Mar 11, 2025
Saskatchewan breast cancer patients can't afford Calgary for care: Emails
REGINA - Leaked Saskatchewan government emails say some breast cancer patients are choosing not to go to Calgary for treatment because they can't afford it. The emails, provided to the Opposition NDP,...
Mar 11, 2025
Ottawa, Alberta reach joint $70-million deal for homelessness response
EDMONTON - Ottawa and Alberta have reached a new joint $70-million funding agreement to aid the province's response to homelessness. Social Services Minister Jason Nixon says the funding is expected t...
Mar 11, 2025
Edmonton sex assault centre pauses new clients, blames province for cutting funds
EDMONTON - The Sexual Assault Centre of Edmonton has stopped taking new clients and blames the province for cutting funds. The centre offers counselling and other support to those dealing with sexual ...
Mar 11, 2025
Carney's win kills Liberals' delayed plan to change capital gains tax
OTTAWA - Mark Carney's victory in the Liberal leadership race puts the final nail in the coffin of Ottawa's controversial plan to hike the inclusion rate on capital gains. When they tabled their budge...
Mar 11, 2025
OPINION
Sarah Mills: Canada is getting a taste of FIFA's World Cup demands
Sarah Mills says a full motorcade with a police escort for the FIFA president is unnecessary, but it shows that the orga...
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, May 1
8:30 - Drivers are yet again feeling the pinch at the gas pump. Prices have climbed almost 20 cents per litre at some st...