Murray Wood: Hats off to the Roughriders
Murray reflects on some oddly sensitive language at the Rider game around doffing headgear for the anthem. And on how fa...
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AI, geopolitics, and nostalgia inspire Fung-Penny thriller ''The Last Mandarin''
MONTREAL - A bestselling mystery novelist and an award-winning foreign correspondent have spent their careers documenting murder, war and human conflict. Louise Penny and Mellissa Fung both say fictio...
Aug 05, 2026
Calls emerge for U.S. refugee status as group helps Jewish families flee Canada
OTTAWA - A former Ontario man and a Conservative U.S. think tank are encouraging the Trump administration to offer refugee status to Jewish Canadians who feel threatened by rising antisemitism here. "...
Aug 05, 2026
Takeaways from Tuesday's elections: El-Sayed pulls off narrow victory over Democratic establishment
Abdul El-Sayed's victory in Michigan's Democratic Senate primary is the latest and perhaps most significant evidence that the party's voters are looking to turn the page on establishment-backed politi...
Aug 04, 2026
Quebec police call armed forces after suspected grenade found at campground
MONTREAL - Quebec provincial police have called the Canadian Armed Forces to dispose of a suspected grenade that was discovered at a campground south of Montreal today. Police spokesperson Louis-Phili...
Aug 04, 2026
US Rep. Wesley Bell wins a rematch in a Democratic primary against former U.S. Rep. Cori Bush
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - U.S. Rep. Wesley Bell won a rematch Tuesday in a Democratic primary against former U.S. Rep. Cori Bush, and Missouri voters rejected a pair of ballot measures that could hav...
Aug 04, 2026
Virginia Democrats pick establishment nominees for 2 US House seats they hope to flip in November
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Virginia voters on Tuesday picked establishment Democrats - a prosecutor and a former congresswoman - as their nominees to take on Republican incumbents in two congressional distr...
Aug 04, 2026
Ottawa moves to list Alberta-backed West Coast pipeline as national interest project
OTTAWA - The federal government is advancing the process to designate a proposed oil pipeline to the West Coast as a "national interest" project. Naming a project in the national interest under the Bu...
Aug 04, 2026
Maryland lawmakers ask voters to clear the way for a congressional map designed to boost Democrats
Maryland voters will decide in November whether to clear the way for a new congressional map that would favor Democrats in all eight of the state's U.S. House districts for the 2028 elections. Both ch...
Aug 04, 2026
Missouri election chief rejects bid to hold public vote on Trump-backed congressional districts
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Missouri's top election official has rejected a citizens' petition seeking a statewide referendum on new congressional districts backed by President Donald Trump. Supporters...
Aug 04, 2026
Canada-U.S. trade minister back in D.C. for talks this week
OTTAWA - Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc is in Washington again this week. LeBlanc and Janice Charette, Canada's chief trade negotiator, are in D.C. "for a series of trade-related engagemen...
Aug 04, 2026
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Sarah Mills: U.S. alcohol sales bans were only ever symbolic
Sarah Mills says sources indicate Canadian provinces may lift booze bans as an incentive in the ongoing trade war with t...
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The Evan Bray Show - Monday, August 10
On Monday's show, Evan talked about federal by-election controversy, why gas is cheaper in some parts of the province th...