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Once a Steve Martin catchphrase, Murray Wood says physical phone books are rapidly becoming relics of another age, but t...
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EV-ready parking spots should be required in new apartment builds: report
TORONTO - New multi-unit buildings across Canada should be required to make their parking spots electric-vehicle ready as a possible way to spur EV uptake, a report released Wednesday suggested. As Ca...
Mar 26, 2025
Trump announces 25 per cent tariff on all auto imports to the U.S.
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order to impose 25 per cent tariffs on all automobile imports to the United States next week but the deep integration of the N...
Mar 26, 2025
Democrats take hope from upset win in a GOP-leaning Pennsylvania state Senate district
MANHEIM, Pa. (AP) - Democrat James Andrew Malone narrowly won a special election for a Pennsylvania state Senate seat in Republican-leaning suburbs and farming communities, scoring an upset in a distr...
Mar 26, 2025
Trudeau was warned about Trump's trade plans before phone call: briefing note
WASHINGTON - Then-prime minister Justin Trudeau went into his first phone call with a newly re-elected Donald Trump aware that the U.S. president likely was looking to reopen the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Ag...
Mar 26, 2025
Liberals and Conservatives taking their federal election campaigns to Quebec
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and Liberal Leader Mark Carney are shifting their campaigns to Quebec. Poilievre, who held a rally in Hamilton on Tuesday night with thousands in the crow...
Mar 26, 2025
N.S. legislature sitting marked by moves to consolidate power: political scientist
HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia legislature has wrapped up a winter sitting that a political scientist says was marked by government moves to increase cabinet's authority and shrink the legislature's abilit...
Mar 26, 2025
Alberta judge calls for public inquiry to answer questions on prison inmate death
EDMONTON - A judge is calling for a public inquiry into an Edmonton inmate's death, saying it's the only way to get to the bottom of three guards' actions that day amid concerns they were running a pr...
Mar 26, 2025
B.C. energy minister says treaty not a 'bargaining chip' in U.S. trade dispute
VICTORIA - British Columbia Energy Minister Adrian Dix says U.S. President Donald Trump's claims about Canada supplying water through the Columbia River Treaty are "not accurate," and the U.S. can man...
Mar 25, 2025
Democrats keep control of Pennsylvania House with election win; GOP Senate district sees close race
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Democrat Dan Goughnour handily won a special election in western Pennsylvania on Tuesday, keeping majority control of the state House in his party's hands by a single seat. Goug...
Mar 25, 2025
U.S. plan to restore Russian fertilizer market funds Ukrainian death: Premier Moe
REGINA - Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says a plan by the United States to restore Russia's ability to sell fertilizer is a backchannel that funds Ukrainian death and suffering. "This is the most dis...
Mar 25, 2025
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Sarah Mills: It's time to embrace 24 Sussex Drive
The home of Canada's prime minister is steeped in history and shouldn't be left in disrepair. Sarah Mills says the desig...
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The Evan Bray Show - Monday, June 29
8:30 - The Saskatchewan NDP says the Sask Party government is using profits from gaming and lotteries to help cover loss...