Murray Wood: What rights do we have to defend our property in Canada?
Murray Wood says self defence in the spotlight again with a case in Manitoba of a landowner charged for firing a shot wh...
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Conservatives release costs, Liberals promise to protect Quebec from Trump
OTTAWA - The waning days of the federal election campaign saw voters turn out in record numbers for advance polls and party leaders attempt to poke holes in each others' platforms. Elections Canada sa...
Apr 22, 2025 The 7.3 million people casting ballots at advance polls over the Easter weekend was up 25 per cent from the 5.8 million people who took part in advance voting in the 2021 federal election. (Elections Canada)
Politicians spar in Manitoba legislature over government therapy contract
WINNIPEG - Tempers flared at the Manitoba legislature Tuesday as the Opposition Progressive Conservatives questioned the NDP government about a contract for mental health therapy, suggesting it may ha...
Apr 22, 2025
Trump says he has 'no intention' of firing Federal Reserve chair
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump said Tuesday he has no plans to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, just days after his statement that he would like to terminate the head of the U.S. ce...
Apr 22, 2025
Musk says he'll spend less time in Washington and more time running Tesla after its profit plunges
NEW YORK (AP) - Elon Musk says he'll be spending less time in Washington slashing government costs and more time running Tesla after his electric vehicle company reported a big drop in profits. Musk s...
Apr 22, 2025
N.S. patients taken off doctor wait-list waiting months for appointment: opposition
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's opposition parties say they're skeptical of the province's shrinking family doctor wait-list as they hear from constituents who've been removed from the list only to wait month...
Apr 22, 2025
Ontario ordered to pause Toronto bike lane removal until Charter case decided
TORONTO - Premier Doug Ford's government has been ordered to keep its hands off three major Toronto bike lanes until a judge can decide whether a plan to remove them is unconstitutional. The injunctio...
Apr 22, 2025
White House cites drop in people caught at Canada-U.S. border as tariffs continue
WASHINGTON - White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Tuesday there have been "successes" at the Canada-U.S. border - but offered no new hints about what might convince U.S. President Donald ...
Apr 22, 2025
Alberta reports 29 new cases of measles, bringing total to 118
EDMONTON - Health officials in Alberta are reporting 29 new cases of measles, bringing the province's total to 118 since early March. The government says many of the new cases are in Alberta's south a...
Apr 22, 2025
Whale Sanctuary Project in Nova Scotia renews bid to get two whales from France
HALIFAX - The group behind a project to build North America's first coastal refuge for captive whales in Nova Scotia has renewed its bid to provide a seaside sanctuary for two killer whales living in ...
Apr 22, 2025
Miscommunication blamed for some Manitoba inmates being unable to vote: report
WINNIPEG - Roughly half of the inmates at a jail west of Winnipeg couldn't vote in the last provincial election due to a series of events that included miscommunication among election workers, a repor...
Apr 22, 2025
OPINION
Sarah Mills: What does offence really mean?
Sarah Mills says we live in a world where everyone seems offended by something. But who gets decide what is and isn't of...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, August 20
On Thursday's show, guest host Brent Loucks updated the tariff situation in Canada, talks transit rules in Saskatoon and...