Murray Wood: The day Canada Became a nation
April 9, 1917 was Easter Monday. On that date, 109 years ago, Canadian soldiers made history at Vimy Ridge. Murray Wood ...
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Hearing on injunction filed by First Nation to stop Alberta separation to begin today
EDMONTON - A First Nation in Alberta will be in court today seeking to shut down a petition urging the province to quit Confederation. The Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation is in Edmonton asking a Court of Ki...
Apr 07, 2026 Edmonton Law Courts are shown in Edmonton on Wednesday, July 8, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
No difference between suspending and amending DRIPA, says First Nations leader
VICTORIA - A First Nations leader in B.C. says Premier David Eby's plan to suspend the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act will create less certainty, especially because the NDP may no...
Apr 06, 2026
Advance polls in three federal byelections to close Monday night
Voters in two ridings in Ontario and one in Quebec have until the end of the day to head to advance polls in upcoming federal byelections that could give Prime Minister Mark Carney a majority governme...
Apr 06, 2026
CAQ leadership and Quebec premier's office is still up for grabs, pollsters say
MONTREAL - With less than a week left in the race to replace outgoing Quebec Premier Franois Legault, pollsters say neither candidate can be ruled out. Christine Frchette, a former economy minister, a...
Apr 06, 2026
Trump endorses Republican Steven Hilton for California governor, reordering wide-open race
LOS ANGELES (AP) - President Donald Trump has endorsed Republican Steve Hilton for California governor, reordering a crowded, wide-open race to lead the nation's most populous state. Trump posted late...
Apr 06, 2026
University study finds few improvements to at-risk species in B.C.
VANCOUVER - As spring blooms in British Columbia, the brilliant orange-and black pattern of a monarch butterfly's wing and the distinctive cream cap on a black male bobolink songbird are a rare sight....
Apr 05, 2026
Could Trump follow through on his threats to quit NATO?
OTTAWA - U.S. President Donald Trump's comments to a British newspaper this week revived speculation about whether he is ready to pull the U.S. out of the NATO defensive pact, of which Canada is a mem...
Apr 04, 2026 U.S. President Donald Trump arrives for a press conference after the plenary session at the NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
New secularism law is looming over Way of the Cross marches on Good Friday in Quebec
MONTREAL - Christians across Quebec are about to face a new legal landscape on Good Friday, only a day after the provincial legislature adopted a law that could crack down on their annual Way of the C...
Apr 03, 2026
'Absolute betrayal': First Nations blast Eby in leaked transcript of DRIPA meeting
A leaked transcript of a meeting between Indigenous leaders and British Columbia Premier David Eby, about his plan to suspend the province's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, or DRI...
Apr 03, 2026
Credit rating agency says Manitoba's budget plan is inconsistent with economic growth
WINNIPEG - A report from a major credit-rating agency is raising questions about the Manitoba government's plan to reduce the deficit this year and balance the budget next year. Moody's, in a report i...
Apr 03, 2026
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Sarah Mills: The prime minister needs to live by his own bilingual rules
Sarah Mills says Mark Carney largely speaking French in his call to astronaut Jeremy Hansen breaks a standard he set whe...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 9
On Thursday's show, Evan welcomes a trio of teens to discuss banning social media for children and teenagers, discusses ...