Murray Wood: A party 100 years in the making
Murray Wood and a couple of hundred others attended a birthday party on the weekend for a woman who turned 100, and cele...
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Saint John police review up in the air a year after two men exonerated in murder case
FREDERICTON - More than a year after the Saint John, N.B., police chief announced a review of his officers' conduct in the case of two men wrongfully convicted of murder, there is no sign of the promi...
Jan 17, 2025
Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted is expected to succeed JD Vance in the U.S. Senate, AP sources say
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is expected to select his lieutenant governor, Jon Husted, on Friday to succeed Vice President-elect JD Vance in the U.S. Senate, according to tw...
Jan 17, 2025
Trump's swearing-in will move inside the Capitol Rotunda because of intense cold
WASHINGTON (AP) - President-elect Donald Trump will take the oath of office from inside the Capitol Rotunda on Monday due to forecasts of intense cold weather, according to a person familiar with the ...
Jan 17, 2025
Former Montreal mayor Denis Coderre applies to enter Quebec Liberal leadership race
QUBEC - Former Montreal mayor Denis Coderre has officially applied to enter the race to lead the Quebec Liberal Party, but the spectre of a dispute with the provincial tax agency is hanging over his c...
Jan 17, 2025
Nova Scotia premier unsure about public release of cabinet mandate letters
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston says he's unsure whether he will publicly release mandate letters for cabinet ministers. Houston says discussions are ongoing about his government's goals for...
Jan 17, 2025
Restaurants want GST holiday to be permanent, even if some didn't benefit
TORONTO - Members of the restaurant industry are calling on the federal government to make the GST holiday permanent, even though some businesses have yet to see much impact from the tax break. Some b...
Jan 17, 2025
Biden sets record by commuting nearly 2,500 nonviolent drug sentences
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden announced Friday that he was commuting the sentences of almost 2,500 people convicted of nonviolent drug offenses, using his final days in office on a flurry of c...
Jan 17, 2025
Sask. schools want more funding for students needing 'intensive supports'
Schools in the province are seeing the number of students who need "intensive supports" rising, but the amount of funding earmarked to help those students isn't keeping pace. The special education dep...
Jan 17, 2025
'We will not hesitate': Canada prepares to hit U.S. with billions in tariffs
WASHINGTON - Ottawa is ready to retaliate if U.S. president-elect Donald Trump slaps Canada with devastating tariffs, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised Friday - and his ministers say Republicans ...
Jan 17, 2025
Chrystia Freeland, Mark Carney emerge as top contenders in Liberal leadership race
OTTAWA - Less than five weeks after she resigned her cabinet seat over a dispute with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Chrystia Freeland has launched her campaign to replace him as the leader of the Lib...
Jan 17, 2025
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Sarah Mills: There are echoes of Brexit in the Albert separation issue
A referendum over whether Alberta should separate from Canada is looming closer, and Sarah Mills says there are similari...
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, May 26
Evan discusses the consequences of Alberta's separatism talk, unearths a Saskatchewan gem to visit this summer and meets...