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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Women's group calls out 'troubling silence' of N.S. government on domestic violence
HALIFAX - The executive director of a Nova Scotia women's group gave an emotional speech on Thursday, urging the provincial government to show more leadership in the fight against domestic violence, a...
Jan 16, 2025
Trudeau names ex-premiers, business and union reps to Canada-U.S. relations council
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has assembled a new Canada-U. S. relations council to support the federal government as it deals with the incoming Trump administration's vow to impose tariffs. ...
Jan 16, 2025
Canada's energy minister says many Republicans don't know Trump's plans for tariffs
WASHINGTON - Exactly what president-elect Donald Trump plans to do with his tariff threat remains a mystery to Canadian officials and most Republicans, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan W...
Jan 16, 2025
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody will fill Marco Rubio's Senate seat
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody will take Marco Rubio 's seat in the U.S. Senate, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Thursday, making Moody only the second woman to represent F...
Jan 16, 2025
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody is chosen to fill Marco Rubio's open Senate seat
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody will take Marco Rubio 's seat in the U.S. Senate, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Thursday, making Moody only the second woman to represent F...
Jan 16, 2025
Jim Balsillie gives $10M to new policy organization The Canadian Shield Institute
Former BlackBerry Ltd. chief executive Jim Balsillie has donated $10 million to form a new policy organization meant to boost Canada's prosperity and resilience. The Canadian Shield Institute gets its...
Jan 16, 2025
Competition Bureau reaches deal with Empire to end property control in Alberta town
GATINEAU, Que. - The Competition Bureau has reached a deal with Empire Co. Ltd. to remove a property control that the regulator says restricted grocery store competition in Crowsnest Pass, Alta. Empir...
Jan 16, 2025
In farewell address, Biden warns 'oligarchy' in US threatens democracy
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden used his farewell address to the nation Wednesday to deliver stark warnings of an "oligarchy" of the ultra-wealthy taking root in the country and of a "tech-indus...
Jan 16, 2025
Health Canada says food dye banned by FDA poses no human risk in Canada
TORONTO - Health Canada says a synthetic dye newly banned from the U.S. food supply does not pose a health risk to the general population in Canada. The federal agency said it won't echo a ban by the ...
Jan 16, 2025
Mark Carney launching his Liberal leadership bid from Alberta
OTTAWA - Mark Carney is set to unveil his Liberal leadership campaign this afternoon in Edmonton, ending nearly a decade of speculation about his political ambitions. Former finance minister Chrystia ...
Jan 16, 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...