Sarah Mills: We came so close to the zipper merge
Three block of two lanes of traffic merging one by one, with everyone inching forward. It was the zipper merge in action...
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Quebec adopts rule banning sale of most new gas-powered vehicles by 2035
QUBEC - The Quebec government has adopted regulations banning the sale of most new gasoline-powered vehicles as of 2035. The rules, adopted Monday, apply to all "light-duty" vehicles, which the provin...
Dec 17, 2024
Rental supply gains help cool pace of rent growth in 2024: CMHC
The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the pace of rent growth cooled significantly this year amid Canada's largest gain of purpose-built rental supply in more than three decades. The federal hous...
Dec 17, 2024 The federal housing agency says the vacancy rate for purpose-built rental apartments sat at 2.2 per cent in October when the CMHC conducted the annual survey, up from the record low of 1.5 per cent last year. (The Canadian Press)
Housing crisis voted Canadian Press News Story of the Year
OTTAWA - Canada's housing shortage, widely recognized as a national crisis and the catalyst of significant immigration cuts, is The Canadian Press News Story of the Year. More than a quarter of 96 edi...
Dec 17, 2024
Justin Trudeau taking the time to reflect following Freeland departure
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is taking some time to reflect after Chrystia Freeland's bombshell resignation as finance minister, Energy Minister Jonathan Wilkinson said Tuesday. That comes a...
Dec 17, 2024
Halifax mayor says city is past the worst of its housing crisis, advocates disagree
HALIFAX - The worst of Halifax's homeless crisis is over, says the city's new mayor, who wants to see encampments closed as quickly as possible - even as homelessness advocates vigorously disagree tha...
Dec 17, 2024
After fanfare of Churchill Falls deal, Newfoundland urged to learn its dam lessons
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Energy observers in Newfoundland and Labrador are urging the provincial government to take a sober second look at a massive tentative deal announced last week with Quebec that promi...
Dec 17, 2024
Judge rejects Trump’s bid to dismiss hush money conviction because of Supreme Court immunity ruling
NEW YORK (AP) - A judge Monday rejected President-elect Donald Trump's bid to have his hush money conviction dismissed because of the U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling on presidential immunity. But t...
Dec 16, 2024
Judge rejects Trump’s bid to dismiss hush money conviction because of Supreme Court immunity ruling
NEW YORK (AP) - A judge Monday rejected President-elect Donald Trump's bid to have his hush money conviction dismissed because of the U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling on presidential immunity. But t...
Dec 16, 2024
A list of Liberal cabinet ministers who have recently quit or don't plan to run again
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland's abrupt departure from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's cabinet on Monday resulted in a mini cabinet shuffle, with Dominic LeBlanc stepping into the role. I...
Dec 16, 2024
'Human error' caused spill of up to 8,000 litres of fuel off B.C.'s coast: government
VICTORIA - Human error during a fuel transfer at a fish farm off the west coast of British Columbia has resulted in a spill into the water of up to 8,000 litres of diesel. The B.C. government said in ...
Dec 16, 2024
OPINION
Murray Wood: Isn't it time for more 'we' than 'oui' in Rideau Hall?
Louise Arbour brings much more than French skills to her role as the king's representative, but she also has taken contr...
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, May 8
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