Murray Wood: Local radio is strong. Corporate ownership, not so much
Murray Wood says Rogers closed some stations that should be very viable. As a result, more communities are losing import...
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Former Mountie Kevin Brosseau named fentanyl czar
OTTAWA - The Liberal government has named Kevin Brosseau, a former senior Mountie, to be the federal point person on fighting the spread of deadly fentanyl. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Brosseau...
Feb 11, 2025
Trump steel, aluminum tariffs likely to drive up car costs, industry leaders say
DETROIT (AP) - President Donald Trump's tariffs on steel imports this week could wreak havoc on American auto manufacturing, industry leaders say. The moves align with the Trump administration's aggre...
Feb 11, 2025
Leger poll: Carney as leader would have Liberals tied with Conservatives
OTTAWA - A new poll suggests that if Mark Carney wins the Liberal leadership race, he would erase the massive lead the Conservatives have enjoyed for the past year and a half. A Leger survey suggests ...
Feb 11, 2025
Meta's $9-million class-action settlement presented to Quebec judge for approval
MONTREAL - A Quebec judge was presented with details today of a $9-million settlement that Facebook's parent company has agreed to pay in a class-action lawsuit over alleged privacy violations. Superi...
Feb 11, 2025
Trump, hosting Jordan's king, renews his insistence that the US can control and redevelop Gaza
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump hosted Jordan's King Abdullah II at the White House on Tuesday and renewed his suggestions that Gaza could be emptied of residents, controlled by the U.S. and ...
Feb 11, 2025
Shopify backs de minimis shipping exemption targeted in Trump's tariff feud
Shopify Inc.'s president has come out in favour of a shipping exemption that U.S President Donald Trump's trade feuds could end. Harley Finkelstein threw his support Tuesday behind the de minimis exem...
Feb 11, 2025
N.S. auditor general calls out billions of dollars in spending outside budget process
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's auditor general is vowing to continue her fight to get more accountability for billions of dollars in government spending that isn't approved by the provincial legislature. In ...
Feb 11, 2025
Bank of Canada appoints Michelle Alexopoulos to new deputy governor role
OTTAWA - Michelle Alexopoulos has been appointed as an external deputy governor for the Bank of Canada. In a news release this morning, the central bank said Alexopoulos will serve a two-year term sta...
Feb 11, 2025
Quebec government calls byelection in former Parti Québécois stronghold of Terrebonne
MONTREAL - The Quebec government has called a byelection in a riding northeast of Montreal to replace former economy minister Pierre Fitzgibbon. The Terrebonne riding had been held by Fitzgibbon since...
Feb 11, 2025
Fed chair says bank accounts 'safe' despite Trump's teardown of consumer protection agency
WASHINGTON (AP) - Americans' bank accounts are safe despite the Trump administration's shutdown of a consumer financial regulatory agency, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Tuesday. Powell, tes...
Feb 11, 2025
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Sarah Mills: Doug Ford may be cutting his nose off to spite his face
A Republican congresswoman is fighting back against Ontario's US booze ban, and Sarah Mills says Premier Doug Ford may f...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, July 9
On Thursday's show, Evan discussed the new downtown arena developments, gets the latest on the Iran/U.S. conflict and Sh...