Murray Wood: The 'dumbest trade war in history' is back on
The Wall Street Journal writes that the trade war between Canada and the U.S. just got dumber. Murray Wood says the U.S....
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Large majority of Canadians reject Trump's annexation overtures, poll suggests
OTTAWA - A new poll suggests few Canadians are open to President Donald Trump's repeated pitches for Canada to become a U.S. state, though interest in it rises among Conservative supporters and those ...
Mar 08, 2025
The Liberals are about to choose the next prime minister. What happens next?
OTTAWA - The Liberals will choose a new leader Sunday, marking the end of Justin Trudeau's decade as prime minister. He will step down officially in the days to come. On Tuesday, Trudeau said he will ...
Mar 08, 2025
Uptake of COVID-19 booster shots has plummeted. Here's why scientists are concerned
TORONTO - Infectious disease experts are urging seniors to get the latest COVID-19 booster shot as uptake plunges five years after the coronavirus pandemic struck. "We see that the protection is neede...
Mar 08, 2025
City of Toronto, workers' union reach 11th-hour tentative agreement
TORONTO - The City of Toronto and CUPE Local 79, which represents thousands of municipal workers, say they have reached a tentative agreement. The union would have been in a legal strike position and ...
Mar 08, 2025
Musqueam, Ottawa initial self-government agreement
VANCOUVER - The federal Crown-Indigenous relations minister and the chief of the Musqueam Indian Band have initialled an agreement they say brings the band one step closer to self-governance. Minister...
Mar 07, 2025
Timeline of 4 women slain in Winnipeg, demands to search landfill for remains
WINNIPEG - The RCMP said Friday that remains found at a landfill north of Winnipeg have been identified as belonging to Morgan Harris, one of two slain First Nations women who search teams have been l...
Mar 07, 2025
Remains found in Manitoba landfill confirmed to be murder victim Morgan Harris
WINNIPEG - Remains found during a search of a Winnipeg-area landfill have been identified as belonging to the victim of a serial killer, RCMP announced Friday. A statement from the Manitoba government...
Mar 07, 2025
Alberta keeping sanctions in place until threat of U.S. tariffs ends: Smith
EDMONTON - Premier Danielle Smith says Alberta's trade sanctions on the United States will stay in place until U.S. President Donald Trump drops the threat of tariffs. In a social media post Friday, S...
Mar 07, 2025
B.C. shipyard awarded $3.15 billion government contract to build icebreaker
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia company has been given a $3.15 billion contract to build one of two icebreaker ships for the Canadian Coast Guard. Public Services and Procurement Canada says in a state...
Mar 07, 2025
Feds refuse protection order for southern resident orcas, rejecting ministers' advice
OTTAWA - The federal government is rejecting the recommendations of two of its own ministers and refusing to issue an emergency order protecting southern resident killer whales from "imminent threats"...
Mar 07, 2025
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Sarah Mills: Technology is advancing faster than we can comprehend
Sarah Mills says an old journalism professor spoke of a multimedia world that was hard to imagine at the time. Not only ...
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The Evan Bray Show - Monday, August 24
On Monday's show, Evan looked at how U.S. tariffs will impact a number of sectors in Saskatchewan, including potash, dai...