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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Poilievre calls for asylum seeker cap, border plan as U.S. tariff threat looms
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has demanded the federal government present a plan before Parliament to beef up border security as U.S. president-elect Donald Trump threatens to impose s...
Dec 01, 2024
Intense Ontario snow strands vehicles, knocks out power as town calls emergency
Intense snow squalls battering Ontario moved south Sunday after burying some parts of the province under more than a metre of snow, stranding people on roadways and prompting one town to declare a sta...
Dec 01, 2024
Quebec forest industry already under pressure amid Trump tariff threat: Legault
MONTREAL - Quebec's premier has raised concerns about the potential impact of the tariff proposed by U.S. president-elect Donald Trump on the province's forest industry. In a statement posted to socia...
Dec 01, 2024
Ghana activists warn an anti-gay bill threatens the young democracy's institutions
ACCRA - Frank gets disturbing flashbacks every time he sees a police officer. As a staff member of the group LGBT+ Rights Ghana, he knew police could intimidate people for bribes, or say homophobic th...
Dec 01, 2024
Trump taps Kash Patel for FBI director, an ally who would aid in his effort to upend law enforcement
WASHINGTON (AP) - President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Kash Patel to serve as FBI director, turning to a fierce ally to upend America's premier law enforcement agency and rid the government of p...
Nov 30, 2024
Trump names loyalist Kash Patel to serve as FBI director
WASHINGTON (AP) - President-elect Donald Trump has picked Kash Patel to serve as FBI director, turning to a fierce loyalist to upend America's premier law enforcement agency and rid the government of ...
Nov 30, 2024
First Métis group signs modern treaty with the federal government
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Mtis Federation President David Chartrand told a ceremony for a new treaty that recognizes his organization as the government for the Red River Mtis that the moment was 154 years i...
Nov 30, 2024
Potential unmarked graves identified at former residential school in central B.C.
The site of a former British Columbia residential school that had its own cemetery since the early 1920s is now the location of potential unmarked graves, says the chief of a Fraser Lake area First Na...
Nov 30, 2024
Trump calls Florida meeting with Trudeau productive amid stiff tariff threat
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump called his meeting with Justin Trudeau productive and says the prime minister made a commitment to work with the United States to end the drug crisis amid the threat ...
Nov 30, 2024 U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau talk before to a NATO roundtable meeting in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019. (Frank Augstein /THE ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Manitoba Métis Federation to be first Métis group with modern treaty in Canada
OTTAWA - The Manitoba Mtis Federation will be the first Mtis group to sign a modern treaty with the federal government, bringing a near conclusion to a more than 150-year fight for recognition. "I nee...
Nov 30, 2024 Manitoba Métis Federation President David Chartrand. (Aaron Vincent Elkaim/The Canadian Press)
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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
On Friday, Evan discusses guide dogs, artificial intelligence campaigns trying to amplify division amongst political mov...