Sarah Mills: No sleep while sitting next to snoring passenger on long flight
Sarah Mills says she recently endured a six-hour flight while sitting next to a snoring man and nobody said anything abo...
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Former B.C. finance minister says Conservative nomination process needs examination
OTTAWA - A longtime B.C. MLA who was barred from running for the Conservative party in the April election said the Tories need to do a deep dive into their nomination processes - but he has little fai...
Jun 25, 2025
NS Power expands offer of free credit monitoring for customers after cyberattack
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia Power says it is offering five years of free credit monitoring to all past and current customers in response to a recent cyberattack. The private utility had initially offered tw...
Jun 25, 2025
Nova Scotia won't buy air conditioners for low-income people with health issues
HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia woman on income assistance who succeeded in forcing the province to pay for her air conditioner says she's frustrated other low-income people won't get the same relief. "I feel...
Jun 25, 2025
Google urges CRTC to use restraint with Online Streaming Act
OTTAWA - Google asked the federal broadcast regulator Wednesday to exercise caution and restraint in regulating online platforms. Representatives from Google, which owns YouTube, appeared before a CRT...
Jun 25, 2025
StatCan says two-bedroom asking rents highest in Vancouver in Q1
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says Vancouver saw the highest average asking rent for a two-bedroom apartment in the first quarter. The average asking price in B.C.'s largest city for a two-bedroom unit w...
Jun 25, 2025
Carney says Canada will spend 5% of its GDP on defence by 2035
THE HAGUE - Canada and its NATO allies agreed at their annual summit on Wednesday to substantially hike their defence spending target to five per cent of annual GDP by 2035, Prime Minister Mark Carney...
Jun 25, 2025
National chief asks senators to slow down major projects bill, as senator collapses
OTTAWA - The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations is calling on senators to slow down Ottawa's sprint to pass Prime Minister Mark Carney's controversial major projects bill this week. Cindy...
Jun 25, 2025
Crime bill with tougher bail, sentencing provisions coming in fall: justice minister
OTTAWA - The Liberal government will table a bill this fall introducing stricter bail conditions and sentencing for some crimes, particularly those involving organized crime, human trafficking, home i...
Jun 25, 2025
Ottawa won't release its budget for Canada Day festivities in the capital
OTTAWA - The federal government has set a budget for Canada Day programming in the National Capital Region this year but is refusing to say what it is. The budget for Canada Day celebrations in Ottawa...
Jun 25, 2025
Manitoba plan to upgrade intersection where bus crash killed 17 faces opposition
CARBERRY - Bureaucrats and consultants got an earful from local residents Wednesday night as they presented their preferred safety upgrade to a highway intersection where a crash killed 17 people in 2...
Jun 25, 2025
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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, Sept. 3
Evan talks with Sask Roughrider Shane Bane Jr. about his travels to Kenya with World Vision Canada during the off season...