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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Chedrick Greene wins Michigan special election, ensuring Democrats keep control of state Senate
SAGINAW, Mich. (AP) - Democrat Chedrick Greene won a special election in Michigan on Tuesday, securing the party's narrow control of the state Senate through the remainder of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's t...
May 05, 2026
Trump-backed candidates win majority of Republican primary races for Indiana Senate
COLUMBUS, Ind. (AP) - A majority of Republican Indiana state senators whose opponents were endorsed by President Donald Trump lost on Tuesday, a display of the president's enduring influence over his ...
May 05, 2026
Ohio set for marquee races in the fall. US Senate contest seen as crucial for control of the chamber
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Tuesday's primary in Ohio set up two marquee matchups in November - a U.S. Senate race that will help determine control of the chamber and a governor's race in which Democrats se...
May 05, 2026
Alberta UCP staff attended meeting about voter database before app was shut down
EDMONTON - Alberta's governing United Conservative Party caucus says staff attended a separatist group's virtual meeting about its website two weeks before the site became the focus of investigations ...
May 05, 2026
Saskatchewan NDP legislature member to sit as Independent, says can't support leader
REGINA - A Saskatchewan Opposition NDP member is now sitting as an Independent. Betty Nippi-Albright says in a social media post she can no longer support the direction of NDP Leader Carla Beck. She s...
May 05, 2026
Quebec labour minister to file police complaint over use of guillotine at protest
Quebec's labour minister says he will file a complaint with Montreal police after protesters used a guillotine on an effigy resembling him at a demonstration last Saturday. A video of a figure with bl...
May 05, 2026
Ontario to start screening for colorectal cancer at age 45 instead of 50
TORONTO - New guidelines published online by Cancer Care Ontario say the province is lowering its colorectal cancer screening age from 50 to 45 in response to a "notable" increase in younger people di...
May 05, 2026
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim vows to use 'all tools' to block overdose prevention site
VANCOUVER - Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim has vowed to block the opening of a planned overdose prevention site in the city's downtown, promising to "use all tools available" in trying to do so. Sim, whose A...
May 05, 2026
'Henry's Law:' Saskatchewan strengthens carbon monoxide monitoring after boy's death
REGINA - Saskatchewan is bolstering rules on carbon monoxide monitoring after an 11-year-old Regina boy was killed by the colourless, odourless gas. Eric Schmalz, the government relations minister, sa...
May 05, 2026
Canada has a new searchable flood risk tool. You just can't search it yet.
Canada's new searchable flood risk tool will only be available in provinces and territories that opt in to the program, a move that's frustrated some flood risk experts even as the federal minister sa...
May 05, 2026
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
On Friday, Evan discusses guide dogs, artificial intelligence campaigns trying to amplify division amongst political mov...