Sarah Mills: Who won the deal for the Gordie Howe Bridge?
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Vancouver Island doctors set up overdose prevention sites without government blessing
Attempts by doctors to set up overdose prevention sites on hospital property in Nanaimo and Victoria were shut down Monday by the Island health authority, forcing the volunteers to move their operatio...
Nov 18, 2024
Quebec aims to boost access to abortion pills, clinics
MONTREAL - Quebec wants to improve access to abortion services as part of a new plan to counter what the government describes as an erosion of women's rights around the world. Martine Biron, Quebec's ...
Nov 18, 2024
Ottawa seeks project pitches to for new mental health fund aimed at youth
OTTAWA - Health and Addictions Minister Ya'ara Saks is looking for pitches to help young Canadians who are struggling with their mental health. The federal government plans to distribute $500 million ...
Nov 18, 2024
Trudeau touts embattled carbon levy, says it faces misinformation
RIO DE JANEIRO - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is defending his embattled carbon-pricing program on the world stage, and he argues that misinformation is threatening environmental progress. Trudeau ar...
Nov 18, 2024
Feds want to censor transcripts of Abdelrazik trial over security concerns
OTTAWA - The federal government is seeking to censor transcripts of a trial taking place in open court, citing a need to limit damage after sensitive national security information spilled out during t...
Nov 18, 2024
Trudeau, Biden talk rule of law at Brazil G20 summit amid meetings on global hunger
RIO DE JANEIRO - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spent his first day at the G20 leaders' summit Monday speaking in closed-door meetings about issues like continental trade, fighting world hunger and mul...
Nov 18, 2024
Canadians generally optimistic about human rights, despite challenges: poll
OTTAWA - Two-thirds of Canadians are optimistic about where human rights are headed in this country, but there is growing pessimism about the state of rights abroad, a new survey found. The Canadian M...
Nov 18, 2024
N.S. election: party leaders spar over immigration, housing and health
HALIFAX - The leaders of Nova Scotia's NDP and Liberal parties are taking aim at the Progressive Conservatives' immigration policies, which they say are outpacing the province's health care and housin...
Nov 18, 2024
Tories call on Boissoneault to resign amid apology over Indigenous ancestry claims
OTTAWA - Members of Parliament returned to Ottawa on Monday after a weeklong break with no sign of a resolution to the House stalemate, tempers ramped back up, and renewed calls for a Liberal cabinet ...
Nov 18, 2024
Dix out as health minister as Eby introduces a drastically reshaped B.C. NDP cabinet
VICTORIA - Premier David Eby says "kitchen table" issues in British Columbia will be the focus for his revamped, postelection cabinet that was sworn in on Monday. Eby's new cabinet, comprising 23 mini...
Nov 18, 2024
OPINION
Murray Wood: Saving money by gardening?
Murray Wood concludes that if you do the math, you might not be saving much money by growing food yourself in your yard,...
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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, July 15
WITH GUEST HOST TAMARA CHERRY 8:30 - The conflict between the US and Iran has escalated again, with American forces carr...