Murray Wood: A 'high test' compromise tax
Premier Scott Moe is jacking the price of U.S.liquor with a tax that mirrors U.S. tariffs on Canadian alcohol. Murray Wo...
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Trudeau highlights Kamala Harris defeat as attack on women's progress
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says women's rights and women's progress is under attack, pointing to the recent defeat of U.S. presidential candidate Kamala Harris as an example. Speaking on T...
Dec 11, 2024
Only about 2 in 10 Americans approve of Biden's pardon of his son Hunter, an AP-NORC poll finds
WASHINGTON (AP) - Only about 2 in 10 Americans approve of President Joe Biden's decision to pardon his son Hunter after earlier promising he would do no such thing, according to a poll from The Associ...
Dec 11, 2024
Only about 2 in 10 Americans approve of Biden's pardon of his son Hunter, an AP-NORC poll finds
WASHINGTON (AP) - Only about 2 in 10 Americans approve of President Joe Biden's decision to pardon his son Hunter after earlier promising he would do no such thing, according to a poll from The Associ...
Dec 11, 2024
Trudeau set to speak with premiers to tackle Trump's tariff plan
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to meet with provincial and territorial premiers this afternoon to talk Canada-U.S. relations. The premiers will virtually discuss a joint plan to tackle ...
Dec 11, 2024
'Should never have happened': Indigenous man's braids cut off in Edmonton hospital
EDMONTON - Alberta Health Services says it has taken a number of steps to better train staff, after an Indigenous man's braids were cut off and thrown away while he was in an Edmonton hospital. Eve Ad...
Dec 10, 2024
TikTok files legal challenge of federal government's shutdown order
TikTok is challenging the federal government's order to shut down its operations in Canada, claiming it will eliminate hundreds of jobs and potentially terminate a quarter of a million contracts that ...
Dec 10, 2024
Ontario First Nation police force to become essential service and double in size
TORONTO - A First Nation police force in northern Ontario will become an essential service as it opts into provincial legislation governing police boards. Nishnawbe Aski Nation Grand Chief Alvin Fiddl...
Dec 10, 2024
LinkedIn pauses training AI models on Canadian user data: privacy commissioner
Canada's privacy commissioner says LinkedIn has paused training its artificial intelligence models on data from Canadian users. Philippe Dufresne says his office was informed of the pause by the tech ...
Dec 10, 2024
Ex-minister cites 'threat to security' for denying emergency passport to Abdelrazik
OTTAWA - Former foreign minister Lawrence Cannon says he denied an emergency passport to Abousfian Abdelrazik in 2009 because he considered the Montreal man a possible threat to national security. Can...
Dec 10, 2024
Saskatchewan fall legislative sitting ends with barbs after civility promise
REGINA - Saskatchewan's fall legislative sitting ended Tuesday with political barbs traded across the aisle after Premier Scott Moe promised a better tone two weeks ago. The swipes began when Oppositi...
Dec 10, 2024
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Sarah Mills: Interprovincial trade barriers are still Canada's weak spot
Sarah Mills says the U.S. trade war continues to expose the fact that provinces and territories act like independent nat...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, August 27
On Thursday's show, Evan gets the Canadian Chamber of Commerce's opinion on the tariff situation, chats with Regina Mayo...