Murray Wood: Paying for junk pretentiously passed off as public art
As people debate Saskatoon spending $300,000 on plastic rocks, Murray Wood notes that the great unwashed aren't really s...
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Trump's constant Canada-bashing may be changing Republican views
WASHINGTON - No one is shocked these days when U.S. President Donald Trump calls Canada the "51st state" or refers to Prime Minister Mark Carney as a "governor." But Trump's habit of occasionally targ...
Jul 27, 2026
Brookfield to commit up to $9 billion to expand South Korean AI data centre
SAN FRANCISCO - Brookfield Asset Management plans to invest up to US$9 billion in AI infrastructure as part of a partnership with Nvidia to expand a data centre in South Korea. As part of the deal, Nv...
Jul 27, 2026
Recall issued for Cadbury brand chocolate bar due to undeclared pistachio
TORONTO - Chocolate maker Cadbury has issued a recall for one of its products due to undeclared pistachio. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says in a notice dated Friday that the recall involves se...
Jul 27, 2026
Carney calls August byelections for three seats in Ontario, Quebec and B.C.
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is announcing byelections will be held in August for three electoral districts in Ontario, Quebec and B.C. Constituents in Beaches-East York, Chicoutimi-Le Fjord an...
Jul 26, 2026
'Bright' future: RCAF chief says spike in defence spending is boosting flight times
OTTAWA - One year into her new job as commander of the Royal Canadian Air Force, Lt.-Gen. Jamie Speiser-Blanchet said she could see an immediate effect of the federal government's defence spending boo...
Jul 26, 2026
Israel pitches Canada high-tech trade and safer AI as diplomatic tensions persist
OTTAWA - Israel is pitching itself to Canada as a technology partner that can offer tangible solutions and safer artificial intelligence, despite the heavy strains on the bilateral relationship over w...
Jul 26, 2026
Advocates hail feds’ rejection of island airport plan, while trade groups pan it
The federal government's decision to halt Ontario's plan for a major expansion of Billy Bishop airport will guard Toronto's waterfront against serious setbacks to its revitalization, advocates say - w...
Jul 25, 2026
Canadian NATO intern arrested on suspicion of espionage in Belgium
A Canadian intern at NATO has been arrested on suspicions of espionage. Belgium's Federal Prosecutor's Office said it launched an espionage investigation after NATO's security services tipped off Belg...
Jul 25, 2026 A general view of the Meeting of the North Atlantic Council Session with fellow heads of state at the NATO summit at the IFEMA arena in Madrid, on June 30, 2022. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool Photo via AP, File)
Ottawa faces backlash with 21,000 emails over major project review changes
OTTAWA - The federal government says it received more than 21,000 emails on proposed changes to how major projects are reviewed and will spend the coming weeks combing over those submissions. A window...
Jul 25, 2026 Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc, left, listens as Prime Minister Mark Carney meets with Canada's premiers in Charlottetown on Thursday, July 23, 2026. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese)
Maine Democratic delegates choose Troy Jackson as new nominee to face US Sen. Susan Collins
BANGOR, Maine (AP) - Former state lawmaker and logger Troy Jackson secured the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Maine on Saturday and will face longtime GOP Sen. Susan Collins in November in a...
Jul 25, 2026
OPINION
Sarah Mills: Online reviews aren't always helpful
Sarah Mills says giving a business a chance to rectify something a client or customer is upset or disappointed by is a f...
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, August 4
On Tuesday's show, Evan talked about the end of the WestJet strike, an irrigation project around Lake Diefenbaker, conce...