Sarah Mills: We need more 'regular guys' in the civic process
Standing in front of CEOs, lobbyists, advocates and others at a council meeting is not an exciting prospect, but Sarah M...
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Energy minister says public money could help finance Alberta energy cleanup
EDMONTON - Alberta's energy minister is promising strong action by next fall to clean up the province's growing backlog of unreclaimed oil and gas sites. "There are many oil wells to reclaim and the c...
Sep 16, 2024
Liberals announce expansion to mortgage eligibility
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says the government is making some changes to mortgage rules to help more Canadians to purchase their first home. She says the changes will come into force ...
Sep 16, 2024
Campaign moves forward after another apparent attempt on Trump's life
NEW YORK (AP) - Monday marks 50 days until the 2024 presidential election in a campaign that was already among the most turbulent in American history even before Donald Trump faced an apparent assassi...
Sep 16, 2024
B.C. municipal leaders gather to talk infrastructure, addiction, emergency management
VANCOUVER - The president of the Union of B.C. Municipalities says communities have billions of dollars worth of infrastructure that will need replacing in the next decade and the province needs to st...
Sep 16, 2024
Trudeau loses another Liberal stronghold in Bloc Québécois byelection victory
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has suffered another devastating byelection blow with the loss of a second Liberal stronghold, this one to the Bloc Qubcois in LaSalle-mard-Verdun. Voters went to the pol...
Sep 16, 2024
Next phase of federal foreign interference inquiry to begin today
OTTAWA - The latest phase of a federal inquiry into foreign interference is set to kick off today with remarks from commissioner Marie-Jose Hogue. Several weeks of public hearings will focus on the ca...
Sep 16, 2024
Former military leader Haydn Edmundson found not guilty of sexual assault
OTTAWA - Former vice-admiral Haydn Edmundson has been found not guilty of sexual assault and committing an indecent act in a case that dates back to 1991. Edmundson was head of the military's personne...
Sep 16, 2024
MPs return to Ottawa for what promises to be a boisterous sitting
OTTAWA - Members of Parliament are back in Ottawa today to begin a busy and potentially precarious sitting for the governing Liberals. The New Democrats broke their political pact with the government,...
Sep 16, 2024
Ontario considers further expanding pharmacists' scope to include more minor ailments
TORONTO - Ontario is proposing to further expand pharmacists' scope of practice by adding to the list of minor ailments they can assess, allowing them to administer more vaccines and order some lab te...
Sep 16, 2024
Emir of Qatar to visit Ottawa on what will be his first official trip to Canada
OTTAWA - The Prime Minister's Office says the Emir of Qatar will arrive in Ottawa for a two-day visit this week. Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani is set to meet with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on wh...
Sep 15, 2024
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Murray Wood: Why I hate the latest round of changes in the CFL
Eight of the CFL's nine teams will qualify for the playoffs under the league's latest round of changes, but Murray Wood ...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 30
Evan finds out what to do if you find space junk on your farm, analyzes the outrage over Ticketmaster prices and the fut...