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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A timeline of harassment claims at Canada's spy agency
The Canadian Security Intelligence Service has recently faced a series of revelations about allegations of workplace harassment and assault. Here is a timeline about the situation. July 2019: A B.C.-b...
Sep 12, 2024
Dozens of harassment, violence cases at CSIS, 8 deemed founded
VANCOUVER - When Canada's spy chief wrote a secret letter to the public safety minister last December - the week after a report emerged that two young women in the service had been sexually assaulted ...
Sep 12, 2024 When Canada's spy chief wrote a secret letter to the public safety minister last December — the week after a report emerged that two young women in the service had been sexually assaulted by a senior colleague — it came with a warning. (The Canadian Press)
Alberta First Nation suing federal government over right to clean drinking water
EDMONTON - An Alberta First Nation has revived a lawsuit it launched 10 years ago in an effort to get the federal government to recognize its human right to clean, safe water. The Ermineskin Cree Nati...
Sep 12, 2024
North Dakota judge strikes down the state's abortion ban
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - A state judge struck down North Dakota's ban on abortion Thursday, saying that the state constitution creates a fundamental right to access abortion before a fetus is viable. In ...
Sep 12, 2024
Nova Scotia adopts bill declaring domestic violence in the province an epidemic
HALIFAX - Following an extraordinary reversal by Premier Tim Houston, the Nova Scotia legislature on Thursday adopted a bill declaring domestic violence an epidemic in the province. The lightning fast...
Sep 12, 2024
Conservatives say they have solution for online harassment after Liberals 'failed'
OTTAWA - Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner says her party will introduce a bill in the House of Commons next week to protect people from online harassment. Rempel Garner says the Liberals have ha...
Sep 12, 2024
Provinces decry Ottawa's plan to resettle asylum seekers across the country
FREDERICTON - Provincial leaders across Canada are taking turns criticizing the federal Liberal government's proposal to alleviate immigration pressure on Quebec and Ontario by resettling asylum seeke...
Sep 12, 2024
North Dakota judge strikes down the state's abortion ban
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - A state judge struck down North Dakota's ban on abortion Thursday, saying that the state constitution creates a fundamental right to access abortion before a fetus is viable. In ...
Sep 12, 2024
Canada's consul general says he had nothing to do with purchase of new NYC residence
OTTAWA - Canada's consul general in New York told members of a House of Commons committee on Thursday that he had nothing to do with the purchase of the country's new official residence in New York Ci...
Sep 12, 2024
Tipping point: Quebec consumer rights bill to regulate how merchants can ask for tips
QUBEC - Quebec wants to curb excessive tipping as part of new legislation the government says will help people save money. Simon Jolin-Barrette, minister responsible for consumer protection, tabled a ...
Sep 12, 2024
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Murray Wood: The Art of the CUSMA Deal
Insults, complaints that Canada is so mean, warnings the U.S. doesn't need us. It's all standard operating procedure. Th...
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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, April 29
8:30 - The spring fiscal update released yesterday includes new measures such as a major skilled trades training program...