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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Study finds no evidence Tories were behind bot campaign that posted about Poilievre
OTTAWA - There is no evidence that indicates the federal Conservatives were behind a bot network on social media that praised a Pierre Poilievre rally, a new study has found. The Canadian Digital Medi...
Aug 28, 2024
Prime Minister Trudeau says arbitration call was needed in railway lockout
WINNIPEG - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is defending his government's move to call for binding arbitration and force an end to a work stoppage at the country's two major railways. Trudeau says it was...
Aug 28, 2024 Trudeau says it was "deeply unhelpful" for Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Kansas City to lock out workers. (Céline Grimard/650 CKOM)
Gunman in Trump assassination attempt saw rally as 'target of opportunity,' FBI official says
WASHINGTON (AP) - The gunman in the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump searched online for events of both Trump and President Joe Biden, repeatedly looked up information about expl...
Aug 28, 2024
Gunman in Trump assassination attempt saw rally as 'target of opportunity,' FBI official says
WASHINGTON (AP) - The gunman in the assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump searched online for events of both Trump and President Joe Biden and saw the Pennsylvania campaign rally wher...
Aug 28, 2024
Montreal's Concordia University reports big drop in enrolment following tuition hike
MONTREAL - One of Quebec's three English-language universities is reporting a nearly 30 per cent drop in enrolment of out-of-province students following a controversial tuition hike announced last yea...
Aug 28, 2024
Prime Ontario agricultural land to be protected amid energy expansion, minister says
Certain solar farms will be banned on prime agricultural land in Ontario as the province expands energy production to meet demand in the coming decades, Energy Minister Stephen Lecce said Wednesday. O...
Aug 28, 2024
Toronto terror suspect came to Canada in 2018, became citizen last spring
OTTAWA - A man facing terror charges for allegedly plotting an attack in Toronto along with his son came to Canada in 2018 and became a citizen just months before his arrest. Public Safety Minister Do...
Aug 28, 2024
Halifax 'living wage' estimated at $28.30 an hour, says new report on cost of living
HALIFAX - A new report is calling on provincial governments in Atlantic Canada to do more to bridge a gap between what people earn and what they need to pay for their basic needs. The report by the No...
Aug 28, 2024
Alberta NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi slams premier's plan to transfer hospitals
EDMONTON - Alberta's Opposition leader says Premier Danielle Smith needs to explain her plan to potentially transfer control of underperforming hospitals to third parties. NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi say...
Aug 27, 2024
Feds file new indictment in Trump Jan. 6 case, keeping charges intact but narrowing allegations
WASHINGTON (AP) - Special counsel Jack Smith filed a new indictment Tuesday against Donald Trump over his efforts to undo the 2020 presidential election that keeps the same criminal charges but narrow...
Aug 27, 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...