Murray Wood: Going to seed, in a good way
Murray Wood says seed sales are taking off this spring. Food prices are likely convincing some to grow their own vegetab...
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Cap on for-profit centres hampering growth of $10-a-day child-care system: Ontario
TORONTO - Ontario municipalities have been forced to turn down thousands of child-care spaces in the $10-a-day system because of a limit on the percentage of for-profit spaces in the province's deal w...
Jul 09, 2024
Jonathan Pedneault resigns from Green Party, leaving Elizabeth May as sole leader
OTTAWA - The man who ran alongside Green Party Leader Elizabeth May in the hopes of one day becoming the party's co-leader announced on Tuesday he is stepping away from his current role as her deputy....
Jul 09, 2024
Mayor of town where Munro lived would 'consider' amending monument honouring her
CLINTON, ONT. - For the mayor of the municipality where Alice Munro spent much of her adult life, the monument honouring her outside the local library should be left unchanged - an affirmation that fo...
Jul 09, 2024
Trudeau attends NATO leaders' summit as Russia escalates aggression toward Ukraine
WASHINGTON, D. C. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was on the defensive about Canada's defence spending Tuesday as he gave a speech ahead of the NATO leaders' summit in Washington, D.C. Trudeau spoke t...
Jul 09, 2024
AFN national chief says child welfare reform deal reached with Ottawa
OTTAWA - The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations said Tuesday that she has received a draft offer from Ottawa to overhaul First Nations child-welfare systems, but insists she cannot say pu...
Jul 09, 2024
CFIA recalls brands of almond, cashew, coconut and oat milk due to Listeria concerns
OTTAWA - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says numerous Silk and Great Value brand plant-based refrigerated beverages are being recalled due to Listeria concerns. The agency's recall applies to Sil...
Jul 08, 2024
Danielle Smith dons apron for her second premier's Stampede breakfast
CALGARY - Throngs of people joined lineups to be served pancakes Monday by Alberta Premier Danielle Smith at her official Calgary Stampede breakfast. It was Smith's second annual appearance at the tra...
Jul 08, 2024
Canadians to decide if online harms regulator is bureaucracy: PBO
OTTAWA - Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux suggests it's up to Canadians to decide whether they believe the government's proposal to create a new regulator against online harms amounts to burea...
Jul 08, 2024
Republicans move at Trump's behest to change how they will oppose abortion
MILWAUKEE (AP) - The Republican National Committee's platform committee has adopted a policy document that reflects former President Donald Trump's position opposing a federal abortion ban and ceding ...
Jul 08, 2024
In bid to win over dentists, Ottawa changes billing for dental care plan
OTTAWA - Health Minister Mark Holland says dentists and other oral-health providers no longer need to sign up with the government to provide care to patients who are covered under the national dental ...
Jul 08, 2024
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Sarah Mills: We are feeling the pinch of rising prices, even beyond the gas pumps
Costs have already gone up with airlines. Parcel and delivery services could also increase, and even ride sharing may ja...
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, April 14
On Tuesday's show, Evan talks about the Prime Minister's transition from minority to majority government, explores a pro...