Sarah Mills: A social media ban for kids under 16 is worthy of debate
It has been adopted in Australia, and now the Saskatchewan government wants to hear views on whether kids should be allo...
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Feds propose changes to Broadcasting Act that may raise $800 million from streamers
Online platforms like Netflix and Spotify may end up spending more than $800 million on Canadian content over the next three years under a series of legislative changes the federal government proposed...
Nov 03, 2020
Work by folk artist Maud Lewis featured in this year's holiday season stamps
OTTAWA - Canada Post is using three colourful and festive scenes painted by Nova Scotia folk artist Maud Lewis for its holiday season stamps this year. The agency announced the choice of the works by ...
Nov 02, 2020
Canadians need to cut contacts by a quarter to control COVID-19 outbreak: Tam
New federal projections suggest that Canadians need to cut a quarter of their contacts to keep the COVID-19 outbreak under control, as several provinces wrestle with how far their lockdown measures sh...
Oct 30, 2020
Charlie Hebdo: Proud to provoke Islamists, despite violence
PARIS - It's been targeted again and again, threatened and firebombed and struck in an attack that killed a dozen staff members, but satirical French newspaper Charlie Hebdo won't stop poking fun at I...
Oct 29, 2020
Judge allows John Hinckley to publicly display his artwork
The man who tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan can now publicly display his writings, artwork and music, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. John Hinckley has long considered himself to be a mu...
Oct 28, 2020
Not cool: Jamaican bobsledder wants thief to return stolen shell to Calgary bar
An original member of the Jamaican bobsled team featured in the 1993 movie "Cool Runnings" is imploring whoever stole the nose cone from a sled that appeared in the film to return it to a Calgary bar....
Oct 28, 2020
Not cool: Jamaican bobsledder wants thief to return stolen shell to Calgary bar
An original member of the Jamaican bobsled team featured in the 1993 movie "Cool Runnings" is imploring whoever stole the nose cone from a sled that appeared in the film to return it to a Calgary bar....
Oct 28, 2020
Planned class-action suit against Facebook alleges misuse of personal information
OTTAWA - Two Facebook users are seeking damages on behalf of hundreds of thousands of Canadians whose personal data may have been improperly used for political purposes.The proposed class-action lawsu...
Oct 28, 2020
Canadians come together online to ring in U.S. election with cross-border stakes
In 2008, avid politico Daniel Roukema was moved to tears while watching the U.S. election at an Ottawa pub, the elated crowd around him breaking into cheers, when the newscaster announced that Barack ...
Oct 28, 2020
Lawsuit demands California museum forfeit Thai artifacts
SAN FRANCISCO - The U.S. government is demanding a San Francisco museum give up claims to two religious relics allegedly stolen from Thailand, the U.S. attorney's office announced Tuesday. A civil com...
Oct 27, 2020
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, March 31
Today on The Evan Bray Show, Evan discusses the impacts social media is having on childhood today, the spike in need fro...