Murray Wood: The day Canada Became a nation
April 9, 1917 was Easter Monday. On that date, 109 years ago, Canadian soldiers made history at Vimy Ridge. Murray Wood ...
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Wholesale prices surge 1.3%, led by health care and energy
WASHINGTON - U.S. wholesale prices surged by a record 1.3% in January, led by big gains in health care and energy prices. The bigger-than-expected increase in the producer price index, which measures ...
Feb 17, 2021
Japan starts COVID-19 vaccinations with eye on Olympics
TOKYO - Japan launched its coronavirus vaccination campaign Wednesday, months after other major economies started giving shots and amid questions about whether the drive would would reach enough peopl...
Feb 17, 2021
Japan starts COVID-19 vaccinations with eye on Olympics
TOKYO - Japan launched its coronavirus vaccination campaign Wednesday, months after other major economies started giving shots and amid questions about whether the drive would would reach enough peopl...
Feb 16, 2021
Muted Mardi Gras: Closed bars, barricaded Bourbon Street
NEW ORLEANS - Music blared from the courtyard of a French Quarter restaurant on Mardi Gras morning but nobody was there to hear it until Tom Gibson and Sheila Wheeler of Philadelphia walked out of the...
Feb 16, 2021
Japan begins COVID-19 vaccination drive amid supply worry
TOKYO - Japan's first coronavirus shots were given to health workers Wednesday, beginning a vaccination campaign considered crucial to holding the already delayed Tokyo Olympics. The progress the camp...
Feb 16, 2021
Black franchise owner sues McDonald's, cites persistent bias
CLEVELAND - The Black owner of 14 McDonald's franchises says the company has shown more favourable treatment to white owners and denied him the opportunity to buy restaurants in more affluent communit...
Feb 16, 2021
Black franchise owner sues McDonald's, cites persistent bias
CLEVELAND - The Black owner of 14 McDonald's franchises says the company has shown more favourable treatment to white owners and denied him the opportunity to buy restaurants in more affluent communit...
Feb 16, 2021
Statistics Canada report says agency not at fault in leak of April 2020 job-loss data
OTTAWA - A final investigation report on how last April's jobs numbers leaked out early says Statistics Canada wasn't the source, confirming early suspicions from agency officials that the unauthorize...
Feb 16, 2021
Power outages linger for millions as another icy storm looms
AUSTIN, Texas - Millions of Americans endured another frigid day without electricity or heat in the aftermath of a deadly winter storm as utility crews raced to restore power before another blast of s...
Feb 16, 2021
Vaccine delays leave grocery workers feeling expendable
As panicked Americans cleared supermarkets of toilet paper and food last spring, grocery employees gained recognition as among the most indispensable of the pandemic's front-line workers. A year later...
Feb 16, 2021
OPINION
Sarah Mills: The prime minister needs to live by his own bilingual rules
Sarah Mills says Mark Carney largely speaking French in his call to astronaut Jeremy Hansen breaks a standard he set whe...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 9
On Thursday's show, Evan welcomes a trio of teens to discuss banning social media for children and teenagers, discusses ...