Sarah Mills: We need more 'regular guys' in the civic process
Standing in front of CEOs, lobbyists, advocates and others at a council meeting is not an exciting prospect, but Sarah M...
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Trudeau pushes back against Premier Ford's criticism of federal vaccine procurement
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is pushing back against Ontario Premier Doug Ford's accusation that the federal government's procurement of COVID-19 vaccines is a joke. Trudeau took a poke at F...
Mar 31, 2021
COVID-19: Quebec premier moves three cities into lockdown for at least 10 days
Quebec Premier Francois Legault is moving three cities, including the provincial capital, into lockdown Thursday following a sharp rise in COVID-19 infections. Schools and non-essential businesses are...
Mar 31, 2021
Pharmacies receive short notice about start of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine rollout
VANCOUVER - Pharmacies were given short notice about Wednesday's rollout of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in the Lower Mainland for those aged 55 to 65, says the president of the British Columbia Pharmac...
Mar 31, 2021
Opposition shuts WE hearing as Liberals again refuse to let staffer testify
OTTAWA - Opposition members shut down a parliamentary committee hearing Wednesday after the Liberal government once again refused to let a political aide appear to answer questions about the now-dead ...
Mar 31, 2021
PHAC ordered to hand over documents on two fired scientists, viruses sent to China
OTTAWA - A parliamentary committee is ordering the Public Health Agency of Canada to turn over all documents related to the firing of two scientists from Canada's highest-security laboratory and the e...
Mar 31, 2021
Families reach $5.5-million settlement in lawsuit against Quebec long-term care home
MONTREAL - Lawyers for residents and families suing a Montreal-area long-term care home ravaged by the pandemic's first wave said Wednesday they had reached a $5.5-million settlement with the facility...
Mar 31, 2021
The flu season that never was: COVID-19 pandemic keeps other viruses at bay
OTTAWA - The 2021 flu season will go down in history as the epidemic that never was. By this time of the year, Canada has normally logged an average of more than 43,000 confirmed cases of influenza. B...
Mar 31, 2021
Quebec tightens COVID-19 rules, Ontario considers more restrictions as cases surge
TORONTO - Quebec moved to place three cities into lockdown and Ontario weighed stricter public health measures Wednesday as the two provinces hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic sought to combat a re...
Mar 31, 2021
PBO sees $363 billion deficit, warns of pitfalls from Liberals' promised stimulus
OTTAWA - The federal response to the COVID-19 pandemic should send the deficit to $363.4 billion, Parliament's spending watchdog says in an outlook on federal finances just under three weeks out from ...
Mar 31, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada for Wednesday, March 31
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 8:50 p.m. Yukon is reporting one new out-of-territory COVID-19 case. The government says in a news release that the new case is ...
Mar 31, 2021
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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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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 30
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