Murray Wood: Is this one of those times when money might be better in the government's pockets?
Windfall profits on oil are prompting a break in the federal fuel excise, but Saskatchewan isn't following suit. Murray ...
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Horgan says B.C. will focus on pandemic economic recovery, health reform in 2021
VICTORIA - Premier John Horgan says economic recovery and health-care changes are the British Columbia government's top priorities for 2021 after the COVID-19 pandemic tested people individually and t...
Dec 31, 2020
'You have to know it's time to go': N.S. premier reflects on tragic year, retirement
HALIFAX - When Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil privately decided earlier this year he would retire after 17 years in politics, he had no idea of the challenges he was about to face. Like all Canadi...
Dec 31, 2020
Wisconsin health system: Worker deliberately spoiled vaccine
GRAFTON, Wis. - A Wisconsin health system said Wednesday that 500 doses of coronavirus vaccine that had to be discarded after they were left unrefrigerated now appear to have been deliberately spoiled...
Dec 30, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020.There are 572,982 confirmed cases in Canada._ Canada: 572,982 confirmed cases (72,927 active, 48...
Dec 30, 2020
Yukon issues recall for jerky with psychoactive ingredient while RCMP launch probe
WHITEHORSE - Yukon residents who purchased beef or bison jerky from a local business are being told not to eat the product because it may contain THC, the psychoactive ingredient for cannabis. The ter...
Dec 30, 2020
B.C. mom who gave birth in a coma due to COVID-19 discharged from hospital
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - A mother who had an emergency C-section in British Columbia while in a coma due to complications from COVID-19 returned home to her family in time for Christmas. Gillian McIntosh wa...
Dec 30, 2020
Vancouver party host out on bail after spending Christmas in jail
VANCOUVER - A man who spent Christmas in jail after police say he hosted parties in violation of public health orders is now bound by bail conditions that require him to answer the door at his home in...
Dec 30, 2020
Quebec Liberal vacationing down south called home by party leader as criticism mounts
Quebec Liberal member Pierre Arcand is being asked to return home amid mounting criticism over his decision to vacation in the Caribbean. A spokesperson for Liberal Leader Dominique Anglade confirmed ...
Dec 30, 2020
Study of virus screening at concert reports zero infections
BARCELONA, Spain - The organizers of an indoor music festival in Barcelona to test the effectiveness of same-day coronavirus screening said Wednesday that preliminary results indicate there was zero t...
Dec 30, 2020
Air travellers will soon have to test negative for COVID-19 before arrival in Canada
OTTAWA - The federal government says it plans to require air travellers to test negative for COVID-19 before landing in Canada in response to concerns that people vacationing abroad could bring the no...
Dec 30, 2020
OPINION
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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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, April 15
8:30 - With a clear majority now secured, Mark Carney no longer has to bargain to survive confidence votes and can focus...