Murray Wood: A star-crossed leader is beset by floor-crossing MPs
Murray Wood says Pierre Poilievre has suffered some bad timing in his career as Conservative leader, but the question is...
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Canada's first COVID-19 vaccine given to Toronto health-care worker
TORONTO - A personal support worker from a Toronto nursing home received Canada's first COVID-19 vaccine on Monday, kicking off what will be a massive national immunization campaign. Anita Quidangen, ...
Dec 14, 2020
Canada boosts foreign aid by $485 million with new funds for global COVID-19 effort
OTTAWA - Canada is helping fund the creation of a new international system to help distribute any extra COVID-19 vaccines to poor countries, says International Development Minister Karina Gould. "Cana...
Dec 14, 2020
What you need to know about Canada's first COVID-19 vaccine doses as rollout begins
A COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer has arrived in Ontario and Quebec, with the first inoculations rolling out Monday in Toronto, Montreal, and Quebec City. Canada is set to receive 249,000 doses of the dr...
Dec 14, 2020
The latest news on COVID 19 developments in Canada for Monday, Dec. 14
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 6:25 p.m. The first doses of COVID-19 vaccines are in B.C. and provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says vaccinations star...
Dec 14, 2020
Ontario to administer first COVID-19 vaccines today
TORONTO - Ontario will administer the province's first COVID-19 vaccination today, with a health-care worker set to receive the dose in Toronto. Premier Doug Ford's office has said the first shots wil...
Dec 14, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Monday, Dec. 14, 2020
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Monday Dec. 14, 2020. There are 460,743 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 460,743 confirmed cases (74,059 active, 373,...
Dec 14, 2020
'A big, historic day': Quebecers in long-term care homes start getting COVID vaccine
MONTREAL - It was declared a "historic" day in Quebec as the first COVID-19 vaccines were given Monday to residents of two long-term care homes in the province.Gloria Lallouz, a resident of Montreal's...
Dec 14, 2020
Senators likely to propose major amendments to assisted dying bill
OTTAWA - It was out of the political frying pan and into the fire Monday for the Trudeau government's bill to expand access to medically assisted dying. Opening debate on Bill C-7 began in the Senate,...
Dec 14, 2020
From 'Snowmageddon' to pandemic, Newfoundland and Labrador confronted hunger in 2020
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Skipping meals is dangerous for a diabetic, but Janine Ryan finds she sometimes has no choice if she wants her kids to have enough to eat. Ryan is a welder, but she lost her job whe...
Dec 14, 2020
A look at what provinces and territories have said about COVID-19 vaccine plans
The largest mass immunization effort in Canadian history began Monday in Ontario and Quebec after the country received its first COVID-19 vaccine shipment over the weekend.The Canadian military is ass...
Dec 13, 2020
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Sarah Mills: A lifetime smoking ban in the UK may be a step too far
Sarah Mills says there are great health-care costs associated with smoking, but those costs are also associated with obe...
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Evan talks on Thursday's show about the RM of Sherwood's AI data centre now approved to be built, Saskatoon mayor Cynthi...