Murray Wood: Local radio is strong. Corporate ownership, not so much
Murray Wood says Rogers closed some stations that should be very viable. As a result, more communities are losing import...
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People's Party leader and former MP Maxime Bernier travelled to Florida last fall
OTTAWA - The one-time Conservative cabinet minister and MP who broke ranks to form his own political party is among the Canadians who've headed south in recent months. Maxime Bernier, who leads the li...
Jan 05, 2021
B.C. mink farmer decides to destroy 1,000 animals after positive COVID-19 tests
VICTORIA - The operator of a second British Columbia mink farm with animals that tested positive for COVID-19 has euthanized the remaining 1,000 mink, says the province's chief veterinarian. The Frase...
Jan 05, 2021
Nunavut to start vaccinating elders Wednesday; community clinics to begin next week
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut's chief public health officer says first doses of a vaccine against COVID-19 are to be given Wednesday to residents at Iqaluit's elders home. Elders and front-line health st...
Jan 05, 2021
Canada probing whether delaying second COVID-19 vaccine doses could help more people
OTTAWA - Canada is the latest country to investigate how to stretch vaccine doses as far as possible, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have tragic consequences all around the world.Dr. Theresa Ta...
Jan 05, 2021
Trudeau says he too is frustrated by holiday travellers, pace of vaccine rollout
OTTAWA - Signs pointed Tuesday to the COVID-19 pandemic taking a dark turn in Canada, as the prime minister voiced his own frustration with holiday travel and the slow pace of vaccine rollout. In Lond...
Jan 05, 2021
Quebec City long-term care employee in his 50s dies from COVID-19
MONTREAL - The worker at a Quebec City long-term care home who died of COVID-19 on Jan. 2 was one of the thousands of people who answered the province's call to be trained as patient attendants over t...
Jan 05, 2021
Canadian troops test positive for COVID-19 in Latvia and Kuwait
OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces is dealing with a COVID-19 outbreak in Latvia, where an unspecified number of troops have tested positive for the illness while guarding against Russian aggression i...
Jan 05, 2021
The latest on COVID-19 developments in Canada on Jan. 5, 2021
OTTAWA - The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern):7:45 p.m.British Columbia has again extended its state of emergency in response to the COVID-19 pandemic nearly 10 month...
Jan 05, 2021
Nunavut NDP MP Mumilaaq Qaqqaq returns from leave after 'burnout, depression'
OTTAWA - Nunavut's sole MP says she is back on the job after several months away from work due to what she described as "extreme burnout, depression and anxiety." Mumilaaq Qaqqaq announced in late Oct...
Jan 05, 2021
Nearly half of Canadians visited friends, family over holidays, new poll suggests
OTTAWA - A new survey suggests nearly half of Canadians visited with family or friends over the winter holiday period. The Lger/Association for Canadian Studies poll found 48 per cent of those surveye...
Jan 05, 2021
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Sarah Mills: Doug Ford may be cutting his nose off to spite his face
A Republican congresswoman is fighting back against Ontario's US booze ban, and Sarah Mills says Premier Doug Ford may f...
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, July 10
8:30 - It's been a challenging summer for many across the province dealing with significant flooding and wildfires. At t...