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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Nunavut reports 34 new COVID-19 infections, more than doubling total cases
COVID-19 cases in Nunavut have more than doubled with 34 new infections. There are now 60 active cases in the territory. Nunavut's Health Department said Tuesday that an additional 26 cases have...
Nov 17, 2020
New Brunswick government crows about province's pandemic response in throne speech
FREDERICTON - Premier Blaine Higgs' government congratulated itself Tuesday for handling the COVID-19 pandemic better than most jurisdictions, saying in a throne speech that New Brunswick had received...
Nov 17, 2020
PM says military could help distribute COVID-19 vaccine, but Canada not there yet
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the military could play an integral part in rolling out COVID-19 vaccines across the country, though question marks remain around cost and distribution. As ...
Nov 17, 2020
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada for Nov. 17, 2020
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 8:25 p.m. Yukon has recorded another COVID-19 case, bringing the total in the territory to 25 since the pandemic started. Chief ...
Nov 17, 2020
COVID-19 crisis cascading in U.S. as presidential election drama recedes
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Every day, Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg joins the countless ranks of U.S. commuters still making their way to work in the national capital. In the city where she once worked as...
Nov 17, 2020
Growing number of Canadians plan to get vaccinated for COVID-19
OTTAWA - A new poll suggests the proportion of Canadians planning to get vaccinated for COVID-19 is on the rise after encouraging initial results from Pfizer's vaccine trial. Sixty-nine per cent of re...
Nov 17, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 8:28 p.m. EST on Nov. 17, 2020: There are 306,468 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 126,054 confirmed (including 6,675 deaths, 107,326...
Nov 16, 2020
Alberta facing 'exponential growth' of COVID-19 cases: top doctor
EDMONTON - Alberta's chief medical officer of health says the province is at a dangerous plateau, with almost 3,000 new COVID-19 cases in the last three days, 20 new deaths and overwhelmed contact cha...
Nov 16, 2020
Manitoba reserve on lockdown after all residents at care home infected with COVID-19
WINNIPEG - Every resident of a long-term care home on a northern Manitoba reserve where the number of infections almost doubled in a day has tested positive for COVID-19, says the Indigenous community...
Nov 16, 2020
CP NewsAlert: Canada surpasses 300,000 COVID cases, more than 100,000 in past month
Canada reached a troubling milestone on Monday, surpassing 300,000 total COVID cases since the pandemic began earlier this year, and health experts are alarmed - but not surprised - by the rapid growt...
Nov 16, 2020
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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 ...