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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More suicide, less education, slower internet: A look at Nunavut's infrastructure gap
A report commissioned by Nunavut Tunngavik Inc., the land-claim organization that represents Inuit in the territory, outlines ways in which the region falls behind the rest of Canada. Here are some of...
Oct 21, 2020
Infrastructure in Nunavut far behind that in most of Canada: report
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Health care, housing and internet access for Inuit in Nunavut all lag far behind what a majority of Canadians expect for themselves, says a new report. The 300-page document was com...
Oct 21, 2020
Hundreds evacuated from northwestern Ontario First Nation over water crisis
Hundreds of people are being evacuated from a remote First Nation in northwestern Ontario due to a water crisis, the community's chief said Wednesday, accusing the federal and provincial governments o...
Oct 21, 2020
Feds say 100,000 rapid COVID-19 tests have arrived, being distributed to provinces
OTTAWA - Procurement Minister Anita Anand says the first shipment of rapid tests for COVID-19 has arrived in Canada, but their eventual destinations remain shrouded in mystery. Canada signed a deal la...
Oct 21, 2020
Officials in Toronto and Montreal strike differing tones on COVID-19 in their cities
Health officials in Toronto and Montreal struck vastly different tones on the state of COVID-19 in their cities on Wednesday, with Toronto's medical officer of health warning the Ontario capital could...
Oct 21, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 8:54 p.m. EDT on Oct. 21, 2020: There are 206,360 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 96,288 confirmed (including 6,074 deaths, 81,267 r...
Oct 21, 2020
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern):8:10 p.m.Alberta has recorded its highest daily number of COVID-19 cases, with 406.The province says 3,372 cases are active and 1...
Oct 21, 2020
Canada's bill to outlaw LGBTQ2 conversion therapy has global influence: UN expert
OTTAWA - A United Nations expert says proposed Canadian legislation that would ban forcing children or adults into therapy to alter their sexual orientation or gender identity could help further LGBTQ...
Oct 21, 2020
Liberal minority survives confidence vote in the Commons with NDP and Green backing
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau's minority government survived its most serious confidence test yet Wednesday, but opposition resentment over the Liberals' high-stakes brinkmanship may make it more difficult ...
Oct 21, 2020
One crisis after another for Trudeau since last federal election one year ago
OTTAWA - One year ago today, Canadians elected to put Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberals on a shorter leash, returning them to government but with only a minority of seats in the House of Common...
Oct 21, 2020
OPINION
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
8:30 - Another MP just crossed the floor to the Liberal Party, just weeks away from three critical byelections where the...