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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More pandemics coming if environmental issues not dealt with: report
An international group of scientists has concluded pandemic problems are just starting unless the world moves to deal with the issues creating them. "The factors driving pandemics are human activities...
Oct 29, 2020
Khloe Kardashian confirms she had coronavirus in video
LOS ANGELES - Khloe Kardashian says she had tested positive for the coronavirus. The reality star confirmed her previous diagnosis in a Wednesday sneak peek clip of "Keeping Up with the Kardashians." ...
Oct 29, 2020
FBI warns ransomware assault threatens US healthcare system
BOSTON - Federal agencies warned that cybercriminals are unleashing a wave of data-scrambling extortion attempts against the U.S. healthcare system designed to lock up hospital information systems, wh...
Oct 28, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 6:16 p.m. EDT on Oct. 29, 2020: There are 228,540 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 103,844 confirmed (including 6,214 deaths, 88,442 ...
Oct 28, 2020
Trudeau, EU leaders express faith in America and call for return to multilateralism
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the European Union's two top political leaders expressed faith in the American people Thursday ahead of a U.S. presidential election where the outcome will h...
Oct 28, 2020
COVID-19 death rates higher in neighbourhoods with more visible minorities: StatCan
OTTAWA - A new Statistics Canada report says communities with the most visible minorities had the highest mortality rates during the first wave of the novel coronavirus.The report's authors say it is ...
Oct 28, 2020
Alberta union leaders launch protest website against Kenney government
EDMONTON - Labour-union leaders are urging Albertans to sign up to protest Premier Jason Kenney's government through rallies and demonstrations and, if necessary, provincewide general strikes. Gil McG...
Oct 28, 2020
Focus on infrastructure, involve community to fix reserve water issues: observers
The evacuation of a remote Ontario First Nation over the latest development in a decades-long water crisis has highlighted the need to focus on reserve water infrastructure systems as a whole and invo...
Oct 28, 2020
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 7:30 p.m. B.C. reported 287 new cases for a total of 13,875 and two more deaths, bringing the number of people who have died to ...
Oct 28, 2020
Long-term care deaths surged in COVID-19 first wave, Tam hopeful it won't repeat
Long-term care deaths accounted for nearly 80 per cent of COVID-19 cases in Canada during the first wave of the pandemic, but the country's chief public health officer thinks a repeat can be avoided a...
Oct 28, 2020
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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 - Thursday, July 9
On Thursday's show, Evan discussed the new downtown arena developments, gets the latest on the Iran/U.S. conflict and Sh...