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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B.C. announces first-in-Canada provincial early lung cancer screening program
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government has announced a new lung cancer screening program that is the first of its kind in Canada and aimed at early diagnosis of the deadliest form of the dis...
Sep 14, 2020
Office furniture shortages loom as Canadians stay home this fall
OTTAWA - As Canadians continue to work and study from home this fall in anticipation of a second wave of COVID-19, furniture stores are running low on desks and chairs and other supplies for home offi...
Sep 14, 2020
Ministers warn COVID-19 researchers anew of threat of foreign actors
OTTAWA - A trio of federal cabinet ministers is warning COVID-19 researchers to take additional precautions to protect their efforts from thieves and vandals. The statement Monday says the federal gov...
Sep 14, 2020
U.S. wildfire smoke blankets B.C., wafts east to Alberta, affecting air quality
Vancouver's air quality is among the worst in the world, Environment Canada said Monday, as wildfire smoke continued to waft across the border from the United States, even reaching parts of Alber...
Sep 14, 2020
Trudeau cabinet meets to discuss rebuilding amid rising number of COVID-19 cases
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warned Canadians against relaxing their guard against COVID-19 as he and his cabinet kicked off two days of closed-door meetings to discuss the pandemic and...
Sep 14, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Sept. 14
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 6:10 p.m. EDT on Sept. 14, 2020: There are 138,010 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 65,262 confirmed (including 5,780 deaths, 57,428 ...
Sep 14, 2020
Alberta judge orders additional psychiatric exam for doctor slaying suspect
RED DEER, Alta. - A judge has ordered another psychiatric exam for a man accused of killing a family doctor at a medical clinic in central Alberta. Deng Mabiour is charged with first-degree murder in ...
Sep 14, 2020
Cabinet retreat to confront challenge of limiting damage from ongoing pandemic
OTTAWA - Bold plans to rebuild Canada's shattered economy will take a back seat during a two-day cabinet retreat as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his ministers confront the more immediate challeng...
Sep 13, 2020 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrives to a roundtable discussion with Black entrepreneurs at HXOUSE in Toronto, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston
An election without rallies or baby-kissing: New Brunswick vote a pandemic first
FREDERICTON - Voters in New Brunswick head to the polls Monday in the country's first provincial election since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and lessons learned may provide a template for&...
Sep 13, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Sept. 13
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:03 p.m. EDT on Sept. 13, 2020: There are 136,659 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 64,986 confirmed (including 5,780 deaths, 57,268 ...
Sep 13, 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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TODAY ON EVAN BRAY
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 ...