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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A look at how provinces plan to emerge from COVID-19 shutdown
Provinces have begun to release plans for easing restrictions that were put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19. Here is what some of the provinces have announced so far: &nb...
Apr 30, 2020
Former NHL player Georges Laraque tests positive for COVID-19 virus
Former NHL player Georges Laraque has tested positive for COVID-19. The 43-year-old Laraque made the announcement on social media Thursday alongside a photo of himself in a hospital gown. The vet...
Apr 30, 2020
Golf and camping: Alberta's emergence from COVID shutdown includes the outdoors
EDMONTON - The Alberta government has released its plan for easing restrictions that were put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19. The gradual approach begins Friday with access to...
Apr 30, 2020
Alberta set for business reopening May 14, golf Saturday, some services Monday
EDMONTON - Alberta will soon begin emerging from its COVID-19 lockdown, with the first major date for business reopenings set for May 14. Premier Jason Kenney says the multi-stage rollout will depend ...
Apr 30, 2020
MPs issue mandatory summons for WHO's Bruce Aylward to testify before committee
OTTAWA - Members of Parliament have issued a mandatory summons to Canadian World Health Organization expert Bruce Aylward, after he turned down repeated invitations to testify to a House of Commons co...
Apr 30, 2020
Global philanthropists, experts call for COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan
OTTAWA - Leading philanthropists and immunization experts say the world lacks the ability to properly manufacture, finance and distribute a COVID-19 vaccine, even if one were found by the end of the y...
Apr 30, 2020
Ottawa mayor orders end to ban on window visits in city nursing homes
Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson says he's ordered the people who run the city's nursing homes to find a way to let family members visit residents through windows again. The four municipal homes' administrator...
Apr 30, 2020
Montreal hospital to test disinfection robot that uses ultraviolet rays
MONTREAL - The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre says it will soon conduct the first Canadian test of a robot that uses ultraviolet light to disinfect. The Montreal instit...
Apr 30, 2020
The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 6:30 p.m. Health Canada and the RCMP have seized more than 1,500 unauthorized COVID-19 test kits from a person in Richmon...
Apr 30, 2020
'We've been braced for it:' Nunavut confirms first case of COVID-19
IQALUIT, Nunavut - COVID-19 has reached Canada's High Arctic. Nunavut confirmed Thursday its first case of the novel coronavirus in one of the country's northernmost communities. "We've been braced fo...
Apr 30, 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 ...