Murray Wood: A star-crossed leader is beset by floor-crossing MPs
Murray Wood says Pierre Poilievre has suffered some bad timing in his career as Conservative leader, but the question is...
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Sex workers say they're at risk, have been left out of Canada's COVID-19 response
OTTAWA - Sex workers saw their incomes disappear overnight when the COVID-19 pandemic began to spread in Canada. Now many are in desperate situations: in need of food, rent, basic necessities. Some ar...
Apr 19, 2020
Civil Liberties group seeks amnesty for recreational tickets issued during COVID
The Canadian Civil Liberties Association says it's going to fight for citizens nabbed for municipal recreational infractions during the COVID-19 pandemic. "We will be calling for an amnesty on al...
Apr 19, 2020
Canadians reporting more wildlife sightings during COVID-19 isolation
MONTREAL - When Josianne Plante looked out her window on a recent morning, she was surprised to see a pair of large, bare-headed wild turkeys going for a stroll through her east-end Mon...
Apr 19, 2020
Stage set for resumption of Parliament as Tories reject virtual Commons sittings
OTTAWA - Barring a last-minute deal, the stage appeared set for members of Parliament to return to the House of Commons on Monday after the Conservatives rejected a Liberal government proposal to hold...
Apr 19, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 8:26 p.m. on April 19, 2020: There are 35,056 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 18,357 confirmed (incl...
Apr 19, 2020
Gatherings restricted, schools closed: What's being done to fight COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected every province and territory. Canada's chief public health officer and her provincial counterparts are encouraging people to wash their hands, give ea...
Apr 19, 2020
Grim numbers emerge at Montreal nursing home as military prepares to step in
MONTREAL - More grim numbers have emerged at a long-term care facility in suburban Montreal as the Canadian Armed Forces prepared to fan out to nursing homes across a city that has beco...
Apr 18, 2020
The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 3:55 p.m. More grim numbers are emerging at a long-term care home in suburban Montreal. A spokesman for the reg...
Apr 18, 2020
'It's unprecedented:' Manitoba First Nation going ahead with band election
WINNIPEG - Members of a Manitoba First Nation will each be handed a mask, gloves and sanitizer as they head to the ballot box on Saturday. "We've never gone through this before," said Shawn Kent, a co...
Apr 18, 2020
Hidden death toll: Doctors say people dying as they avoid ERs due to COVID fears
Health-care providers are warning of an unseen toll COVID-19 could take if people die because they are too afraid to go to an emergency room for serious health issues unrelated to the pandemic. "...
Apr 18, 2020
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Sarah Mills: A lifetime smoking ban in the UK may be a step too far
Sarah Mills says there are great health-care costs associated with smoking, but those costs are also associated with obe...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 23
8:30 - Construction for the AI data centre in the RM of Sherwood is set to begin this spring, but many residents in the ...