Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
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Defence chief puts Canadian military on COVID-19 war footing
OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces is being put on a war footing as it prepares to be thrown into the COVID-19 crisis. Chief of the defence staff Gen. Jonathan Vance issued the call to arms in a five-...
Mar 27, 2020
Five things about Ottawa's support for Canadians, businesses during COVID-19
OTTAWA - The federal government capped an unprecedented week Friday by announcing a slew of measures to help small businesses cope with the COVID-19 crisis, bringing Ottawa's total planned support in ...
Mar 27, 2020
Marc Miller urges First Nations to delay elections during COVID-19 crisis
OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller is encouraging Indigenous communities gearing up for elections this year to postpone their votes. Miller says holding an election during a pandemic&nb...
Mar 27, 2020
B.C. measures appear to have slowed the increase in COVID-19: health officer
VICTORIA - British Columbia's provincial health officer says she's starting to see "glimmers of hope" in an apparent shift toward flattening the curve of COVID-19 cases in the province. The provi...
Mar 27, 2020
Rural doctors and mayors ask city-dwellers to stay home and not tax system
Rural health-care providers and small-town politicians are pleading with snowbirds and city-dwellers to stay at their primary homes during the COVID-19 pandemic rather than self-isolating in more remo...
Mar 27, 2020
Financial-aid requests won't be hindered by Service Canada closures: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Service Canada employees can and should be working from home, despite the growing demand generated by financial-aid applications, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday. The federal govern...
Mar 27, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 10:08 p.m. ET on March 27, 2020: There are 4,757 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 2,021 confirmed (in...
Mar 27, 2020
Federal deficit to top $112 billion in coming year due to COVID-19, PBO says
OTTAWA - Parliament's budget watchdog is projecting that the federal deficit for the coming fiscal year could be $112.7 billion, a jump of $89.5 billion from previous forecasts as government spending ...
Mar 27, 2020
Leaders detail concerns about COVID-19 impacts on Indigenous populations
OTTAWA - Indigenous leaders from across Canada say they are worried supports promised by the federal government to help First Nations, Inuit and Metis deal with the fallout of COVID-19 might not do en...
Mar 27, 2020
New nursing home cluster amid rising COVID deaths and economic gloom
TORONTO - The COVID-19 death toll in Quebec more than doubled on Friday as the growing case load of infections in Canada surpassed 4,000 amid questions about how pandemic fatalities are counted a...
Mar 27, 2020
OPINION
Sarah Mills: Floor crossing should be a choice between sitting as an independent or running in a byelection
Sarah Mills says floor crossing from any party in the House of Commons just one year into a mandate shouldn't be allowed...
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, April 10
8:30 - After another conservative MP crossed the floor to the Liberals earlier this week, we wanted to get thoughts from...