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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Canada to have new refugee stream for journalists, others who defend human rights
OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino says there will be a new path to Canada for refugees who fear persecution because of their defence of human rights. The new stream will include anyone fac...
Jul 16, 2021
New Brunswick Sen. Judith Keating, a 'tireless advocate,' has died at 64
OTTAWA - New Brunswick Sen. Judith Keating has died. She was 64 years old. Keating was appointed to the Senate in January 2020 and sat with the Independent Senators Group. She was a lawyer and constit...
Jul 16, 2021
With Delta variant on the march, Canada eyes mid-August to welcome back U.S. visitors
WASHINGTON - U.S. health officials issued more ominous warnings about COVID-19's dangerous Delta cousin Friday just as Canada finally started floating the prospect of letting fully vaccinated American...
Jul 16, 2021
Supreme Court sides with Lac Seul First Nation over flooding compensation
OTTAWA - The Lac Seul First Nation of northern Ontario has won a key round in its long fight to be properly compensated for the flooding of its lands caused by construction of a dam. In an 8-1 ruling ...
Jul 16, 2021
Canadians likely to be targeted by foreign actors in next election, cyber agency says
OTTAWA - The federal cybersecurity agency is warning that Canadians are likely to run into some effort by foreign actors to influence or otherwise interfere with their right to vote in the next electi...
Jul 16, 2021
The Latest: Belgium govt raises flood death toll to 20
The Latest on deadly flooding in Europe: BRUSSELS - Belgium's government says the death toll from unprecedented flooding in parts of the country has risen to 20. Interior Minister Annelies Verlinden s...
Jul 16, 2021
Muslim charity heading to court over 'unfair' suspension levied by revenue agency
OTTAWA - A long-established Muslim international relief charity says it will ask a federal court to overturn the national revenue agency's decision to suspend its ability to issue tax receipts followi...
Jul 16, 2021
Aiming to allow vaccinated Americans into Canada by mid-August: PM to premiers
WASHINGTON - Canada is getting ready to welcome the world again, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau quietly indicated late Thursday as his office disclosed a target of mid-August for when the border might ...
Jul 15, 2021
With virus cases rising, mask mandate back on in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Los Angeles County will again require masks be worn indoors in the nation's largest county, even by those vaccinated against the coronavirus, while the University of California syst...
Jul 15, 2021
Biden: US will protect Haiti embassy, won't send troops
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden said Thursday that the U.S. will bolster security at its embassy in Haiti following last week's assassination of that country's president, but sending American tr...
Jul 15, 2021
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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
8:30 - Another MP just crossed the floor to the Liberal Party, just weeks away from three critical byelections where the...