Murray Wood: Going to seed, in a good way
Murray Wood says seed sales are taking off this spring. Food prices are likely convincing some to grow their own vegetab...
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Jill Biden, Dr. Fauci visit vaccine site at Harlem church
NEW YORK (AP) - First lady Jill Biden and Dr. Anthony Fauci toured a COVID-19 vaccination site at a historic Harlem church on Sunday. Biden, Fauci and U.S. Sen Kirsten Gillibrand, a New York Democrat,...
Jun 06, 2021
Weekend brings lower COVID-19 counts across much of Canada
OTTAWA - Signs of summer's pending arrival were greeted with other reasons for hope across much of Canada over the weekend as several provinces reported their lowest number of new COVID-19 infections ...
Jun 06, 2021
Two members of Alberta Premier Jason Kenney's cabinet criticize him on COVID actions
EDMONTON - Two members of Alberta Premier Jason Kenney's cabinet are openly criticizing him for actions surrounding COVID-19. Rajan Sawhney and Leela Aheer are taking Kenney to task for refusing to ta...
Jun 06, 2021
Aspects of what Canadian students are taught about Indian residential schools
TORONTO - Aspects of what Canadian students are taught about Indian residential schools in the provinces and territories: Newfoundland: Is looking to explore making the topic of residential schools "m...
Jun 06, 2021
'Convenient ignorance:' Canadians' knowledge of residential schools woefully lacking
TORONTO - Widespread shock at the discovery of what are believed to be the buried remains of 215 Indigenous children has highlighted the pervasive ignorance among many Canadians of one of the most sor...
Jun 06, 2021
Trudeau's comments 'unfair' about Church and residential schools: Toronto archbishop
TORONTO - The Roman Catholic archbishop of Toronto took aim at Justin Trudeau this morning following comments from the Prime Minister about the Catholic Church's role in Canadian residential schools. ...
Jun 06, 2021
Pope voices 'pain' over Canadian deaths, doesn't apologize
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Francis on Sunday expressed his pain over the discovery in Canada of the remains of 215 Indigenous students of church-run residential schools and pressed religious and politic...
Jun 06, 2021
Pope voices sorrow over Canadian deaths, doesn't apologize
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Francis on Sunday expressed sorrow over the discovery in Canada of the remains of 215 Indigenous students of church-run boarding schools but didn't offer the apology sought by...
Jun 06, 2021
Action to save Montreal's Chinatown needs to come faster, advocates say
MONTREAL - Hotels and luxury condos have sprung up around the ornate red and gold gate that marks the south entrance to Montreal's Chinatown, towering above the busy dumpling restaurants and mom-and-p...
Jun 06, 2021
Canadian Bar Association urges firms to hire more Indigenous lawyers
The first Indigenous head of the Canadian Bar Association was a law school student in his mid-20s when he met his grandfather and learned he'd survived a "horrible" existence at a residential school i...
Jun 06, 2021
OPINION
Sarah Mills: We are feeling the pinch of rising prices, even beyond the gas pumps
Costs have already gone up with airlines. Parcel and delivery services could also increase, and even ride sharing may ja...
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, April 14
8:30 - With the by-elections now decided, Mark Carney's Liberals have secured a majority in the House of Commons, comple...