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A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Wednesday, May 12, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday, May 12, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 306,680 new vaccinations administered for a total of 16,904...
May 12, 2021
Hundreds of complaints about false statements during 2019 campaign investigated
OTTAWA - Elections commissioner Yves Cote says his office investigated some 400 complaints about false statements allegedly made during the 2019 federal election campaign.He says all but two or three ...
May 12, 2021
Ohio governor unrolls $1M lottery prizes to urge vaccination
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is offering big lottery incentives - including a $1 million prize and college scholarships - in a last-ditch effort to get people vaccinated before the stat...
May 12, 2021
U.K. study says expect more reactions from mixing Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines
Preliminary results of an ongoing study in the United Kingdom suggest alternating the Oxford-AstraZeneca and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines causes more frequent mild to moderate symptoms, but there are no o...
May 12, 2021
BQ calls on Liberals to avoid pandemic election, despite voting non-confidence
OTTAWA - After repeatedly voting non-confidence in the minority Liberal government, the Bloc Quebecois is now calling on the government to do everything possible to avoid an election during the COVID-...
May 12, 2021
Quebec's location and energy alternatives give it options if Line 5 closes: expert
QUEBEC - While political and business leaders across the country scramble to avoid a shutdown of Enbridge Inc.'s Line 5 pipeline, Quebec could be spared the most serious consequences if the oil stops ...
May 12, 2021
Vancouver mayor says there's no time for drug decriminalization redo
Vancouver's mayor says he understands that some drug users aren't happy with the city's proposed model for decriminalization but time is of the essence and the details can be worked out later. Kennedy...
May 12, 2021
Singh calls for halt on Canadian arms sales to Israel as violence escalates in region
OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is calling on the federal government to halt arms sales to Israel amid escalating violence in the region. At a news conference Wednesday, Singh said Canada must apply...
May 12, 2021
Focus on helping right whales survive, not assigning blame: Canadian official
HALIFAX - A Canada-U.S. spat over who is responsible for the recent death of a critically endangered right whale has prompted a senior Canadian official to suggest there's got to be a better way of se...
May 12, 2021
Questions remain about the future of the Oxford-AstraZeneca shot in Canada
Questions remained Wednesday about the future of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in Canada as the federal government prepared to receive hundreds of thousands of doses while provinces limited use of th...
May 12, 2021
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Sarah Mills: Trying to score World Cup tickets is a fool's game under FIFA
Sarah Mills spent five hours and 50 minutes in a queue for FIFA's general sale for World Cup tickets on Wednesday, only ...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 2
8:30 - Canada's industrial carbon tax is set to rise again, and it's sparking a lot of debate about what that means for ...