Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
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NDP join Liberals to cut short debate, move pandemic election bill forward
OTTAWA - New Democrats joined forces Monday with the Liberals to cut short initial debate on a bill aimed at ensuring a federal election could be held safely, if need be, during the COVID-19 pandemic....
May 10, 2021
California expands drought emergency to large swath of state
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday expanded a drought emergency to a large swath of the nation's most populous state while seeking more than $6 billion in multiyear water spen...
May 10, 2021
Opposition, Ottawa, media looking for COVID-19 disaster: Alberta justice minister
EDMONTON - Alberta's justice minister says a COVID-19 disaster is what the provincial Opposition, the federal government and the media "were looking for and want" in the province. Kaycee Madu, in Face...
May 10, 2021
Review of federal prison isolation units 'not adequate,' new study says
OTTAWA - A study has found shortcomings with the process intended to serve as a check on new units for isolating federal prisoners from the general jail population. In response to criticism of solitar...
May 10, 2021
Provinces look to mix COVID-19 vaccines in light of changing supply
TORONTO - Ontario has become the latest province to signal it will likely mix COVID-19 vaccine brands as the country prepares for a flood of Pfizer and Moderna shots while some doctors questioned furt...
May 10, 2021
Vaccine rollouts expand, but COVID-19 caseloads still high in some provinces
Canada's chief public health officer is warning that the decline in COVID-19 case counts is slowing as several provinces battle surging waves of the virus. While there were signs of hope that Ontario ...
May 10, 2021
Heritage committee to seek answers from ministers on C-10 changes
OTTAWA - Canada's justice and heritage ministers will be recalled to justify a change to the Broadcasting Act that critics warn could erode the rights of individuals users who upload content to social...
May 10, 2021
Boost in near-term funds, risk should lure more social-finance investors, Hussen says
OTTAWA - Changes to the federal plan to finance experimental ways to deliver social services should more easily and quickly bring in needed private-sector backers for the strategy to work, says the mi...
May 10, 2021
Canada's privacy watchdog investigating Pornhub over alleged non-consensual content
OTTAWA - A federal watchdog says he is investigating Pornhub over potential privacy breaches related to exploitive content posted online, as concerns around non-consensual use of images in a digital w...
May 10, 2021
'Pandemic of hate': Leaders, experts warn anti-lockdown protests linked to far right
OTTAWA - Online conspiracy theories about COVID-19 and protests against public health orders are helping to spread dangerous ideas laden with racism and bigotry, says a network monitoring hate groups ...
May 10, 2021
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...