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Montreal suburb's plan to charge for picnic table reservations draws backlash
MONTREAL - A Montreal suburb's plan to charge its citizens to reserve picnic tables in city parks is stirring up debate over how best to manage the increased demand for green space amid the COVID-19 p...
Apr 29, 2021
Ontario marks COVID-19 death-toll milestone; Alberta brings in more restrictions
Ontario marked a grim COVID-19 milestone Thursday as its virus-related death toll passed 8,000 and Alberta brought in tighter public-health measures to try to get rapidly rising infection rates in hot...
Apr 29, 2021
Indigenous tourism group frets for future over funding gap in federal budget
OTTAWA - A group representing thousands of Indigenous-led tourism operators says it doesn't think the recent federal budget will do enough to help the industry avoid collapse. The Indigenous Tourism A...
Apr 29, 2021
Daimler Truck, Volvo to make fuel cells in Europe from 2025
FRANKFURT - Germany's Daimler Truck AG and Sweden's Volvo Group say they plan to jointly manufacture hydrogen fuel cells for trucks in Europe starting in 2025 and called on European Union policymakers...
Apr 29, 2021
'Great champion of Indigenous Peoples,' B.C. judge, politician, Thomas Berger dies
VANCOUVER - Thomas Berger, a British Columbia politician, lawyer, judge and commissioner whose work led Canada to recognize Aboriginal title to land, has died of cancer at the age of 88. Berger's daug...
Apr 29, 2021
Transat AT reaches $700-million aid deal with federal government
MONTREAL - Travel company Transat AT Inc. says it has reached a deal with Ottawa to borrow up to $700 million, nearly half of which will go toward refunding travellers for flights cancelled during the...
Apr 29, 2021
Conservatives say record $8.47M raised so far in 2021 as election possibility looms
OTTAWA - The Conservative Party of Canada says it raised a record $8.47 million in the first three months of 2021. The party says that breaks the record it set back in the first quarter of 2019 when i...
Apr 29, 2021
Worker fears getting COVID-19 without sick leave, wants B.C. to act
VANCOUVER - Avtar Badesha says he fears getting COVID-19 or being exposed to the virus because he couldn't support his family without any paid sick leave during quarantine. The 33-year-old power engin...
Apr 29, 2021
A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Thursday, April 29, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on Thursday, April 29, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 262,161 new vaccinations administered for a total of 12,826,26...
Apr 29, 2021
Cabinet's ability to award Buy American exemptions 'strenuously limited,' Biden says
WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden set some Canadian pulses racing again Wednesday with more tough Buy American talk, telling Congress he has "strenuously limited" cabinet members from granting exemptio...
Apr 29, 2021
OPINION
Sarah Mills: Accountability is a word some elected officials seem to be forgetting
From four people walking away from the RM of Sherwood council with little to no explanation to the reaction of some coun...
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, April 28
8:30 - The war involving Iran has increased uncertainty in global energy markets, largely because the Strait of Hormuz h...