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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Imprisoned Palestinian leader's entry shakes up planned vote
RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territory - A popular Palestinian leader imprisoned by Israel has registered his own parliamentary list in May elections, his supporters said Wednesday, in a last-minute shakeup ...
Mar 31, 2021
Microsoft wins $22 billion deal making headsets for US Army
Microsoft won a nearly $22 billion contract to supply U.S. Army combat troops with its augmented reality headsets. Microsoft and the Army separately announced the deal Wednesday. The technology is bas...
Mar 31, 2021
'Dollar clearing' doesn't give U.S. jurisdiction to charge Meng Wanzhou: lawyer
VANCOUVER - A lawyer for Meng Wanzhou says payments between a Huawei affiliate and an HSBC client that were cleared in American dollars do not give the United States jurisdiction to charge the executi...
Mar 31, 2021
Opposition shuts WE hearing as Liberals again refuse to let staffer testify
OTTAWA - Opposition members shut down a parliamentary committee hearing Wednesday after the Liberal government once again refused to let a political aide appear to answer questions about the now-dead ...
Mar 31, 2021
Tensions over Israeli-Palestinian conflict persist within NDP ahead of convention
OTTAWA - Tensions over anti-Semitism and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict persist within the NDP ahead of next week's policy convention, threatening to divide New Democrats and overshadow domestic pol...
Mar 31, 2021
PHAC ordered to hand over documents on two fired scientists, viruses sent to China
OTTAWA - A parliamentary committee is ordering the Public Health Agency of Canada to turn over all documents related to the firing of two scientists from Canada's highest-security laboratory and the e...
Mar 31, 2021
The flu season that never was: COVID-19 pandemic keeps other viruses at bay
OTTAWA - The 2021 flu season will go down in history as the epidemic that never was. By this time of the year, Canada has normally logged an average of more than 43,000 confirmed cases of influenza. B...
Mar 31, 2021
Canadians hope for 'common sense' on Buy American as Biden talks infrastructure
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Joe Biden lifted the veil Wednesday on a broad and ambitious $2 trillion in infrastructure spending but Canadian businesses, contractors and suppliers were left still wonde...
Mar 31, 2021
Winnipeg's drinking water source of frustration for Indigenous community
TORONTO - About 100 million litres of fresh water flows west to the city of Winnipeg every day but the struggling Indigenous people who live on the shores of Shoal Lake say no benefits have ever flowe...
Mar 31, 2021
Quebec tightens COVID-19 rules, Ontario considers more restrictions as cases surge
TORONTO - Quebec moved to place three cities into lockdown and Ontario weighed stricter public health measures Wednesday as the two provinces hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic sought to combat a re...
Mar 31, 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
On Tuesday's show, Evan talks about the Prime Minister's transition from minority to majority government, explores a pro...