Sarah Mills: Archie Wilson shows courage in vulnerability
A young Nebraska football player, Australian Archie Wilson, broke down in tears when asked about being so far from home....
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Canada suspends Turkish arms exports amid allegations in Armenia-Azerbaijan fight
OTTAWA - Canada suspended arms exports to Turkey while it investigates claims that drone-sensor technology created by an Ontario company is being improperly used in renewed fighting between Azerbaijan...
Oct 05, 2020
Lottery system for popular parent, grandparent visa program reinstated for this year
OTTAWA - A popular immigration program that allows people to sponsor their parents or grandparents to come to Canada is reverting to a lottery system. Federal Immigration Minister Marco Mendicin...
Oct 05, 2020
Officials 'steering in uncertain waters' in tackling 2nd wave of COVID-19: Tam
The complexities of the current wave of COVID-19 are spurring regions with rising cases to adopt different measures as they seek to turn the tide of the pandemic, Canada's top public health offic...
Oct 05, 2020
Feds reveal details of $35M fund to help make farms safer in COVID-19 pandemic
OTTAWA - Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau says some Canadian farmers can now apply for emergency funding to protect their workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The program will subsidize farms...
Oct 05, 2020
Intermittent sentence law unfair to Indigenous accused from remote areas: judge
TORONTO - The difficulty Indigenous people in isolated communities have in serving jail sentences intermittently violates their equality rights, a judge has ruled. In his decision, Ontario court Judge...
Oct 05, 2020
Magnitsky sanctions demanded against Iranians in January shootdown of airliner
OTTAWA - Families and loved ones of those killed in the shootdown of a passenger jet over Tehran are urging Canada to impose so-called Magnitsky sanctions that would target those directly responsible....
Oct 05, 2020
Atikamekw chief 'optimistic' after meeting Legault but says action still needed
MONTREAL - The grand chief of the Atikamekw Nation said he had a positive meeting with Quebec Premier Francois Legault Monday but he's still waiting to see action.Grand Chief Constant Awashish and oth...
Oct 05, 2020
Greens slam other parties for refusing to show 'leader's courtesy' to Annamie Paul
OTTAWA - Former Green leader Elizabeth May slammed the New Democrats Monday for refusing to withdraw their candidate in a coming byelection, arguing doing so would allow the first Black woman elected ...
Oct 05, 2020
Albania’s writer Ismail Kadare awarded Neustadt Prize
TIRANA, Albania - The U.S Embassy in Tirana on Monday said that Albanian novelist Ismail Kadare has been awarded the Neustadt International Prize for Literature. The announcement posted on the embassy...
Oct 05, 2020
After dairy and metals, U.S. trade hawks setting sights on foreign berries, produce
WASHINGTON, Wash. - After waging war on Canadian dairy, steel and aluminum, Donald Trump's White House appears to be setting its sights on new foreign trade invaders: blueberries and raspberries. ...
Oct 05, 2020
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Murray Wood: Face and neck tattoos make fugitives stand out
Many wanted suspects share a common trait: face or neck tattoos. Often not benign, but symbols like teardrops or words s...
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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, August 20
WITH GUEST HOST BRENT LOUCKS 8:30 - The Honourable Eleanor Olszewski, Minister of Emergency Management and Community Res...