Sarah Mills: It's a dream come true - I get to see England in the World Cup
After months of waiting and wading through FIFA's Kafkaesque ticket-buying process, Sarah Mills finally has tickets to s...
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All but five senators say they haven't travelled abroad during pandemic
OTTAWA - All but five of Canada's 93 senators say they have not travelled outside the country in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Eighty-eight senators say they've been following public health guid...
Jan 08, 2021
Democracy takes work, Trudeau says in condemning 'violent rioters' incited by Trump
OTTAWA - Canadians and their elected leaders have a shared responsibility to protect and defend the principles of democracy, which need constant tending to remain strong, Justin Trudeau said Friday. I...
Jan 08, 2021
With virus surging, Biden to speed release of COVID vaccines
WASHINGTON - With COVID-19 surging and vaccinations off to a slow start, President-elect Joe Biden will rapidly release most available vaccine doses to protect more people, his office said Friday, a r...
Jan 08, 2021
Canada's first case of South African COVID-19 variant found in Alberta
Canada's first case of a new, more infectious variant of COVID-19 that surfaced in South Africa was found in Alberta on Friday, the same day two Atlantic provinces tightened their boundaries and Ontar...
Jan 08, 2021
As American aftershocks persist, Trudeau says riot 'incited by current president'
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Aftershocks shuddered through America's political and cultural bedrock again Friday as shaken lawmakers forged ahead with plans to make Donald Trump the first U.S. president to be i...
Jan 08, 2021
Approved COVID-19 vaccines not enough to inoculate all Canadians by September: Anand
OTTAWA - Federal procurement minister Anita Anand says Canada will do "whatever it takes" to get more vaccine doses delivered to Canada faster but there hasn't yet been any change to the number of dos...
Jan 08, 2021
Timeline: A look at Canada's relationship with Iran, before and after the PS752 crash
OTTAWA - It has been 66 years since Canada and Iran established diplomatic ties. Those had frayed and been mended many times before the crash of a Ukraine International Airlines flight near Tehran kil...
Jan 08, 2021
'That's the plane': How the federal government reacted to the downing of Flight PS752
OTTAWA - Shortly before 10 p.m. on Jan. 7, 2020, Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne peeked at his mobile phone during a particularly intense teleconference. A BBC report of a plane c...
Jan 08, 2021
Biden blames Trump for violence at Capitol that's shaken US
WASHINGTON - President-elect Joe Biden has denounced the rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol as "domestic terrorists" and he blamed President Donald Trump for the violence that has shaken the nation'...
Jan 08, 2021
Capitol siege raises security worries for Biden inauguration
WASHINGTON - The violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol is intensifying scrutiny over security at the upcoming inauguration ceremony for President-elect Joe Biden, which already has been reshaped by...
Jan 08, 2021
OPINION
Murray Wood: A star-crossed leader is beset by floor-crossing MPs
Murray Wood says Pierre Poilievre has suffered some bad timing in his career as Conservative leader, but the question is...
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On Friday's show, Evan looks at the stormy forecast for Saskatchewan heading into the weekend, the potential delays to s...