Murray Wood: Artemis is what the world needed this week
Murray Wood says the Artemis II moon mission is sorely needed right now. Wood says you'd never know from looking at the ...
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Ottawa announces $3.16 billion to plant two billion trees over the next decade
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The Canadian government says it will spend $3.16 billion to plant two billion trees over the next ten years. Natural Resources Minister Seamus O'Regan made the funding announcement ...
Dec 14, 2020
Anti-racism task force calls for end to racial profiling in all Quebec police forces
MONTREAL - Random police stops should be banned for all of Quebec's police forces and patrol units should include social workers who can de-escalate tensions during interventions, the province's anti-...
Dec 14, 2020
Wildfires take over from industry as major source of cancer-causing air toxins: study
Wildfires have taken over from industry as a major source of a group of cancer-causing chemical toxins in the air, Environment Canada says. The first national assessment of polycyclic aromatic compoun...
Dec 14, 2020
US sanctions NATO ally Turkey over Russian missile defence
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration on Monday imposed sanctions on its NATO ally Turkey over its purchase of a Russian air defence system, in a striking move against a longtime partner that sets the...
Dec 14, 2020
Wisconsin Supreme Court tosses Trump election lawsuit
MADISON, Wis. - A narrowly divided Wisconsin Supreme Court on Monday rejected President Donald Trump's lawsuit attempting to overturn his election loss in the battleground state about an hour before t...
Dec 14, 2020
Canada's first COVID-19 vaccine given to Toronto health-care worker
TORONTO - A personal support worker from a Toronto nursing home received Canada's first COVID-19 vaccine on Monday, kicking off what will be a massive national immunization campaign. Anita Quidangen, ...
Dec 14, 2020
London faces tightest restrictions; sees new virus variant
London and its surrounding areas will be placed under Britain's highest level of coronavirus restrictions beginning Wednesday as infections rise rapidly in the capital, the health secretary said Monda...
Dec 14, 2020
Canada boosts foreign aid by $485 million with new funds for global COVID-19 effort
OTTAWA - Canada is helping fund the creation of a new international system to help distribute any extra COVID-19 vaccines to poor countries, says International Development Minister Karina Gould. "Cana...
Dec 14, 2020
US blames Iran in abduction, death of ex-FBI agent Levinson
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration for the first time on Monday formally blamed Iran for the presumed death of retired FBI agent Robert Levinson, publicly identifying two Iranian intelligence offic...
Dec 14, 2020
Canada a bright light in a horrible year for refugee resettlement: UN refugee agency
OTTAWA - The year 2020 will go down as the worst for refugee resettlement in recent history, says the UN refugee agency's Canadian representative. With nearly 168 countries implementing border and tra...
Dec 14, 2020
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Sarah Mills: The president is playing a game of Risk with real lives
Sarah Mills says when you make a threat like "a whole civilization will die tonight" about Iran, the only choi...
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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, April 8
8:30 - Tensions are surging after Donald Trump warned yesterday that "a whole civilization will die tonight" i...