Murray Wood: The day Canada Became a nation
April 9, 1917 was Easter Monday. On that date, 109 years ago, Canadian soldiers made history at Vimy Ridge. Murray Wood ...
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Bank of Canada warns of bumpy economic start to 2021 despite vaccine rollout
OTTAWA - Positive news about vaccine delivery won't be enough to give the economy a shot in the arm to start 2021, the Bank of Canada said Wednesday as it kept its key interest rate on hold and warned...
Dec 09, 2020
Kim's sister slams Seoul for questioning zero-virus claim
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's influential sister lambasted South Korea's foreign minister on Wednesday for questioning the North's claim to be coronavirus free and warn...
Dec 09, 2020
Kovrig, Spavor are 'inspiring' and 'robust' in Chinese prison, says Canada's envoy
OTTAWA - Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor are physically and mentally well and showing inspiring resilience as they near the end of their second year of imprisonment by the People's Republic, says Ca...
Dec 08, 2020
B.C. ministers pay tribute to Joseph Arvay, lawyer and civil rights champion
VICTORIA - British Columbia's attorney general paid tribute Tuesday to a lawyer he credited with reforming Canada's legal landscape and fighting for the rights of all Canadians throughout his lifetime...
Dec 08, 2020
'Stronger action:' Many businesses to close as Alberta tightens COVID restrictions
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, his province relentlessly pounded by thousands of new COVID-19 cases, has reintroduced strict economic lockdown rules and banned all outdoor social gatherings....
Dec 08, 2020
AP sources: Biden picks Fudge for housing, Vilsack for USDA
WASHINGTON - President-elect Joe Biden made two key domestic policy picks Tuesday, selecting Ohio Rep. Marcia Fudge as his housing and urban development secretary and former Agriculture Secretary Tom ...
Dec 08, 2020
Saga over senator who posted anti-Indigenous letters continues in Senate
OTTAWA - Lynn Beyak, the senator who posted derogatory letters about Indigenous people on her website, once again faces the prospect of expulsion from the Senate. The Senate's ethics committee recomme...
Dec 08, 2020
High court rejects GOP bid to halt Biden's Pennsylvania win
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected Republicans' last-gasp bid to reverse Pennsylvania's certification of President-elect Joe Biden's victory in the electoral battleground. The court wi...
Dec 08, 2020
FBI wanted Meng's border exam report, travel history: CBSA airport manager
VANCOUVER - A senior manager with the Canada Border Services Agency at Vancouver's airport says the Federal Bureau of Investigation asked for a copy of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou's border exam repo...
Dec 08, 2020
Trump hails vaccine 'miracle,' with millions of doses soon
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump celebrated the expected approval of the first U.S. vaccine for the coronavirus Tuesday as the White House worked to instil confidence in the massive distribution ef...
Dec 08, 2020
OPINION
Sarah Mills: The prime minister needs to live by his own bilingual rules
Sarah Mills says Mark Carney largely speaking French in his call to astronaut Jeremy Hansen breaks a standard he set whe...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 9
8:30 - Another MP just crossed the floor to the Liberal Party, just weeks away from three critical byelections where the...