Sarah Mills: Trying to score World Cup tickets is a fool's game under FIFA
Sarah Mills spent five hours and 50 minutes in a queue for FIFA's general sale for World Cup tickets on Wednesday, only ...
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Angst around French language boils over in Quebec, as politicians warn of 'decline'
MONTREAL - Perennial anxieties around the state of the French language in Quebec have boiled over in the past week, with politicians seizing on a Liberal legislator's initial brush-off of the issue as...
Nov 21, 2020
UK signs trade deal with Canada to prepare for Brexit
LONDON - The U.K. signed an interim trade deal with Canada on Saturday, giving it more time to negotiate future trading rules as the British government prepares the country for business life outside t...
Nov 21, 2020
Canada, Britain ink new trade deal, beating Brexit, incorporating expiring EU pact
OTTAWA - Canada and Britain struck a new trade deal on Saturday, allowing the long-standing partners to trumpet a commercial triumph in the face of the economic devastation wrought by the COVID-19 pan...
Nov 21, 2020
Trudeau's efforts to bring rivals onside falters in face of new COVID-19 modelling
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's effort to try and bring rivals onside to help communicate the dramatic implications of rising COVID-19 infections appears to have faltered. While Trudeau stood...
Nov 21, 2020
Trump tries to leverage power of office to subvert Biden win
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump sought to leverage the power of the Oval Office on Friday in an extraordinary attempt to block President-elect Joe Biden's victory, but his pleas to Michigan lawmak...
Nov 21, 2020
Biden could announce Cabinet picks as soon as next week
WASHINGTON - President-elect Joe Biden is moving quickly to fill out his administration and could name top leaders for his Cabinet as early as next week. Biden told reporters on Thursday that he's alr...
Nov 21, 2020
Trudeau's efforts to bring rivals onside falters in face of new COVID-19 modelling
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's effort to try and bring rivals onside to help communicate the dramatic implications of rising COVID-19 infections appears to have faltered. While Trudeau stood...
Nov 20, 2020
A long way from lab bench to bedside: Virus experts urge COVID-19 vaccine caution
Despite recent optimism over reported results from COVID-19 vaccine trials, virologists say there is still a long way from lab bench to bedside. "You would think by this stage of the pandemic we would...
Nov 20, 2020
Justice Dept. plans 3 more executions in lame-duck period
WASHINGTON - The Justice Department has scheduled three more federal executions during the lame-duck period before President-elect Joe Biden takes office, including two just days before his inaugurati...
Nov 20, 2020
Vancouver's climate plan 'first 10 steps in a journey of 10,000,' says expert
VANCOUVER - Motorists would have to pay a fee to drive into Vancouver's downtown core under a plan to slow climate change, but one expert says while city council's goals are laudable, they could also ...
Nov 20, 2020
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Sarah Mills: Tiger Woods should know better after another DUI case
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 2
On today's show, Evan asks whether you really relax when you have time off, the economic impact of the industrial carbon...