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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Youths behind climate lawsuit file appeal after Federal Court rejects case
VANCOUVER - A group of 15 young people will try again to have the courts force Ottawa to develop a climate recovery plan after it was denied by Federal Court. The youths have filed an appeal of the co...
Nov 24, 2020
2 detained for speaking Spanish settle border patrol lawsuit
HELENA, Mont. - Two women who were detained in northern Montana by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents for speaking Spanish while shopping at a convenience store have reached an undisclosed mone...
Nov 24, 2020
Mountie doesn't recall talk about sharing information about Meng's devices with FBI
VANCOUVER - An RCMP officer tasked with overseeing the electronics seized from Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou says he doesn't recall a senior officer telling him that he shared information about the de...
Nov 24, 2020
Keystone XL not the same project John Kerry nixed in 2015, Canada's U.S. envoy says
WASHINGTON, D.C. - President-elect Joe Biden's new climate envoy may be the same person who nixed the Keystone XL pipeline expansion in 2015, but the project itself has evolved significantly since the...
Nov 24, 2020
Biden win over Trump in Nevada made official by court
LAS VEGAS - The Nevada Supreme Court made Joe Biden's win in the state official on Tuesday, approving the state's final canvass of the Nov. 3 election. The unanimous action by the seven nonpartisan ju...
Nov 24, 2020
Lack of Canadian vaccine production means others could get inoculations first: PM
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sought to reassure Canadians on Tuesday that COVID-19 vaccines will start to arrive in the coming months even as he acknowledged that other nations are likely to...
Nov 24, 2020
The latest news on COVID 19 developments in Canada on Nov. 24, 2020
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 7:38 p.m. British Columbia is reporting 941 new cases of COVID-19 today, along with 10 deaths. Health officials say there are 7,...
Nov 24, 2020
Biden certified as winner of Pennsylvania presidential vote
HARRISBURG, Pa. - Democrat Joe Biden was certified Tuesday as winner of the presidential election in Pennsylvania, culminating three weeks of vote counting and a string of failed legal challenges by P...
Nov 24, 2020
Egyptian celeb faces backlash over photo with Israeli singer
CAIRO - An Egyptian celebrity has sparked an uproar after a photo of him with an Israeli pop star was posted online, prompting angry rants from newscasters and the actor-singer's suspension from a sta...
Nov 24, 2020
Alberta researcher gets award for COVID-19 mask innovation
Salt that crystallizes with sharp edges is the killer ingredient in the development of a reusable mask because any COVID-19 droplets that land on it would be quickly destroyed, says a researcher who i...
Nov 24, 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...