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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Ambassador visits Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor detained in China
OTTAWA - Canada's ambassador to China has visited two Canadian detained for nearly two years in an apparent retaliation for the arrest of an executive of Chinese technology giant Huawei on a U.S. extr...
Nov 20, 2020
Trudeau says country's future at stake as COVID-19 projections take troubling turn
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is warning that Canada's future hangs in the balance if people don't reduce their contacts to prevent dire new COVID-19 projections from becoming a reality. While Ontario...
Nov 19, 2020
Georgia hand tally of votes is complete, affirms Biden lead
ATLANTA - A hand tally of ballots cast in Georgia for the presidential race has been completed, and it affirms Democrat Joe Biden's narrow lead over Republican President Donald Trump, according to res...
Nov 19, 2020
Judge halts federal execution after lawyers contract virus
WASHINGTON - A federal judge is temporarily blocking the federal government's plan to execute the first female death row inmate in almost six decades after her attorneys contracted the coronavirus vis...
Nov 19, 2020
Trump summons Michigan GOP leaders for extraordinary meeting
DETROIT - President Donald Trump summoned Michigan's Republican legislative leaders to the White House for an extraordinary meeting Friday amid a long shot GOP push to subvert the democratic process t...
Nov 19, 2020
Defence bill in danger over Confederate-named military bases
WASHINGTON - An annual defence policy measure that has passed Congress every year since the Kennedy administration is in danger of cratering next month over a move by Democrats to rename military base...
Nov 19, 2020
Trump, allies make frantic steps to overturn Biden victory
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump and his allies are taking increasingly frantic steps to subvert the results of the 2020 election, including summoning state legislators to the White House as part o...
Nov 19, 2020
Joe Biden wins Georgia, flipping the state for Democrats
WASHINGTON - Joe Biden has won Georgia and its 16 electoral votes, an extraordinary victory for Democrats who pushed to expand their electoral map through the Sun Belt. The win by Biden pads his Elect...
Nov 19, 2020
Opposition leaders briefed on alarming rise in COVID-19 cases in Canada
OTTAWA - Alarming new projections for the spread of COVID-19 in Canada are expected to forecast a dramatic rise in cases over the next few weeks if Canadians don't strictly limit their contact with pe...
Nov 19, 2020
B.C. expands COVID-19 restrictions, orders masks in public spaces as virus surges
VICTORIA - British Columbia is making it mandatory to wear masks in public spaces, while social interactions will be under new restrictions until Dec. 7 because of a surge in COVID-19 cases. Provincia...
Nov 19, 2020
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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
On Thursday's show, Evan welcomes a trio of teens to discuss banning social media for children and teenagers, discusses ...