Murray Wood: A star-crossed leader is beset by floor-crossing MPs
Murray Wood says Pierre Poilievre has suffered some bad timing in his career as Conservative leader, but the question is...
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Human rights museum in Winnipeg releases framework to address racism
WINNIPEG - The Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg has laid out how it will move forward after allegations of racism, homophobia and censorship. Museum president and CEO Isha Khan says ...
Nov 05, 2020
Flu shot demand up and getting more supply won't be easy
OTTAWA - As demand for flu shots appears to be up across the country, the Public Health Agency of Canada is working with suppliers to order more doses - a feat that could prove more difficult than it ...
Nov 05, 2020
St. Anne's residential school document fight to stay in Ontario, Appeal Court rules
TORONTO - An Ontario judge was wrong to order a legal fight involving victims of one of the country's most notorious residential schools and the federal government be heard in British Columbia, a high...
Nov 05, 2020
Manitoba adds public health enforcers as Quebec resists calls to loosen rules
Manitoba enlisted more help Thursday to enforce COVID-19 restrictions, while Quebec's premier resisted calls to relax measures in Montreal, and Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia reported thei...
Nov 05, 2020
Trudeau speaks with Macron amid furor over his response to attacks in France
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau defended free expression in a call with the president of France on Thursday, his office says. The conversation with France's Emmanuel Macron came one week after ...
Nov 05, 2020
The latest news on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern):7 p.m.Alberta is announcing another record-breaking day of new COVID-19 cases.Dr. Deena Hinshaw, the province's chief medical health offi...
Nov 05, 2020
Judges dismiss Trump claims in Georgia, Michigan
WASHINGTON - Judges in Georgia and Michigan quickly dismissed Trump campaign lawsuits Thursday, undercutting a campaign legal strategy to attack the integrity of the voting process in states where the...
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City says more than 14,000 ballots were cast at Regina advance polls
Advance polls for the 2020 municipal election in Regina drew nearly twice as many voters as the advance polls prior to the 2016 civic election. According to figures released by the City of Regina, 14,...
Nov 05, 2020 Voters line up outside an advance poll at the North West Leisure Centre on Nov. 4, 2020. (Murray Wood/980 CJME)
Protection against cruel punishment doesn't apply to corporations: Supreme Court
OTTAWA - Only people, not corporations, benefit from the charter protection against cruel or unusual punishment, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled. The unanimous decision came Thursday in a case i...
Nov 05, 2020
Vancouver council waits until staff report in 2021 before making Olympic bid decision
VANCOUVER - City council will wait until early 2021 before deciding whether Vancouver should make a bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics. In a message posted on social media, Coun. Melissa De Genova says ...
Nov 05, 2020
OPINION
Sarah Mills: A lifetime smoking ban in the UK may be a step too far
Sarah Mills says there are great health-care costs associated with smoking, but those costs are also associated with obe...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 23
8:30 - Construction for the AI data centre in the RM of Sherwood is set to begin this spring, but many residents in the ...