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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Demographic data 'essential' to track spread of COVID-19: researchers
OTTAWA - Gaps in Canada's data collection means the country could be unable to see which groups are most affected by COVID-19, researchers warn. There are questions about whether low-income workers ar...
Apr 08, 2020
Armed Forces reports 20 military suicides last year, largest number since 2014
OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces has quietly revealed that 20 service members took their own lives last year, the largest number of military suicides since 2014. The increase came despite the federa...
Apr 08, 2020
'Little to do with COVID:' Landowners, law experts criticize well cleanup bill
EDMONTON - Landowners and legal experts say Alberta's hastily passed bill to help clean up the province's huge stockpile of abandoned energy facilities harms property rights without addressing why the...
Apr 08, 2020
Border screenings and smartphone apps: A look at Alberta's relaunch strategy
EDMONTON - Albertan Premier Jason Kenney has announced some details about what he calls the province's relaunch strategy. The plan focuses on gradually boosting the economy while preventing a sec...
Apr 08, 2020
Canada-U.S. ties getting 'constant gardening' to protect supply lines: Freeland
WASHINGTON - Canada's relationship with the United States has always required "constant gardening," but never more so than in the throes of a global pandemic, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland s...
Apr 08, 2020
Alberta plan to use smartphones to enforce quarantines raises privacy questions
CALGARY - A privacy expert says Alberta's plan to use smartphone technology to enforce quarantines should come with a clear end date and detailed explanation of how data would be handled. The move is ...
Apr 08, 2020
First troops return from Ukraine, in quarantine at Ontario military base
OTTAWA - More than 100 Canadian soldiers have returned home from Ukraine and are in quarantine at an Ontario military base for the next two weeks to ensure they do not have COVID-19. The troops arrive...
Apr 08, 2020
Vote on new COVID-19 relief bill awaits deal on how to question ministers
OTTAWA - Legislation to enact a massive wage subsidy program is being held up as political parties debate how Parliament should work in the midst of a deadly global pandemic. The Liberal government is...
Apr 08, 2020
Sanders drops 2020 bid, leaving Biden as likely nominee
WASHINGTON - Sen. Bernie Sanders, who saw his once strong lead in the Democratic primary evaporate as the party's establishment lined swiftly up behind rival Joe Biden, ended his presidential bid on W...
Apr 08, 2020
Toronto company expands ventilator production tenfold to meet demand
OTTAWA - One of the companies making ventilators for the federal government is expanding its production capacity more than tenfold to meet demands created by the COVID-19 pandemic. Another one has nev...
Apr 08, 2020
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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...