Murray Wood: Of Easter bunny bells and Juicy Fruit gum
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Trudeau promises $82B in economic supports in COVID-19 fight
OTTAWA - The federal government will deploy up to $82 billion in direct spending and deferred taxes to help every Canadian get through the COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesd...
Mar 18, 2020
Health systems ramping up to deal with potential influx of COVID-19 cases
OTTAWA - While Canadians stay home in an effort to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus, officials are working behind the scenes to try to increase the health care system's capacity to fight...
Mar 18, 2020
Progressive Newman ousts Rep. Lipinski in Illinois primary
CHICAGO - Progressive Marie Newman won a rematch Tuesday with Illinois Rep. Dan Lipinski, unseating one of the most conservative Democrats in Congress in a victory for abortion-rights and women's grou...
Mar 17, 2020
Canada, U.S. working on mutual deal to restrict non-essential travel
WASHINGTON - Canada and the United States are working out the details of a proposed mutual ban on non-essential travel between the two countries, a federal government source in Ottawa says. The ...
Mar 17, 2020
Trump mulls sending all who cross border illegally to Mexico
SAN DIEGO - The Trump administration is considering a plan to turn back all people who cross the border illegally from Mexico, two administration officials said Tuesday, using powers they say the pres...
Mar 17, 2020
Trump clinches GOP nomination with Tuesday primary wins
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has clinched the Republican Party nomination, surpassing the necessary delegate threshold. Trump, who had only token opposition, now has more than the 1,276 delegat...
Mar 17, 2020
NewsAlert: 3 more COVID-19 deaths in B.C.; public health emergency declared
VICTORIA - There have been three more deaths from COVID-19 in British Columbia and a public health emergency has been declared. The latest deaths bring the total number of people in the province ...
Mar 17, 2020
Asylum seekers crossing on foot at U.S. border self-isolating: public safety minister
OTTAWA - Asylum seekers crossing by foot into Canada from the U.S. are being screened for COVID-19 and moved to a shelter to accommodate the requirement that all incoming travellers to Canada self-iso...
Mar 17, 2020
Feds ponder whether Emergencies Act powers needed to deal with COVID-19 crisis
OTTAWA - The federal government is pondering whether it needs to invoke the Emergencies Act to give itself additional powers to grapple with the rapid spread of the COVID-19 virus. Deputy Prime Minist...
Mar 17, 2020
As pandemic turns politics inside out, questions swirl around Democratic race
WASHINGTON - Movie theatres are shuttered, schools and universities unnervingly quiet, businesses and borders are turning people away and North America is bracing for the worst as the urgenc...
Mar 17, 2020
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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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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 2
8:30 - Canada's industrial carbon tax is set to rise again, and it's sparking a lot of debate about what that means for ...