Murray Wood: Of Easter bunny bells and Juicy Fruit gum
For Murray Wood, Easter brings to mind grandma's practical advice about repurposing, and some of life's little lessons.
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Call out to retired doctors: you're needed if COVID-19 keeps spreading in Canada
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's call for recently retired doctors to return to work if the COVID-19 pandemic worsens is spurring other provinces to make similar emergency preparations, says the&nb...
Mar 14, 2020
Washington confronts coronavirus with new tools and angst
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump announced Saturday that the United States will expand its European travel restrictions to include Britain and Ireland as the U.S., armed with new tools against the ...
Mar 13, 2020
Trump says top cruise ship companies stopping trips from US
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump tweeted on Friday that four major cruise ship companies have agreed to suspend trips from the U.S. for 30 days, effective at midnight. Trump said that Carnival, Roy...
Mar 13, 2020
Premiers warn billions more needed from feds to weather COVID-19 crisis
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau got thanks from Canada's premiers Friday for $11-billion in federal funding to confront the health and economic impact of the rapidly spreading no...
Mar 13, 2020
Concerns raised over COVID-19 outbreak plans for Indigenous communities
Ottawa's plans to respond to possible COVID-19 outbreaks in remote, fly-in and already vulnerable Indigenous communities are getting a failing grade from opposition politicians who say they ...
Mar 13, 2020
Visits halted in fed prisons, immigration centres over virus
WASHINGTON - Inmates at all 122 federal correctional facilities across the country will no longer be allowed visits from family, friends or attorneys for the next 30 days, in response to the threat of...
Mar 13, 2020
2nd person with Trump at Mar-a-Lago tests positive for virus
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Friday he will likely be tested for the novel coronavirus "fairly soon," as questions swirled about why the president, his top aides and his family weren't doi...
Mar 13, 2020
Manitoba closing schools March 23 due to COVID-19 pandemic
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government says it is closing schools for three weeks because of COVID-19. Education Minister Kelvin Goertzen says classes will be suspended starting March 23. Schools will be ...
Mar 13, 2020
The good and bad consequences of school closures amid a disease outbreak
TORONTO - From school closures to travel restrictions to limits on large gatherings, Canada entered a new stage in combating the spread of COVID-19 this week with measures that various exper...
Mar 13, 2020
Two Nunavut hamlets ask visitors to stay away to keep COVID-19 out
Two Nunavut hamlets are asking visitors to stay away to help keep COVID-19 out of the remote communities with limited public health resources. "The council is asking consultants or people coming in to...
Mar 13, 2020
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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 ...