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Despite COVID-19 and un-Canadian temperatures, Habs fans are legion in Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS - Joe Fruchter is smiling - and sweating. Flanked by his children, Rachel and Bradley, the New York City lawyer is grinning ear to ear, about to watch a hockey game in person for the first t...
Jun 15, 2021
Moe pushing federal government for rules on international travel
For many people, the thought of travelling again has been all that has got them through the pandemic. Saskatchewan's premier is pushing the federal government on how that might happen again. Premier S...
Jun 15, 2021 Premier Scott Moe. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
B.C. premier says changes to U.S. cruise ship rules remain temporary
VICTORIA - British Columbia's premier says legislation proposed in the United States that would scrap a long-standing requirement for American cruise ships to dock at a foreign port between domestic s...
Jun 11, 2021
New York congressman says Biden, Trudeau to talk plan for Canada-U.S. border at G7
WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and President Joe Biden will discuss plans to reopen the Canada-U.S. border when they meet on the margins of the G7 summit, a New York congressman said Thurs...
Jun 10, 2021
Travel quarantine rules set to ease for fully vaxed Canadians, permanent residents
TORONTO - Fully vaccinated Canadian citizens and permanent residents who test negative for COVID-19 will likely soon be exempt from two weeks quarantine on return to Canada, the government announced W...
Jun 09, 2021
PM: Canada will ease border restrictions for fully vaccinated travellers, eventually
WASHINGTON - Canada will indeed be taking steps to ease restrictions at the border for fully vaccinated travellers, Justin Trudeau said Tuesday - he just won't say when. With Canada-U.S. travel restri...
Jun 08, 2021
Canada's border agency urgently developing biometric plans in response to COVID-19
OTTAWA - Canada's border agency has an "urgent need" to hire a global technology firm to help develop a biometric strategy in response to rapidly evolving issues including COVID-19. The Canada Border ...
Jun 07, 2021
Nunavut lifts 14-day quarantine requirement for fully vaccinated travellers
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Travellers who have received both doses of COVID-19 vaccine will soon be exempt from a 14-day stay in Nunavut's government-run isolation hotels. Starting next Monday, fully vaccinat...
Jun 07, 2021
Federal government hiking fines for hotel quarantine violators
OTTAWA - The federal government is increasing the fine for air travellers who refuse to quarantine in a designated hotel for three days after arriving in Canada. Travellers who had faced a $3,000 fine...
Jun 03, 2021
Canadians growing 'impatient' on border, Garneau says as businesses push to reopen
WASHINGTON - Tiny cracks of daylight are beginning to appear in the barriers that have kept people from casually crossing the Canada-U.S. border for the last 13 months - but they mostly seem to be on ...
Jun 02, 2021
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, Sept. 19
Evan talks with Premier Moe about his trip to China and the current state of canola tariffs, Ray Wilgenbusch about the M...