Murray Wood: The day Canada Became a nation
April 9, 1917 was Easter Monday. On that date, 109 years ago, Canadian soldiers made history at Vimy Ridge. Murray Wood ...
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Elon Musk's Neuralink brain chip implanted into two quadriplegic Canadian patients
TORONTO - Two Canadian patients with spinal cord injuries have received Neuralink brain implants that have allowed them to control a computer with their thoughts. They are part of the first clinical t...
Sep 05, 2025 Dr. Andres Lozano, right, a neurosurgeon at University Health Network, and his surgical team at Toronto Western Hospital are shown in this handout image on Wednesday Aug. 27, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout - UHN / Neuralink
Timeline of mass stabbing on Manitoba First Nation, attacker dies in crash
WINNIPEG - RCMP say a man killed his sister and wounded several others Thursday in a stabbing rampage on a Manitoba First Nation. He then fled and was killed in a highway crash with a Mountie who was ...
Sep 04, 2025
Ontario’s top doctor says province needs to modernize vaccine registry, calls for national schedule
TORONTO - Ontario's top doctor is calling for a national immunization schedule and registry to address gaps exposed by the resurgence of measles in Canada - but first, he says his own province needs a...
Sep 04, 2025
Quebec replaces Luc Boileau as head of public health with Caroline Quach-Thanh
MONTREAL - Quebec is replacing its national public health director, with Dr. Caroline Quach-Thanh taking over from Dr. Luc Boileau. In a statement Wednesday, the government said Quach-Thanh's term wil...
Sep 04, 2025
Sim says Vancouver is 'begging' B.C. for mental health supports after festival attack
VANCOUVER - No city can completely eliminate all risks to public safety and it's not feasible to protect every event among thousands held each year, Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim said following the release ...
Sep 04, 2025
Manitoba premier says proposed supervised consumption site will be changed
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is changing the planned location of its first supervised consumption site after facing stiff opposition from area residents. The province, in partnership with the Ab...
Sep 03, 2025
Ontario doctor fined for breaking privacy rules to offer circumcision services
Ontario's information and privacy commissioner has ordered a Windsor doctor and his private clinic to pay thousands of dollars in fines for privacy breaches in a case she calls a "cautionary tale" for...
Sep 03, 2025
Florida plans to become first state to eliminate all childhood vaccine mandates
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Florida plans to become the first state to eliminate vaccine mandates that have been a cornerstone of public health policy for decades in keeping schoolchildren and adults ...
Sep 03, 2025
They had to navigate the health-care system growing up. Now they're students at Canada's newest med school
TORONTO - Toronto Metropolitan University opened Canada's newest medical school this week, with 94 students who administrators believe reflect the diversity needed among this country's future doctors....
Sep 03, 2025
System failed Quebec girl whose 2019 killing led to youth protection reforms: coroner
MONTREAL - A seven-year-old girl from Granby, Que., whose death in 2019 galvanized the province into reforming the youth protection system, was failed by both individuals and institutions, a coroner s...
Sep 03, 2025
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 9
On Thursday's show, Evan welcomes a trio of teens to discuss banning social media for children and teenagers, discusses ...
