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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Trump administration hands over Medicaid recipients' personal data, including addresses, to ICE
WASHINGTON (AP) - Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials will be given access to the personal data of the nation's 79 million Medicaid enrollees, including home addresses and ethnicities, to tr...
Jul 17, 2025
N.B. fast-tracking nursing home placements as hospitals struggle with overcrowding
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick's premier is blaming a lack of long-term care space for serious overcrowding at four regional hospitals, as her government tries to fast-track patients out of those facilit...
Jul 17, 2025
Smog episodes accumulate and have long-term health effects: Quebec doctors group
MONTREAL - A group of Quebec doctors is warning that poor air quality can cause long-term adverse health effects. The Quebec chapter of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment also ...
Jul 16, 2025
Manitoba announces more spaces for physician training in western region
BRANDON - The Manitoba government announced Wednesday an increase in doctor training in the western part of the province - the latest in a series of spending announcements in an area where a byelectio...
Jul 16, 2025
N.B. health officials tracking extent of measles outbreak, five confirmed cases
FREDERICTON - Public health officials in New Brunswick said Wednesday the number of confirmed measles cases in the province's south-central region has risen to five. On Tuesday officials said there we...
Jul 16, 2025
Advocate says progress being made since B.C. child torture death, more work required
British Columbia's representative for children and youth says some progress is being made to improve the child welfare system, but she's concerned "fiscal limitations" will prevent timely help from ge...
Jul 15, 2025
Federal Court of Appeal reserves decision in B.C. ostrich farm's avian flu case
OTTAWA - The Federal Court of Appeal reserved its decision in a case involving two B.C. farmers who are fighting an order from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to destroy around 400 ostriches after...
Jul 15, 2025
Federal Court says Canada acted 'unreasonably' in denying request to repair home
OTTAWA - The Federal Court says Indigenous Services Canada acted unreasonably to deny funding for mould removal in a house for two First Nations children with asthma under its Jordan's Principle progr...
Jul 14, 2025
Federal Court of Appeal to hear arguments in B.C. ostrich farm avian flu case
OTTAWA - The B.C. ostrich farmers who lost dozens of birds in an outbreak of avian flu last winter will be heading to the Federal Court of Appeal on Tuesday as they try to stop the remainder of their ...
Jul 14, 2025
Alberta surpasses U.S. in confirmed measles cases with more than 1,300 since March
EDMONTON - Alberta has surpassed the United States in confirmed measles cases, after 30 new cases were diagnosed over the weekend. The province reported Monday that it has seen 1,314 cases since the b...
Jul 14, 2025
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 9
8:30 - Another MP just crossed the floor to the Liberal Party, just weeks away from three critical byelections where the...
