Sarah Mills: I don't want to live in a world where people are shot for their opinions
Sarah Mills says she was no follower of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, but the idea that people are being killed ov...
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Pfizer first expected vaccine wouldn't be approved in Canada until February
OTTAWA - The president of Pfizer Canada says when the company signed a purchase agreement last August it didn't expect its COVID-19 vaccine to get approved here until February. Cole Pinnow also told t...
Mar 08, 2021
U.S. issues advice to those fully vaccinated, but no shift in Canada yet
New U.S. guidelines say people fully inoculated against COVID-19 can drop some precautions when gathering with others, but at least two provincial health ministers say existing public health advice ho...
Mar 08, 2021
Rolling back progress for women should not be COVID-19's legacy: Trudeau
OTTAWA - A rollback of the progress women have made can't be a legacy of the COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday as he virtually addressed an annual event aimed at getting mor...
Mar 08, 2021
Liberals told to think beyond child care in work to craft 'shecession' recovery plan
OTTAWA - Decades of job gains for women could vanish if Ottawa's plan to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic doesn't rethink federal skills programs and stimulus plans, experts said Monday.Low-income w...
Mar 08, 2021
MPs vote to issue summons for Kielburger brothers to testify at ethics committee
OTTAWA - WE Charity co-founders Craig and Marc Kielburger are proposing to testify after being summoned by a House of Commons committee, but the charity's lawyer says they won't answer questions about...
Mar 08, 2021
Virtual voting for House of Commons moves into next phase with debut of mobile app
OTTAWA - Members of Parliament zipped through two votes in 30 minutes Monday as they began using new technology allowing them to cast votes with their mobile devices. The voting app is the latest adap...
Mar 08, 2021
GOP Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri won't seek reelection in 2022
COLUMBIA, Mo. - Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri said Monday he will not seek reelection, making him the fifth Republican in the Senate to bow out rather than seek another term in a party searching for dire...
Mar 08, 2021
With virus aid in sight, Democrats debate filibuster changes
WASHINGTON - With President Joe Biden on the verge of his first big legislative victory, a key moderate Democrat says he's open to changing Senate rules that could allow for more party-line votes to p...
Mar 08, 2021
Claimed value of sleepy NY estate could come to haunt Trump
NEW YORK - It's sleepy by Donald Trump's standards, but the former president's century-old estate in New York's Westchester County could end up being one of his bigger legal nightmares. Seven Springs,...
Mar 08, 2021
Pope weighed Iraq virus risk but believes God will protect
Pope Francis said Monday he weighed the risks of a high-profile trip to Iraq during the coronavirus pandemic, but said he decided to go ahead with it after much prayer and belief that God would look o...
Mar 08, 2021
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, Sept. 11
Evan chats with political columnist Biran Lilley and lawyer Warren Kinsella after the shocking death of Charlie Kirk. He...
