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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B.C. snap election coloured by pandemic recovery, candidate gaffes
VANCOUVER - Voters go to the polls Saturday to determine who will lead British Columbia through the COVID-19 pandemic and recovery, marking the end of a campaign unlike any in the province's recent hi...
Oct 23, 2020
Some facts on British Columbia politics as the province heads to the polls Saturday
VANCOUVER - Voters in British Columbia go to the polls on Saturday. Here's some of what you need to know about B.C. politics: - The NDP formed a minority government in 2017 with support from the Green...
Oct 23, 2020
Trudeau walks back pledge to end boil-water advisories on First Nations by 2021
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau walked back a promise to lift all on-reserve boil-water advisories by 2021 on Friday, as the First Nation with Canada's longest-standing drinking water advisory learned i...
Oct 23, 2020
Trudeau touts vaccine deals as Canada notches new daily record in COVID-19 cases
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is trying to offer Canadians modest hope about progress in testing and vaccine development after Canada notched an all-time high of new COVID-19 cases in a day. Trudeau t...
Oct 23, 2020
Companies warn Tory motion could deter domestic production of PPE
OTTAWA - Canadian companies that answered the government's call to produce ventilators and other desperately needed equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic say they're worried opposition MPs are now de...
Oct 23, 2020
American voters living in Canada increasingly being counted in presidential race
OTTAWA - Soon Jenny Wiebe will drive from her Fredericton home to the Maine town where she was born, to retrieve the mail-in ballot her parents are holding for her. The 55-year-old dual Canadian-U. S....
Oct 23, 2020
Canada, Alberta agree on caribou protection deal that gives them years to take action
EDMONTON - Canada and Alberta have signed a deal on caribou protection that gives them years to take action but could allow energy drilling to resume on some ranges. "I'm very concerned that developme...
Oct 23, 2020
For Mi'kmaq fishers, dreams of a peaceful harvest on N.S. waters repeatedly dashed
HALIFAX - Mi'kmaw fisherman Robert Syliboy says he dreams of peacefully trapping lobster off the shores of southwestern Nova Scotia. But the hopes of the 27-year-old from the Sipekne'katik First Natio...
Oct 23, 2020
Federal study details workers hit hardest by tax, benefit system for extra earnings
OTTAWA - Newly released documents show Finance Department officials calculated that workers near the bottom of the income ladder are dinged hardest for extra earnings than anybody else, including thos...
Oct 23, 2020
Fiasco over pope's cut civil union quote intensifies impact
ROME - The world premiere of a documentary on Pope Francis was supposed to have been a bright spot for a papacy locked down by a pandemic and besieged by a corruption scandal, recalling Francis' glory...
Oct 23, 2020
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Sarah Mills: Trying to score World Cup tickets is a fool's game under FIFA
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
On today's show, Evan asks whether you really relax when you have time off, the economic impact of the industrial carbon...
