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Trudeau considered best to manage pandemic, revive economy, poll suggests
OTTAWA - A new poll suggests Prime Minister Justin Trudeau would be well placed to fight an election this fall, seen as the leader best able to care for Canadians during the COVID-19 pandemic and to g...
Aug 25, 2020 (The Canadian Press)
Doctors want health care to become top issue in New Brunswick election campaign
FREDERICTON - The New Brunswick Medical Society is calling on political parties to make health care the top priority of the provincial election campaign. President Dr. Chris Goodyear said Tuesday that...
Aug 25, 2020
B.C. to release latest overdose death figures after record set in June
VICTORIA - British Columbia's chief coroner is scheduled to release the latest details on overdose deaths related to illicit drugs today after the province set a monthly record for fatalities in June....
Aug 25, 2020 (The Canadian Press)
New Conservative leader Erin O'Toole to lay out his blueprint for party
OTTAWA - Newly elected Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole will speak to reporters today for the first time since his victory in the leadership race. His plan for a news conference after the results were...
Aug 25, 2020 (The Canadian Press)
Melania Trump tells virus sufferers they're 'not alone'
WASHINGTON - Melania Trump went there. While others at the Republican National Convention spoke about the coronavirus largely as a challenge successfully conquered, the first lady on Tuesday night use...
Aug 24, 2020
Gun-control reforms passed last year might not be fully in place until 2022: memo
OTTAWA - Several federal gun-control measures that received royal assent over a year ago, including expanded background checks, might not come into effect before 2022, says an internal government...
Aug 24, 2020
Bank of Canada looks for broader input in updating inflation-target framework
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada is turning to the public for input on its inflation-rate target that underlies any changes to the central bank's trend-setting interest rate. The bank had already planned o...
Aug 24, 2020
Military lifts order grounding Snowbirds team, some restrictions still in place
OTTAWA - Canadians can expect to see a different Snowbirds show next year - including fewer low-level and low-speed manoeuvres - as the military is placing new restrictions on its famed aerobatics tea...
Aug 24, 2020
Canadians join lawsuit to overturn opening Alaska wilderness to energy drilling
Canadian environmentalists and First Nations have joined a U.S. lawsuit that seeks to overturn a U.S. decision that opens an Alaska wilderness for oil and gas exploration. The lawsuit, filed...
Aug 24, 2020
Canadian producers cheer, U.S. denounces WTO decision on softwood lumber
WASHINGTON - Canadian lumber producers cheered the latest decision Monday from the World Trade Organization on Canada's long-standing dispute with its largest trading partner over exports of softwood ...
Aug 24, 2020
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On Tuesday's show, Evan talks about the Prime Minister's transition from minority to majority government, explores a pro...
