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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Canada needs to increase testing capacity before life can return to normal: PM
OTTAWA - Life in Canada won't return to normal until Canadian authorities can quickly find and weed out new outbreaks of the virus that causes COVID-19, but the country is far from capable of tha...
Apr 15, 2020
Harsh policing and big fines don't make people safer from COVID-19: criminologists
Corey Yanofsky, a data scientist living in Ottawa, took his dog out for a walk last week and ended up with an $880 fine for standing in the wrong place during the COVID-19 pan...
Apr 15, 2020
Military seeks to attract commercial pilots affected by COVID-19 pandemic
OTTAWA - The Royal Canadian Air Force is hoping to address a critical shortage of experienced pilots by scooping up some of the hundreds of commercial pilots whose jobs have been negatively affec...
Apr 15, 2020
Time for pointing fingers will come later, Trudeau says as Trump calls out WHO
WASHINGTON - Now is not the time to point fingers or assign blame for COVID-19, Canada's federal government said Wednesday after Donald Trump, his re-election hopes hijacked by a&n...
Apr 15, 2020
Bibeau says Canada has enough food but COVID-19 will still bring challenges
OTTAWA - Higher prices and less variety on store shelves is a possibility as the agriculture industry confronts a wide range of challenges created by COVID-19, the federal agriculture minister sa...
Apr 15, 2020
MPs should return to House of Commons to scrutinize COVID-19 measures: Scheer
OTTAWA - With a Monday deadline looming, federal parties are grappling with the question of whether in-person sittings of the House of Commons and the Senate should resume in Ottawa. The House of Comm...
Apr 15, 2020
Emergency doctors urged to avoid drugs used to ventilate COVID-19 patients
OTTAWA - Emergency doctors have been warned to try to avoid using the limited supply of medications needed for patients on ventilators, as they could be critical in the fight against COVID-19. Putting...
Apr 15, 2020
Trump gives governors 3-phase plan to reopen economy
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump gave governors a road map Thursday for recovering from the economic pain of the coronavirus pandemic, laying out "a phased and deliberate approach" to restoring nor...
Apr 15, 2020
EU blasts Trump's WHO funding cut, fears it worsens pandemic
GENEVA - Nations around the world reacted with alarm Wednesday after President Donald Trump announced a halt to the sizable funding the United States sends to the World Health Organization. Health exp...
Apr 15, 2020
Warren becomes latest ex-presidential rival to back Biden
WASHINGTON - Elizabeth Warren endorsed Joe Biden on Wednesday, the latest of the former vice-president's onetime White House rivals to back him as the Democratic Party moves to project unity against P...
Apr 15, 2020
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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 ...
