The Evan Bray Show Segments - Monday, January 13th
8:30 - Monday Morning Coffee - Mike Tait, CEO of the Regina Chamber of Commerce, joins Evan to discuss the biggest stories making headlines this morni...
Jan 13, 2025
In the news: Carney travelling north, BDC and defence partnerships, NSF fees capped
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... Carney travelling to Yellowknife, Norway Prime Minister Mark Carney is again heading overseas, this time to Norway to observe NATO Cold Response exercises as Canad...
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New federal rules limiting non-sufficient funds fees to $10 kick in Thursday
New rules are now in effect limiting the amount that banks can charge customers who don't have enough money in their accounts to cover a cheque or other pre-authorized charge. Canada's new cap on non-sufficient funds fees is set at $10 for personal dep...
5h ago
Carney travelling to Yellowknife, Norway for defence-focused northern trip
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is again heading overseas, this time to Norway to observe NATO Cold Response exercises as Canada deepens ties with Nordic countries. He will stop first in Yellowknife on Thursday. "In this time of global uncertainty,...
5h ago
Business Development Bank boosts funds available to defence-sector entrepreneurs
The Business Development Bank of Canada is increasing the funds available to entrepreneurs looking to take advantage of an anticipated boom in defence spending. Late last year, the federal Crown corporation announced up to $4 billion in financing, i...
5h ago
Alberta's chambers of commerce say separation talk not helping attract business
EDMONTON - Alberta's chambers of commerce say talk of the province potentially quitting Confederation is bad for business, with one saying it's time Premier Danielle Smith's government move on from blaming former prime minister Justin Trudeau. The Albe...
5h ago
Second Saskatoon overpass hit by semi truck hauling equipment
Days after the Highway 11 overpass in Saskatoon was hit by a semi truck, city inspectors were called to a second incident Wednesday afternoon. The city said an over-height load clipped the 108th Street overpass around 5 p.m. "City of Saskatoon staff and structural engineers went immediately to the scene following ...
11h ago
Outdated intel likely led US to carry out deadly strike on Iranian elementary school, AP sources say
WASHINGTON (AP) - Outdated intelligence likely led to the United States carrying out a deadly missile strike on an elementary school in Iran that killed over 165 people, many of them children, in the opening hours of the conflict, according to a U.S. o...
12h ago
Trump administration kicks off new process to try to replace tariffs struck down by Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration on Wednesday opened a new trade investigation into manufacturing in foreign countries - an effort that comes after the Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump's previous use of tariffs by declaring an...
13h ago
King Charles 'expressed his concern' over Alberta separatism in meeting: grand chief
EDMONTON - The grand chief of the Confederacy of Treaty Six First Nations says King Charles "expressed his concern" after hearing about Alberta's separatist push in a face-to-face meeting with Indigenous leaders on Wednesday. Grand Chief Joey Pete, who...
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