Sarah Mills: We need more 'regular guys' in the civic process
Standing in front of CEOs, lobbyists, advocates and others at a council meeting is not an exciting prospect, but Sarah M...
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Weak GDP report unlikely to sway Bank of Canada to more rate cuts: economists
OTTAWA - The Canadian economy was showing more cracks in August, but most economists weighing in on the latest data say they don't think the Bank of Canada will respond with more rate cuts anytime soo...
Oct 31, 2025
Carney says meeting with Xi marks turning point in Canada-China relationship
GYEONGJU - Prime Minister Mark Carney walked away from a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday with an invitation to China, but no movement on the trade issues that have plagued the rela...
Oct 31, 2025 Prime Minister Mark Carney shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the start of a meeting in Gyeongju, Friday, Oct. 31, 2025. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld)
Manitoba homelessness adviser to leave job after less than a year service
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government's senior adviser on homelessness is leaving her position after roughly 10 months on the job. Tessa Blaikie Whitecloud will, as of Dec. 1, be president and CEO of the...
Oct 30, 2025
First Nation buying two more B.C. casinos, including Richmond's River Rock
NANAIMO - The Snuneymuxw First Nation announced Thursday that it is buying two British Columbia casinos, including the River Rock Casino Resort in Richmond. A statement from the Nanaimo-area nation sa...
Oct 30, 2025
Canadian yellow peas hit with India's new 30 per cent tariff on all imports
OTTAWA - Canadian yellow pea producers will now face tariffs in both of their major export markets after India announced a new 30 per cent levy on all imported yellow peas beginning Nov. 1. China impo...
Oct 30, 2025
Canada's Cyber Centre warns of hacktivists targeting water, energy systems
OTTAWA - The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security warns that hackers with an activist agenda have been tampering with online systems that control water, energy and agricultural facilities. An alert sent...
Oct 30, 2025
Federal government has spent more than $15M fighting Black class-action lawsuit
OTTAWA - The federal government has spent more than $15 million fighting a class-action lawsuit filed by Black public servants, documents filed in Parliament show. A document prepared by the Departmen...
Oct 30, 2025
Councillor says $100M project denied loan over Cowichan case, bank says not a factor
A Richmond, B.C., councillor says a company based in the city has been refused financing for what she says is a $100 million project because of uncertainty over their site due to the Cowichan Tribes A...
Oct 30, 2025
New Brunswick Liberals say gas prices to drop by about 8 cents a litre with tax cut
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick's government says it's cutting a carbon tax that will reduce prices at the pump by about eight cents a litre, starting Dec. 1. Premier Susan Holt had promised during last y...
Oct 30, 2025
Seven things to watch for as PM Mark Carney meets Chinese President Xi Jinping
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday at a summit in South Korea, where he intends to talk about "a much broader set of issues than trade....
Oct 30, 2025
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Murray Wood: Why I hate the latest round of changes in the CFL
Eight of the CFL's nine teams will qualify for the playoffs under the league's latest round of changes, but Murray Wood ...
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8:30 - Drivers are yet again feeling the pinch at the gas pump. Prices have climbed almost 20 cents per litre at some st...