Murray Wood: Going to seed, in a good way
Murray Wood says seed sales are taking off this spring. Food prices are likely convincing some to grow their own vegetab...
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Bills on high rent, lack of housing lost in rush to wrap N.S. legislature: NDP
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's NDP leader is highlighting a pair of her party's housing bills she says were lost in the government's rush to wrap up the fall sitting of the legislature. Claudia Chender says ...
Oct 07, 2025
Fiscal watchdog gives mixed review to Ottawa's budget framework changes
OTTAWA - Ottawa's fiscal watchdog says that while there are good ideas in the new budget framework the federal government announced this week, its definition of capital spending could blur the picture...
Oct 07, 2025
Shares of Trilogy Metals more than triple after U.S. government investment
TORONTO - Shares of Trilogy Metals Inc. more than tripled in early trading after the U.S. government announced it would take a 10 per cent stake in the mineral exploration company. Shares in the Vanco...
Oct 07, 2025
Permanent versus term: How to know which type of insurance is best for you
Life insurance can protect your loved ones financially after you're gone, but picking the right kind can protect your wallet even when you're alive. Generally, there are two kinds of life insurance: t...
Oct 07, 2025
Alberta Premier in Ottawa to push for federal partnership on energy projects
OTTAWA - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is in Ottawa this week, following up on her now week-old pledge to help fund the development of a proposal for a new oil pipeline to Canada's West Coast. Smith ...
Oct 07, 2025 Prime Minister Mark Carney is seen with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith at the start of a meeting in Ottawa, Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Ottawa's drive for aid efficiency doesn't have to abandon values, aid official says
OTTAWA - As the Carney government moves to refocus foreign aid on what it sees as "effective" investment, a major recipient of Canadian development funds says Ottawa should strike a balance between pr...
Oct 07, 2025 A Rohingya refugee carries a food ration sack on his back from a distribution center in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, March 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)
As Trump digs in on tariff rhetoric, LeBlanc suggests quick deals in the works
WASHINGTON - A high-profile meeting between Prime Minister Mark Carney and U.S. President Donald Trump Tuesday resulted in Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc vowing both sides are focused on q...
Oct 07, 2025
U.S. government to take 10-per-cent stake in Canadian mining company Trilogy Metals
Vancouver-based Trilogy Metals Inc. says the U.S. government will take a 10-per-cent stake in the mineral exploration company, which has mining interests in Alaska that Washington wants to see develop...
Oct 06, 2025
Quebec and Alberta united in pushing back against Ottawa, Premier Danielle Smith says
MONTREAL - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said Monday that her province and Quebec are united in their desire to resist federal overreach, as she pushed for closer economic ties between the provinces....
Oct 06, 2025
Ottawa shifts budgets to the fall as minister defends new fiscal focus
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Franois-Philippe Champagne on Monday unveiled major changes to how and when the Liberal government will introduce federal budgets in the future as the focus on Ottawa's curre...
Oct 06, 2025
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Sarah Mills: We are feeling the pinch of rising prices, even beyond the gas pumps
Costs have already gone up with airlines. Parcel and delivery services could also increase, and even ride sharing may ja...
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, April 14
On Tuesday's show, Evan talks about the Prime Minister's transition from minority to majority government, explores a pro...