Murray Wood: April is the most frustrating month on the prairies
As much of Saskatchewan deals with another spring snowstorm, Murray Wood says we're all asking the same question: This i...
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Enbridge CEO urges tanker ban end, says no company will build 'pipeline to nowhere'
CALGARY - The top executive of Canada's biggest crude shipper says his company won't consider devoting anything beyond time and expertise to Alberta's plan for a West Coast bitumen pipeline unless Ott...
Oct 02, 2025
Budget watchdog says home affordability is getting better — but not everywhere
OTTAWA - Ottawa's fiscal watchdog is reporting significant progress in closing Canada's housing affordability gap - but the picture looks very different across the country. Interim Parliamentary Budge...
Oct 02, 2025
Liberals roll out Defence Investment Agency to speed up military purchasing
OTTAWA - Ottawa is launching a new federal procurement agency designed to overhaul and centralize how the military buys its equipment. Secretary of State for Defence Procurement Stephen Fuhr, who will...
Oct 02, 2025 Secretary of State (Defence Procurement) Stephen Fuhr speaks to journalists as he arrives for a meeting of the federal cabinet in West Block on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, May 14, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Federal officials were interested in proposed Quebec LNG project, documents show
MONTREAL - Senior federal officials touted a proposed liquefied natural gas facility in Quebec as having the potential to export "substantial volumes" of LNG to Europe, documents show. The revelation ...
Oct 02, 2025
Alberta 'on notice' Coastal B.C. nations opposed to pipeline proposal
The head of a group representing First Nations along British Columbia's coast says they will not support a new pipeline proposed by Alberta and nothing can be done to change that. Marilyn Slett, chief...
Oct 01, 2025
Latest American tariffs on B.C. lumber are 'absurd,' says Premier David Eby
VICTORIA - It is "completely absurd" that softwood lumber exports from British Columbia to the United States face higher duties than the same product from Russia, Premier David Eby said Wednesday. He ...
Oct 01, 2025
Canada Post CEO says he supports Ottawa's plan to shore up its shaky finances
OTTAWA - The CEO of Canada Post says he supports the government's plans to shore up the Crown corporation's finances. Doug Ettinger's comments came in an open letter published Wednesday, as a nationwi...
Oct 01, 2025
World Cup lodging shortfall in Vancouver predicted, Airbnb bids to loosen regulations
VANCOUVER - A new report that forecasts a significant lodging shortage in Vancouver next summer during the 2026 World Cup games is being used as a pitch by Airbnb for governments to loosen regulations...
Oct 01, 2025
Economic opportunity of climate action a focus as Toronto Climate Week launches
TORONTO - Canada has an opportunity to leap ahead and reap the economic gains of climate action as the U.S. retreats, said several speakers at the launch of the first Toronto Climate Week on Wednesday...
Oct 01, 2025
Lawyer for man accused of accessing PM's banking data awaits info in 'involved' case
OTTAWA - The lawyer for a man accused of accessing Prime Minister Mark Carney's banking data says he is still awaiting some information from the Crown in the case. Ron Guertin, counsel for former Roya...
Oct 01, 2025
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Sarah Mills: A U.S. jury says Live Nation and Ticketmaster's monopoly hurt fans
An appeal is already underway, but Sarah Mills says the court case against Live Nation and Ticketmaster has exposed what...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 16
Evan catches up on the latest happening in Ottawa, checks in on safety in downtown Saskatoon and discusses a three-strik...