Murray Wood: Is this one of those times when money might be better in the government's pockets?
Windfall profits on oil are prompting a break in the federal fuel excise, but Saskatchewan isn't following suit. Murray ...
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'Can't imagine Alaska without Canada': Resolution would affirm Canadian sovereignty
America's 49th state is showing support for the country that U.S. President Donald Trump wants to make its 51st. Republican Rep. Chuck Kopp of Alaska, which shares a border with the Yukon and is separ...
Apr 02, 2025
Party leaders make promises on oil and gas, health care and affordability
OTTAWA - After controversial statements from the past came back to haunt two major parties, federal leaders campaigning on Tuesday each highlighted different issues. Conservative Leader Pierre Poiliev...
Apr 01, 2025 A composite image made from three file photographs shows, from left, Liberal Leader Mark Carney in London, Monday, March 17, 2025; NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh in Montreal on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025; and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre in L'Orignal, Ont., Monday, March 17, 2025. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick, Christinne Muschi, Adrian Wyld)
First Quantum discontinues Cobre Panama arbitration proceedings
TORONTO - First Quantum Minerals Ltd. says it has agreed to discontinue arbitration proceedings it launched before the International Chamber of Commerce's International Court of Arbitration related to...
Apr 01, 2025
Ontario to spend $35M to help rebuild Shaw Festival's Royal George Theatre
TORONTO - Ontario will spend $35 million to help the Shaw Festival rebuild the Royal George Theatre. Tourism Minister Stan Cho says the funding will be used to build a larger, more modern theatre as t...
Apr 01, 2025
Trump to unveil latest tariff plans at 'Make America Wealthy Again' event Wednesday
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump is set to lay out his plans to realign global trade through "reciprocal" tariffs Wednesday at 4 p.m. ET in the White House Rose Garden. A news release from the...
Apr 01, 2025
U.S. lists Quebec's language law in annual report on 'foreign trade barriers'
MONTREAL - Quebec has no intention of softening its language laws, Premier Franois Legault said Tuesday after the United States listed his government's French-language reform as a barrier to trade. "I...
Apr 01, 2025
Power outages persist in hard-hit areas after Ontario ice storm
Ontario's provincial utility says power has been restored to more than half a million customers since the start of a weekend ice storm but that some hard-hit regions may have to wait until the end of ...
Apr 01, 2025
Quebec becomes last province with a price on carbon, but how long will it last?
MONTREAL - As Quebec becomes the last province in Canada that hasn't abandoned carbon pricing, the provincial government could start feeling pressure to align itself with the rest of the country. Ther...
Apr 01, 2025
Drivers look for relief at the pump after B.C. ends consumer carbon tax
British Columbia drivers looked to the gas pumps Tuesday for a sign of tax relief after the early-morning approval of legislation that ended the province's consumer carbon tax after 17 years. The NDP ...
Apr 01, 2025
Canadian book industry calls on government to keep it out of trade war
TORONTO - Canada's literary institutions are banding together on the eve of an expected announcement about counter-tariffs on U.S. imports that could include books. Booksellers big and small, librarie...
Apr 01, 2025
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Sarah Mills: The president has tested the faithful
There may be some who worship U.S. President Donald Trump, but like the Beatles before him, Sarah Mills says the preside...
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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, April 15
On Wednesday's show, Evan finds out who Saskatchewan's Smartest Radio Listener is, talks with some NHL legends and conti...