Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
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B.C. shipyard awarded $3.15 billion government contract to build icebreaker
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia company has been given a $3.15 billion contract to build one of two icebreaker ships for the Canadian Coast Guard. Public Services and Procurement Canada says in a state...
Mar 07, 2025
Eby says electricity export tariffs similar to Ontario's are not 'priority' for B.C.
VANCOUVER - British Columbia Premier David Eby says the province has no plan to follow Ontario and levy a 25 per cent surcharge on electricity exports to the United States. Eby says imposing such a fe...
Mar 07, 2025
Canadian, U.S. mayors from Great Lakes area call for trade stability
WASHINGTON - Canadian and United States mayors from the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence region are calling for economic stability and an end to the threat of across-the-board tariffs, saying that million...
Mar 07, 2025
Alberta pledges millions to kickstart event space near Edmonton Oilers arena
Edmonton is getting an influx of public dollars to expand its entertainment district around the home of the NHL's Edmonton Oilers, two years after the provincial government committed hundreds of milli...
Mar 07, 2025
Service Canada promises passport processing in 30 days or it's free
OTTAWA - The federal government says it's going to implement a new 30-business-day guarantee for passports. That means Ottawa promises to either process a passport application within 30 business days ...
Mar 07, 2025 Minister of Citizens' Services Terry Beech rises during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Patrick Doyle
Manitoba's NDP government to deliver annual budget on March 20
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is set to deliver its annual budget on March 20. Premier Wab Kinew has said the fiscal plan will take into account the economic impact of tariffs threatened or impos...
Mar 07, 2025
Anxiety about Trump tariffs runs deep in Quebec industrial cities
TROIS-RIVIRES, Que. - Quebec cities that are particularly vulnerable to U.S. tariffs are struggling to keep up with the twists and turns of President Donald Trump's erratic trade policies. In Trois-Ri...
Mar 07, 2025
Minimal job gains in February as unemployment rate holds at 6.6%
OTTAWA - The Canadian labour market felt a chill in February with employment "virtually unchanged" from the month before, Statistics Canada said Friday. The Canadian economy added just 1,100 jobs last...
Mar 07, 2025
Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for February, by Canadian city
OTTAWA - The national unemployment rate was 6.6 per cent in February. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities. It cautions, ...
Mar 07, 2025
Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for February, by province
OTTAWA - Canada's national unemployment rate was 6.6 per cent in February. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets): _ Newfoundland and Labrador ...
Mar 07, 2025
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Murray Wood: The day Canada Became a nation
April 9, 1917 was Easter Monday. On that date, 109 years ago, Canadian soldiers made history at Vimy Ridge. Murray Wood ...
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