Murray Wood: Big companies seem to be allergic to answering questions
Murray Wood says it's surprising that during a SaskTel outage last week, it was very difficult to get the Saskatchewan t...
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Bank of Canada names new deputy governor, 'temporarily' expanding governing council
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada is naming a long-time central banker as a new deputy governor beginning early next month. The bank says Sharon Kozicki will take on the role on Aug. 2 after serving eight y...
Jul 21, 2021
Shark bites new viewers for Discovery in 33rd year
NEW YORK (AP) - Shark Week just finished its 33rd edition on Discovery, a television event so old that one advertising executive joked it could have its own children. But some recent research illustra...
Jul 20, 2021
Canadian Press NewsAlert: WestJet wraps talks with Ottawa, not seeking federal aid
CALGARY - WestJet says it is not seeking financial aid from the federal government after months of talks between Ottawa and the airline. It says each party has agreed to shift focus to restarting the ...
Jul 20, 2021
Challenges at southern border may be drag on efforts to reopen Canada-U.S. frontier
WASHINGTON - Canadians wondering why the United States doesn't appear to be rushing to ease travel restrictions at their shared border should cast a gaze further south, where the frontier with Mexico ...
Jul 20, 2021
Liberals, MPs urged not to unwind easing of tax rules on sale of family businesses
OTTAWA - MPs on the House of Commons finance committee have heard a plea from the country's farmers that the government's plans to rewrite tax laws shouldn't make it difficult, again, to pass the fami...
Jul 20, 2021
World shares mixed on worries virus may upend recoveries
TOKYO (AP) - European shares opened higher Tuesday after Asia tracked a retreat on Wall Street as investors grew jittery over the possibility that surging virus cases could stifle the global economic ...
Jul 20, 2021
The latest questions and answers about who can, can't cross the Canada-U.S. border
WASHINGTON - Some questions and answers about the state of the Canada-U.S. border, 16 months into the COVID-19 pandemic: Q: Who can enter Canada from the United States without having to quarantine? A:...
Jul 19, 2021
Fully vaccinated U.S. citizens can enter Canada Aug. 9, rest of world Sept. 7
WASHINGTON - Fully vaccinated U.S. citizens and permanent residents will be allowed into Canada as of Aug. 9, joined by the rest of the world Sept. 7, federal officials announced Monday as the country...
Jul 19, 2021
Top Olympic sponsor Toyota pulls Games-related TV ads
TOKYO (AP) - Toyota won't be airing any Olympic-themed advertisements on Japanese television during the Tokyo Games despite being one of the IOC's top corporate sponsors. The extraordinary decision by...
Jul 19, 2021
BoC's Macklem: early lessons to be learned from navigating pandemic's economic impact
OTTAWA - Whenever Tiff Macklem needs a break, he jumps on the exercise bicycle he bought during the pandemic and does a hard workout to clear his mind. The bike has helped the Bank of Canada governor ...
Jul 17, 2021
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, August 26
Evan talks with historian Bill Waiser about Saskatchewan's 120 birthday, university associate professor Ian Lee about Ca...