Murray Wood: Federal gun initiatives take aim at small business
Darryl Schemenauer is closing down his Regina gun store after 35 years, and he puts the blame squarely on the federal Li...
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Trump's strategy is to create economic uncertainty in other countries: Freeland
OTTAWA - With Donald Trump as president, the U.S. has an open strategy of creating economic uncertainty in other countries to discourage investment "anywhere other than the United States," Finance Min...
Dec 13, 2024
National chief urges MPs to send water bill to Senate before holiday break
OTTAWA - The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations is calling on all members of Parliament to send a First Nations water bill to the Senate before the holiday break, saying the water crisis ...
Dec 13, 2024
'Breaking of gridlock' between Quebec, N.L. is the envy of former premiers
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Two former premiers of Newfoundland and Labrador say a draft energy agreement signed Thursday with Quebec shattered a political standoff that leaders had been trying to end for deca...
Dec 13, 2024
Ottawa to remove 30% investment cap for Canadian pension funds
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says the upcoming fall economic statement on Monday will remove the cap that currently restricts Canadian pension funds from owning more than 30 per cent of the voti...
Dec 13, 2024
Canadian airline execs to testify before committee about bag fees
OTTAWA - Canadian airline executives are set to testify before a parliamentary committee about their decisions to introduce carry-on bag fees for travellers. The CEOs of Air Canada and WestJet will ap...
Dec 13, 2024
Alberta urges Calgary city council to approve province's Green Line transit proposal
CALGARY - The Alberta government is proposing a reworked Green Line light rail transit route in Calgary that it says would serve more communities and save more than $1 billion. The province contracted...
Dec 13, 2024
Federal minister asks labour board to intervene in Canada Post strike
OTTAWA - Federal Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon says he is "calling a timeout" in the Canada Post strike, and asking the Canada Industrial Relations Board to send about 55,000 employees back to work...
Dec 13, 2024
What the upcoming holiday GST relief will mean for consumers
TORONTO - The federal government's GST break will arrive this Saturday, just in time for the last stretch of holiday shopping. Here's a breakdown of what you'll save on and how the relief works. What ...
Dec 13, 2024
Public support key but harder to keep as postal strike drags on: Experts
Public support is key to the success of a strike, experts say, but as the Canada Post strike drags on, that support is likely getting harder to maintain. "As strikes wear on, they become more difficul...
Dec 13, 2024
Meta gives in to CRTC disclosure order on Online News Act compliance
OTTAWA - After initially fighting the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, Meta has complied with an order from the regulator to publicly disclose information about its news-bl...
Dec 13, 2024
OPINION
Sarah Mills: The season of the zipper merge has returned
It sometimes feels like leaders in our cities and towns don't plan for construction very well, but Sarah Mills says the ...
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The Evan Bray Show - Monday, April 20
On Monday's show, Evan hears concerns about the FSIN's transparency after its general assembly last week, discusses how ...