Sarah Mills: Trying to score World Cup tickets is a fool's game under FIFA
Sarah Mills spent five hours and 50 minutes in a queue for FIFA's general sale for World Cup tickets on Wednesday, only ...
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Concerns about trade, defence as MPs, diplomats eye U.S. vote results
OTTAWA - MPs, diplomats and political staff gathered around the parliamentary precinct to anxiously take in preliminary results of a U.S. presidential election that they all agreed would have an enorm...
Nov 05, 2024
B.C. business groups urge end to port lockout as labour dispute halts shipping
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's businesses leaders are urging port employers and more than 700 unionized workers to resolve their dispute immediately as a lockdown paralyzes shipping along Canada's wes...
Nov 05, 2024
Inflation is down, wages are up. Why are Canadians still frustrated with the economy?
OTTAWA - The federal finance minister has been taking every opportunity to remind frustrated Canadians that after a bumpy pandemic recovery, the nation's economy is actually doing a lot better. Inflat...
Nov 05, 2024
Canadians prepare for any outcome as Americans head to the polls
WASHINGTON - Millions of Americans are heading to the polls Tuesday as a chaotic presidential campaign reaches its peak in a deeply divided United States, where voters in only a handful of battlegroun...
Nov 05, 2024
Conservatives are trying to loosen regulations on natural health products
OTTAWA - A Conservative MP wants Parliament to undo changes made by the Liberals last year that brought natural health products under the same regulations as pharmaceuticals. The new rules mean Health...
Nov 04, 2024
Trucking, construction expect 'labour crisis' with new temporary worker rules
OTTAWA - Dominique Lamothe said the trucking firm she works for will be in trouble once new rules for high-wage temporary foreign workers take effect on Friday. Groupe Nadeau, a Quebec-based trucking ...
Nov 04, 2024
BCE signs deal to buy U.S. fibre internet provider Ziply Fiber for $5 billion
BCE Inc.'s share price took a hit on Monday after the company announced it has signed a deal to buy U.S. fibre internet provider Ziply Fiber for about $5 billion in cash. Shares in the company closed ...
Nov 04, 2024
Oil, gas companies told to cut emissions by one-third under planned cap
OTTAWA - Oil and gas producers in Canada will be required to cut greenhouse gas emissions by about one-third over the next eight years under new regulations being published today by Environment Minist...
Nov 04, 2024 Upstream oil and gas operations, including production and refining, contributed about 31 per cent of Canada's total emissions in 2022. (650 CKOM file photo)
Poilievre asks premiers to axe sales tax on new homes worth under $1 million
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has written to the provinces' premiers, asking them to eliminate their sales taxes on new homes that are under $1 million. It follows Poilievre's own pled...
Nov 04, 2024
B.C. port employers launch lockout at terminals in labour dispute with workers
VANCOUVER - Employers have locked out more than 700 unionized workers in the latest development in a labour dispute that the union says will shut down all ports in British Columbia until further notic...
Nov 04, 2024
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 2
On today's show, Evan asks whether you really relax when you have time off, the economic impact of the industrial carbon...