Murray Wood: Going to seed, in a good way
Murray Wood says seed sales are taking off this spring. Food prices are likely convincing some to grow their own vegetab...
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Hotel workers in 3 Quebec cities, including Montreal, hold another 24-hour walkout
MONTREAL - About 2,500 workers at 22 hotels in some of Quebec's biggest cities have launched a one-day strike to protest an impasse in contract talks. The walkout at hotels in Montreal, Quebec City an...
Aug 30, 2024
Cash-strapped parents seek back-to-school deals
TORONTO - When August rolled around, April Hicke realized the $100 she typically gives her 13-year-old son to update his wardrobe in time for school to start was no longer enough. "Even on the sale ra...
Aug 30, 2024 Interest and mortgage rates remain high and many have seen the cost of household staples like food soar, leaving less cash for binders, books and new school looks. Back to school supplies in a shop in Toronto, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2021. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston)
Ottawa posts federal deficit of $2.9B from April to June
OTTAWA - The Finance Department says the federal deficit was $2.9 billion over the first three months of the fiscal year. The result compared with a $3.6-billion surplus for the same period a year ear...
Aug 30, 2024
Teamsters launch court appeal of Ottawa’s move to end rail shutdown
MONTREAL - The union representing thousands of railroaders has appealed the federal government's move that ended last week's rail shutdown - a work stoppage that halted freight and commuter traffic ac...
Aug 30, 2024
Ottawa's move to end rail shutdown prompts debate over workers' rights
MONTREAL - Workers' rights are once again under the microscope after last week's massive railway work stoppage was abruptly halted when the federal government intervened less than 17 hours after the s...
Aug 30, 2024
Yukon First Nation fears exclusion from mine disaster review, seeks public inquiry
Yukon's Na-Cho Nyak Dun First Nation says an independent review of a disaster at the Eagle Gold mine on its territory is urgently needed but it has serious concerns the Yukon government is trying to "...
Aug 29, 2024
EVs cheaper to run but costs must come down to drive sales up fast enough: PBO
OTTAWA - It is already more cost effective over the long term to buy an electric vehicle than a gas-powered model, but the savings must get substantially higher if Canada is to meet its EV sales targe...
Aug 29, 2024
Longshore worker unions denounce federal intervention in railway labour conflict
MONTREAL - Unions representing longshore workers at the country's major ports are promising to put pressure on the federal government if it won't commit to staying out of potential labour disputes in ...
Aug 29, 2024
High cost of travel nurses helps drive deficit forecast in New Brunswick
FREDERICTON - The New Brunswick government revealed Thursday that it expects to spend more than it collects in revenue in the 2024-25 fiscal year as it scrambles to cover health-care expenses, includi...
Aug 29, 2024
Confused about all those paycheque deductions? Here's what they mean
You're a few weeks into your new job and payday has arrived. But reading your first paystub, it's a little unclear what all of these deductions mean. After all, the exact amount of your biweekly direc...
Aug 29, 2024
OPINION
Sarah Mills: We are feeling the pinch of rising prices, even beyond the gas pumps
Costs have already gone up with airlines. Parcel and delivery services could also increase, and even ride sharing may ja...
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, April 14
On Tuesday's show, Evan talks about the Prime Minister's transition from minority to majority government, explores a pro...