Murray Wood: A star-crossed leader is beset by floor-crossing MPs
Murray Wood says Pierre Poilievre has suffered some bad timing in his career as Conservative leader, but the question is...
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Politics likely pushed Air Canada toward a deal with 'unheard of' gains for pilots
MONTREAL - Experts say factors including public opinion and politics helped push Air Canada toward a deal that secured major wage gains for pilots. Yesterday, the country's biggest airline and the uni...
Sep 16, 2024
Energy minister says public money could help finance Alberta energy cleanup
EDMONTON - Alberta's energy minister is promising strong action by next fall to clean up the province's growing backlog of unreclaimed oil and gas sites. "There are many oil wells to reclaim and the c...
Sep 16, 2024
Liberals announce expansion to mortgage eligibility
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says the government is making some changes to mortgage rules to help more Canadians to purchase their first home. She says the changes will come into force ...
Sep 16, 2024
B.C. municipal leaders gather to talk infrastructure, addiction, emergency management
VANCOUVER - The president of the Union of B.C. Municipalities says communities have billions of dollars worth of infrastructure that will need replacing in the next decade and the province needs to st...
Sep 16, 2024
Nova Scotia premier repeats calls for Ottawa to pay for protecting Chignecto Isthmus
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's premier is repeating his government's calls for Ottawa to foot the full bill to protect a vital strip of land that connects the province to the rest of the country ahead of a n...
Sep 15, 2024
Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week
TORONTO - Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week: Air Canada Air Canada pilots reached a tentative agreement shortly after midnight on Sunday, averting a potential ...
Sep 15, 2024
Montreal bars, restaurants react to Quebec bill to regulate merchant tipping requests
MONTREAL - Julia Dougall-Picard swings into action when customers settle in for lunch at Frite Alors in Montreal's downtown Quartier Latin neighbourhood. The 20-year-old works as a server at the popul...
Sep 15, 2024
B.C. victim's family furious at no-fault insurance regime in motor-vehicle death case
WEST VANCOUVER, B.C. - Family members say Annie Kong wanted nothing more than to gather with all her extended family under one roof at her West Vancouver home for Christmas 2022. "She was talking abou...
Sep 15, 2024
Air Canada, pilots reach tentative deal, averting work stoppage
MONTREAL - Passengers with plans to fly on Canada's largest airline can breathe a sigh of relief after Air Canada said Sunday it has reached a tentative agreement with the union representing more than...
Sep 14, 2024 A person watches as an Air Canada plane lands at Montreal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport in Montreal, Friday, Sept. 13, 2024. (Christinne Muschi /The Canadian Press)
B.C. Conservatives promise to end stumpage fees, review fire management if elected
VANDERHOOF, B.C. - British Columbia Conservatives are promising changes they say will bring more stability to the province's struggling forest industry. Leader John Rustad announced his plan for the s...
Sep 14, 2024
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Sarah Mills: A lifetime smoking ban in the UK may be a step too far
Sarah Mills says there are great health-care costs associated with smoking, but those costs are also associated with obe...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 23
Evan talks on Thursday's show about the RM of Sherwood's AI data centre now approved to be built, Saskatoon mayor Cynthi...