Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
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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
Air Canada, pilots still far apart as strike notice deadline approaches
Labour talks between Air Canada and its pilots are approaching a midnight deadline, when either side could trigger the start of a shutdown for Canada's largest airline. After more than 14 months of ne...
Sep 14, 2024 Air Canada pilots hold signs during an informational picket at Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, B.C., on Aug. 27, 2024. Labour talks between Air Canada and its pilots are approaching a midnight deadline when either side could trigger the start of a shutdown for Canada's largest airline.(DARRYL DYCK/The Canadian Press)
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Sarah Mills: Canada is getting a taste of FIFA's World Cup demands
Sarah Mills says a full motorcade with a police escort for the FIFA president is unnecessary, but it shows that the orga...
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, May 1
8:30 - Drivers are yet again feeling the pinch at the gas pump. Prices have climbed almost 20 cents per litre at some st...