Murray Wood: Elbows down, taxpayer subsidies for U.S. flights up
Murray Wood wonders why it's OK for Saskatchewan to prop up air travel to the U.S. with taxpayer dollars, but it was wro...
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Rooting for Trump to fail has made his stock shorters millions
NEW YORK (AP) - Rooting for Donald Trump to fail has rarely been this profitable. Just ask a hardy band of mostly amateur Wall Street investors who have collectively made tens of millions of dollars o...
Apr 25, 2024
Trading Trump: Truth Social's first month of trading has sent investors on a ride
WASHINGTON (AP) - There have been lawsuits, short-selling and rampant speculation. Now, as Trump Media & Technology Group approaches its first month as a publicly traded company, it's clear that -...
Apr 25, 2024
Here's a list of recent electric vehicle and battery plant announcements in Canada
Honda Motor Co. plans to build a $15-billion electric vehicle battery plant next to its Alliston, Ont., plant, which it will retool to produce EVs, the company announced on Thursday. The project inclu...
Apr 25, 2024
Net neutrality restored as FCC votes to regulate internet providers
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The Federal Communications Commission voted Thursday to restore "net neutrality" rules that prevent broadband internet providers such as Comcast and Verizon from favoring some sit...
Apr 25, 2024
'Conscience is clear': N.B. tourism minister, deputy expense $22,500 for Euro trip
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick's tourism minister has remained defiant in the face of criticism from opposition members who have questioned the benefits of a weeklong trip to Europe that cost the provinc...
Apr 25, 2024
Billions of bottles: Canadian statistics paint grim picture of plastic litter problem
OTTAWA - New Canadian data suggest that over a nine-year period between 2012 and 2020, the equivalent of more than 15 billion plastic bottles and as many as 14 billion plastic grocery bags became litt...
Apr 25, 2024
Alberta to appeal ruling ordering release of documents on coal mining in Rockies
EDMONTON - Alberta is appealing a judge's ruling that ordered the release of internal documents on coal mining in the province's Rocky Mountains, said the lawyer for ranchers seeking the information. ...
Apr 25, 2024
The National Enquirer was the go-to American tabloid for many years. Donald Trump helped change that
NEW YORK (AP) - Catch and kill. Checkbook journalism. Secret deals. Friends helping friends. Even by National Enquirer standards, testimony by its former publisher David Pecker at Donald Trump's hush ...
Apr 25, 2024
Biden celebrates computer chip factories, pitching voters on American 'comeback'
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) - President Joe Biden on Thursday sought to sell voters on an American "comeback story" as he highlighted longterm investments in the economy in upstate New York to celebrate Micro...
Apr 25, 2024
Doctors say capital gains tax changes will jeopardize their retirement. Is that true?
OTTAWA - The Canadian Medical Association asserts the Liberals' proposed changes to capital gains taxation will put doctors' retirement savings in jeopardy, but some financial experts insist incorpora...
Apr 25, 2024
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Sarah Mills: We need more 'regular guys' in the civic process
Standing in front of CEOs, lobbyists, advocates and others at a council meeting is not an exciting prospect, but Sarah M...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 30
Evan finds out what to do if you find space junk on your farm, analyzes the outrage over Ticketmaster prices and the fut...