Murray Wood: Federal gun initiatives take aim at small business
Darryl Schemenauer is closing down his Regina gun store after 35 years, and he puts the blame squarely on the federal Li...
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AI minister seeks new investments through visits to Germany, Saudi Arabia, India
OTTAWA - Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon is visiting Saudi Arabia and India after a trip to Germany as part of an effort to drum up new investment in Canadian tech. The stops are "about ...
Feb 16, 2026
Quebec auto board lied about cost overruns for online platform, inquiry finds
QUBEC - Quebec's automobile insurance board lied to the provincial government to conceal exploding costs in the creation of the agency's online platform, says a public inquiry into the cost-overrun sc...
Feb 16, 2026
Scotiabank's 1832 Asset Management sells last shares in Israeli military supplier
TORONTO - Regulatory filings show that Scotiabank's 1832 Asset Management has sold its remaining holdings in Israeli defence manufacturer Elbit Systems Ltd. The bank faced criticism for the investment...
Feb 16, 2026
Car dealers still seeking reimbursement for EVs sold under old rebates program
OTTAWA - The reborn federal electric vehicle rebate program is set to launch today - but some of Canada's auto dealers say they're still out tens of thousands dollars from the last one. Starting today...
Feb 16, 2026
Carney strategy for Canadian defence industry pledges 125,000 jobs
OTTAWA - The Liberal government is making sweeping changes to the way it approaches supporting the domestic defence industry, as Canada looks to transition away from over-reliance on the United States...
Feb 15, 2026 Prime Minister Mark Carney inspects a guided missile intercept system during a vehicle tour at the Adazi Military base in Adazi, Latvia on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi)
Fact File: Why it's tough to verify some of Carney's claims about 'protected' jobs
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney has made a series of claims recently about how much the federal government's support for tariff-stricken industries has protected jobs in Canada. Some of his figure...
Feb 15, 2026
B.C. budget eyes staffing but finance minister says no big service cuts or tax hikes
The British Columbia government won't be making big service cuts or raising taxes in the 2026 budget, even as it faces a projected $11.2 billion deficit. Instead, B.C. Finance Minister Brenda Bailey s...
Feb 15, 2026
Fact File: Why it's tough to verify some of Carney's claims about 'protected' jobs
Prime Minister Mark Carney has made a series of claims recently about how much the federal government's support for tariff-stricken industries has protected jobs in Canada. Some of his figures on the ...
Feb 14, 2026
U.S. senators express support for trade pact as Trump questions CUSMA's future
WASHINGTON - United States lawmakers expressed support for the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement on trade during a Thursday committee hearing after President Donald Trump floated the idea of ending the cri...
Feb 14, 2026
First Nation buys own backup generators, saying governments and utility failed them
WINNIPEG - A Manitoba First Nation whose residents were evacuated for months last summer due to a wildfire and an extended power outage says it has bought its own backup generators, after it says gove...
Feb 13, 2026
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Sarah Mills: The season of the zipper merge has returned
It sometimes feels like leaders in our cities and towns don't plan for construction very well, but Sarah Mills says the ...
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The Evan Bray Show - Monday, April 20
On Monday's show, Evan hears concerns about the FSIN's transparency after its general assembly last week, discusses how ...