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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Big 0.6% April wholesale price jump catches many off guard
WASHINGTON (AP) - Wholesale prices, driven by escalating costs for services and food, jumped 0.6% in April, surprising economists and providing more evidence that inflation pressures are starting to m...
May 13, 2021
US jobless claims sink to 473K as more GOP governors bar aid
WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell last week to 473,000, a new pandemic low and the latest evidence that fewer employers are cutting jobs as consumers ramp up...
May 13, 2021
Ohio governor unrolls $1M lottery prizes to urge vaccination
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is offering big lottery incentives - including a $1 million prize and college scholarships - in a last-ditch effort to get people vaccinated before the stat...
May 12, 2021
Quebec's location and energy alternatives give it options if Line 5 closes: expert
QUEBEC - While political and business leaders across the country scramble to avoid a shutdown of Enbridge Inc.'s Line 5 pipeline, Quebec could be spared the most serious consequences if the oil stops ...
May 12, 2021
Global stock markets sink as inflation worries mount
BEIJING (AP) - Stock markets in London and Tokyo tumbled 2.5% on Thursday and U.S. futures were lower after a jump in American consumer prices fueled worries inflation might drag on an economic recove...
May 12, 2021
Former investment executive gets 3 months in college scam
BOSTON (AP) - A former private equity executive who cofounded an investment fund with U2s Bono was sentenced Wednesday to three months in prison for his role in the college admissions bribery scheme. ...
May 12, 2021
Former investment executive gets 3 months in college scam
BOSTON (AP) - A former private equity executive who cofounded an investment fund with U2s Bono was sentenced Wednesday to three months in prison for his role in the college admissions bribery scheme. ...
May 12, 2021
U.K. eyeing fall for start of detailed trade deal talks with Canada, minister says
OTTAWA - Britain's trade minister says his country expects to kick-start talks on a free-trade pact with Canada in the fall and suggests it might differ in scope from what is now in place. Ranil Jayaw...
May 12, 2021
Business leaders in Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin urge court to keep Line 5 operating
WASHINGTON - Political "brinksmanship" in Michigan risks allowing Enbridge Inc. to abandon plans for a $500-million tunnel that would protect an ecologically sensitive Great Lakes waterway from the co...
May 12, 2021
Consumer prices shot up 0.8% in April as worries escalate
WASHINGTON (AP) - A worrisome bout of inflation struck the U.S. economy in April, with consumer prices for goods and services surging 0.8% - the largest monthly jump in more than a decade - and the ye...
May 12, 2021
OPINION
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...