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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Eli Broad, billionaire entrepreneur who reshaped LA, dies
LOS ANGELES - Eli Broad, the billionaire philanthropist, contemporary art collector and entrepreneur who co-founded homebuilding pioneer Kaufman and Broad Inc. and launched financial services giant Su...
Apr 30, 2021
Financial support program for small business extended by Saskatchewan government
Small businesses in Saskatchewan ordered to close or reduce their operations because of COVID-19 have an extra month to get financial support from a provincial government program. Applications to the ...
Apr 30, 2021 "That's why it's called the hospitality industry. We need those smiling faces in the right places," said Jim Bence, President and CEO of Hospitality Saskatchewan. (980 CJME file photo)
Heritage committee won't reverse change to Bill C-10 despite public outcry
Days of debate over whether revisions to the Broadcasting Act could undermine Canadian rights and freedoms continued Friday. Liberal and opposition members of Parliament split along party lines while ...
Apr 30, 2021
AstraZeneca delays filing for US authorization of COVID shot
LONDON - AstraZeneca said Friday that it intends to seek U.S. authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine in the "coming weeks," acknowledging a delay in the much-anticipated filing that had been expected ...
Apr 30, 2021
Finance Department says federal deficit hit $282.6 billion in February
OTTAWA - The federal government says it ran a budgetary deficit of $282.6 billion through 11 months of its fiscal year as revenues dropped and pandemic aid continued to flow. The deficit from April to...
Apr 30, 2021
Bell buys Formula One Canadian Grand Prix promoter Octane Racing Group Inc.
MONTREAL - Bell has signed a deal to buy the promoter of the Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix in a move it says will bring financial stability to the race.Financial terms of the agreement for Montreal's ...
Apr 30, 2021
Europe's economy shrinks in first quarter as US rolls ahead
FRANKFURT - Europe's economy shrank 0.6% in the first three months of the year as slow vaccine rollouts and extended lockdowns delayed a hoped-for recovery - and underlined how the region is lagging o...
Apr 30, 2021
Senate passes legislation to force striking Port of Montreal employees back to work
OTTAWA - The Senate has passed legislation that will force 1,150 striking employees back to work at the Port of Montreal. The House of Commons approved the bill early Thursday morning, with the Conser...
Apr 30, 2021
US agency to look at bringing back bison on Montana refuge
BILLINGS, Mont. - U.S. officials said they will consider in coming years whether to reintroduce wild bison to a million-acre (400,000-hectare) federal wildlife refuge in central Montana, a move that w...
Apr 29, 2021
Pope sets 40-euro Vatican gift cap in corruption crackdown
ROME - Pope Francis set a 40-euro ($48) gift cap for all Vatican employees Thursday and issued a new law requiring Vatican cardinals and managers to periodically report on their compliance with clean ...
Apr 29, 2021
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Murray Wood: Why I hate the latest round of changes in the CFL
Eight of the CFL's nine teams will qualify for the playoffs under the league's latest round of changes, but Murray Wood ...
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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...