Murray Wood: The day Canada Became a nation
April 9, 1917 was Easter Monday. On that date, 109 years ago, Canadian soldiers made history at Vimy Ridge. Murray Wood ...
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Province announces support measures for small businesses
The Government of Saskatchewan is pledging to help small businesses pay for changes as they adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic. The province announced the new Strong Recovery Adaptation Rebate (SRAR) on M...
Dec 07, 2020 (Carolyn Hamilton/Submitted)
Province expanding access to potash industry tax credits
The provincial government is hoping upgrades to some tax incentives will encourage potash companies to try new things. The Government of Saskatchewan has announced changes to the tax regulations gover...
Dec 07, 2020
Amid pandemic, Davos event to be held in Singapore next year
GENEVA - Organizers of the annual World Economic Forum event in Davos, Switzerland, have again changed their planned venue for next year's edition, announcing it will now take place in Singapore in Ma...
Dec 07, 2020
Veteran executive Michael Sabia named next deputy minister of Finance
OTTAWA - The prime minister has announced that veteran executive Michael Sabia will be the next deputy minister of Finance. He will take the job effective Dec. 14. Sabia replaces Paul Rochon, who will...
Dec 07, 2020
EU invites Biden to usher in new era for trans-Atlantic ties
BRUSSELS - The European Union on Monday invited U.S. President-elect Joe Biden to help mend tattered trans-Atlantic ties and urged him to join it in a long-term "strategic dialogue" that would address...
Dec 07, 2020
Erdogan calls for energy talks as EU considers Med sanctions
ANKARA, Turkey - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday called for negotiations over energy exploration rights in the eastern Mediterranean, days ahead of a European Union summit where leade...
Dec 07, 2020
UK's Johnson to head to Brussels amid Brexit talks deadlock
BRUSSELS - More than four years after helping set Britain's course out of the European Union, Prime Minister Boris Johnson is headed to EU headquarters to try to finish the job. With less than a month...
Dec 07, 2020
Dry autumn in Germany forces Rhine shippers to cut loads
BERLIN - Months of low rainfall have left Rhine short of water, forcing inland shippers on Germany's longest river to reduce their loads by half to avoid running aground. German news agency dpa on Mon...
Dec 07, 2020
Sinovac aims for 600 million dose capacity for COVID vaccine
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Chinese vaccine company Sinovac announced Monday that it is planning to complete a new facility to double its annual vaccine production capacity to 600 million doses by the end of the...
Dec 07, 2020
Regina caterers pivoting to stay open
Local catering companies are working hard to adjust to these COVID times. In the holiday season, they would usually be preparing meals for over a hundred people. Now, they're delivering meals to singl...
Dec 06, 2020
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Sarah Mills: The prime minister needs to live by his own bilingual rules
Sarah Mills says Mark Carney largely speaking French in his call to astronaut Jeremy Hansen breaks a standard he set whe...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 9
8:30 - Another MP just crossed the floor to the Liberal Party, just weeks away from three critical byelections where the...