Sarah Mills: The president is playing a game of Risk with real lives
Sarah Mills says when you make a threat like "a whole civilization will die tonight" about Iran, the only choi...
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Ottawa beefs up loans for hard-hit sectors — but big airlines not included for now
Ottawa is rolling out a wave of new funding for pandemic-battered industries including tourism, the arts and regional aviation, with smaller companies top of mind - and large airlines notably absent. ...
Nov 30, 2020
Consumer helps fuel third-quarter economic rebound as households resume spending
OTTAWA - The Canadian economy posted its best three-month stretch on record during the third quarter of the year, growing at an annualized pace of 40.5 per cent on the back of household spending.The p...
Nov 30, 2020
Fewer Americans sign contracts to buy homes in October
SILVER SPRING, Md. - The number of Americans signing contracts to buy homes fell for the second consecutive month as lack of available homes continues to stifle house hunters. The National Association...
Nov 30, 2020
Data is king on Wall Street; 2 providers join in $44B deal
The value that Wall Street places on access to billions of bytes of data, rather than old-school stock picking, became abundantly clear Monday as two of the biggest providers of such information becom...
Nov 30, 2020
Asian stocks gain on stronger Chinese factory data
BEIJING - Asian stocks rose Tuesday after Chinese manufacturing improved, with investors looking ahead to U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell's appearance before legislators. Benchmarks in Sha...
Nov 30, 2020
Biden names liberal econ team as pandemic threatens workers
WILMINGTON, Del. - With unemployment still high and the pandemic threatening yet another economic slump, President-elect Joe Biden is assembling a team of liberal advisers who have long focused on the...
Nov 30, 2020
Plan to boost big Swiss firms' liability fails in referendum
GENEVA - A proposal that could have stiffened penalties against companies based in Switzerland if they violate human rights or harm the environment abroad failed in a Swiss referendum on Sunday. The i...
Nov 29, 2020
Angry Indian farmers reject government offer for talks
NEW DELHI - Protesting farmers on Sunday rejected the Indian government's offer to hold immediate talks if they ended their blockade of key highways they've held as they seek the scrapping of legislat...
Nov 29, 2020
UK, EU resume face-to-face trade talks with time running out
LONDON - Teams from Britain and the European Union resumed face-to-face talks on a post-Brexit trade deal Saturday, with both sides sounding gloomy about striking an agreement in the little time that ...
Nov 28, 2020
Asia Today: Speed of viral spread causes concern in S. Korea
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korea reported more than 500 new coronavirus cases for the third straight day on Saturday, the fastest spread of infections the country has seen since the early days ...
Nov 28, 2020
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Murray Wood: Signs of spring appearing in Saskatchewan
Murray Wood says signs of spring were all over the place on the weekend, even though the forecast remains wintery for th...
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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, April 8
On today's show, Evan gets the latest on global tensions with Iran and the U.S., discusses Riversdale safety concerns an...