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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Aid package to agriculture aims $252 million at multiple pressures
OTTAWA - Add chickens, mushrooms and potatoes to the ever-longer list of products being purchased by the federal government to combat the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. A program being heralded as t...
May 05, 2020
Bank of Canada's independence key to aiding post-COVID recovery, Wilkins says
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada will need to maintain its independence to aid the economy during and after the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly as the country's debt levels rise, says the bank's secon...
May 04, 2020
Tiff Macklem returns to Bank of Canada, this time to take top job as governor
OTTAWA - Tiff Macklem, a former second-in-command at the Bank of Canada, is returning to the central bank to take over the top job at a moment that he says cries out for bold, unprecedented ...
May 01, 2020
Work safety strike, virus lockdown protest set for May Day
LOS ANGELES - Essential workers will strike nationwide on May Day to demand safer conditions during the coronavirus outbreak, while other groups plan rallies against tight stay-at-home orders they say...
May 01, 2020
C.D. Howe's Business Cycle Council says country has entered a recession
TORONTO - Canada has officially entered a recession due to the economic devastation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the C.D. Howe Institute's Business Cycle Council declared Friday. The council, whic...
May 01, 2020
Apple pinched by pandemic; profit, iPhone sales decline
BERKELEY, Calif. - Apple's profit dipped slightly while revenues rose in the January-March quarter, reflecting early fallout from a coronavirus pandemic that shut down its factories and then forced hu...
Apr 30, 2020
Trump says US can never declare 'total victory' over virus
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Thursday that he believes the U.S. can never declare "total victory" over the coronavirus because too many people have died. But he added that he will count it...
Apr 30, 2020
Johnson: UK 'past the peak' of outbreak but must be cautious
LONDON - Britain is past the peak of its coronavirus outbreak, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Thursday, as he promised to reveal a "road map" out of national lockdown - but not yet. Appearing at a ...
Apr 30, 2020
Budget officer says federal deficit could top $252 billion
OTTAWA - The federal deficit for the year could top $252.1 billion as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Parliament's budget watchdog predicted in a report that warned the figure could go even higher&...
Apr 30, 2020
Trump trade office adds Amazon to 'notorious markets' list
WASHINGTON - The United States for the first time added five of Amazon's overseas operations to its list of "notorious markets'' where pirated goods are sold. The e-commerce giant dismissed the move a...
Apr 29, 2020
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Sarah Mills: Cancelled ferries on west coast put the short Saskatchewan commutes into perspective
Using the ferry system is a great way to enjoy BC from the water, but Sarah Mills says recent issues have had a big impa...
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, April 7
8:30 - Today is Green Shirt Day, which falls one day after the eighth anniversary of the Humboldt Bus Crash. The anniver...