Murray Wood: April is the most frustrating month on the prairies
As much of Saskatchewan deals with another spring snowstorm, Murray Wood says we're all asking the same question: This i...
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Trump adviser interview helps '60 Minutes' to top of ratings
LOS ANGELES - A contentious interview with White House adviser Peter Navarro over the administration's response to the coronavirus helped "60 Minutes" earn the top spot in the ratings for the third ti...
Apr 15, 2020
Liberals ease access to emergency benefit as economy shrinks fast
OTTAWA - The federal government will expand its main relief program for people losing work because of COVID-19, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Wednesday, just after Statistics Canada del...
Apr 15, 2020
Trudeau: Feds ready to send provinces cash to top up worker salaries
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government is willing to send money to provinces that want to provide salary top-ups to workers deemed essential. The extra cash would be design...
Apr 14, 2020
IMF: Stung by virus, global economy will shrink 3% in 2020
WASHINGTON - Beaten down by the coronavirus outbreak, the world economy in 2020 will suffer its worst year since the Great Depression of the 1930s, the International Monetary Fund says in its latest f...
Apr 14, 2020
Nearly 5.4 million receiving emergency federal aid as requests climb
OTTAWA - Nearly 5.4 million Canadians are receiving emergency federal aid, with hundreds of thousands more claims waiting to be processed, the federal government said Monday, providing another sn...
Apr 13, 2020
Consumer prices slump 0.4% as virus puts chill on spending
WASHINGTON - Consumer prices fell 0.4% in March, the largest decline in five years, revealing the downward pressure that the coronavirus pandemic is exerting on the cost of gasoline, airfares, hotel r...
Apr 10, 2020
Markets stable amid holidays, oil down on OPEC uncertainty
BANGKOK - Asian shares were steady in quiet Good Friday trading after Wall Street closed out its best week in 45 years thanks to the Federal Reserve's titanic effort to support the economy through the...
Apr 10, 2020
Pandemic has set the number of air travellers back decades
The number of Americans getting on airplanes has sunk to a level not seen in more than 60 years as people shelter in their homes to avoid catching or spreading the new coronavirus. The Transportation ...
Apr 09, 2020
Canada lost more than one million jobs in March, but April could be even worse
OTTAWA - More than one million Canadians lost their jobs at the onset of the COVID-19 crisis in March, a grimly historic one-month figure Statistics Canada reported Thursday, as the number o...
Apr 09, 2020
Asian shares steady after Wall St caps best week since 1974
BANGKOK - Asian shares are steady in quiet Good Friday trading after Wall Street closed out its best week in 45 years thanks to the Federal Reserve's titanic effort to support the economy through the ...
Apr 09, 2020
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Sarah Mills: A U.S. jury says Live Nation and Ticketmaster's monopoly hurt fans
An appeal is already underway, but Sarah Mills says the court case against Live Nation and Ticketmaster has exposed what...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 16
8:30 - There are no shortages of stories coming from Parliament Hill this week. Following the Liberal majority, the gas ...