Murray Wood: Federal gun initiatives take aim at small business
Darryl Schemenauer is closing down his Regina gun store after 35 years, and he puts the blame squarely on the federal Li...
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Airbus cuts production by a third as airlines struggle
LONDON - European planemaker Airbus said Wednesday it is reducing production by about a third as demand for aircraft and travel plummets due to the coronavirus pandemic. The company said it delivered ...
Apr 08, 2020
Europe struggles to agree on economic response to virus
BRUSSELS - European governments remained at loggerheads Wednesday over measures to help the economy weather the coronavirus outbreak, breaking off a meeting of finance officials who clashed over aid c...
Apr 08, 2020
Toronto company expands ventilator production tenfold to meet demand
OTTAWA - One of the companies making ventilators for the federal government is expanding its production capacity more than tenfold to meet demands created by the COVID-19 pandemic. Another one has nev...
Apr 08, 2020
Business generally supports changes to wage subsidy rules unveiled by Trudeau
Business groups applauded the federal government's decision to loosen requirements for its wage subsidy program for employers hit by COVID-19, even as they emphasized the need for money to quickl...
Apr 08, 2020
Countries start thinking about easing up on restrictions
NEW YORK - Even as coronavirus deaths mount across Europe and New York, the U.S. and other countries are starting to contemplate an exit strategy and thinking about a staggered and carefully calibrate...
Apr 08, 2020
UK's Johnson in ICU with coronavirus, condition improving
LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson remains in intensive care with the coronavirus but is improving and sitting up in bed, a senior government minister said Wednesday, as the U.K. recorded i...
Apr 08, 2020
Liberals asked to help cover overruns on projects delayed by COVID-19
OTTAWA - Cities and construction groups are asking the Trudeau Liberals to relax the rules for expected cost overruns from infrastructure projects facing delays from the COVID-19 pandemic - or ad...
Apr 08, 2020
Work starts in Montana on disputed Canada-US oil pipeline
BILLINGS, Mont. - A Canadian company said Monday that it's started construction on the long-stalled Keystone XL oil sands pipeline across the U.S.-Canada border, despite calls from tribal leaders and ...
Apr 07, 2020
Lufthansa retires big jets, says rebound could take years
FRANKFURT - German airline group Lufthansa said it was permanently removing some of its large aircraft from service and reducing capacity for the long term, saying it will take years for demand for ai...
Apr 07, 2020
Trudeau says details coming soon on help for households to access credit
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is raising anew his government's promise to help hard-hit Canadians more easily access credit by leaning on the nation's banks to do more than reduce credit...
Apr 07, 2020
OPINION
Sarah Mills: The season of the zipper merge has returned
It sometimes feels like leaders in our cities and towns don't plan for construction very well, but Sarah Mills says the ...
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The Evan Bray Show - Monday, April 20
8:30 - Last week, the FSIN held its first general assembly since being told it needed to repay $29-million in federal fu...