Murray Wood: Going to seed, in a good way
Murray Wood says seed sales are taking off this spring. Food prices are likely convincing some to grow their own vegetab...
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Alberta and two First Nations make deal for proposed oilsands mine
EDMONTON - The Alberta government has struck deals with two northern Alberta First Nations over a proposed open-pit oilsands mine that's awaiting Ottawa's approval. The Mikisew Cree and Athabasca Chip...
Feb 23, 2020
Wells Fargo to pay $3B to resolve probes into fake accounts
LOS ANGELES - Wells Fargo agreed Friday to pay $3 billion to settle criminal and civil investigations into a long-running practice whereby company employees opened millions of unauthorized bank accoun...
Feb 21, 2020
China suspends more penalties on US goods after trade truce
BEIJING - China on Friday suspended more punitive tariffs on imports of U.S. industrial goods in response to a truce in its trade war with Washington that threatened global economic growth. Financial ...
Feb 21, 2020
1 trillion euros: EU leaders get into big fight over budget
BRUSSELS - European leaders argued into the early hours of Friday about how to spend and share some 1 trillion euros ($1.1 trillion) over the next seven years. Their first summit since Britain quit th...
Feb 20, 2020
Judge extends order suspending legal proceedings against three tobacco companies
TORONTO - An Ontario court has extended an order suspending legal proceedings against three major tobacco companies as they try to negotiate a settlement with their creditors. Ontario Super...
Feb 20, 2020
Can AI flag disease outbreaks faster than humans? Not quite
BOSTON - Did an artificial-intelligence system beat human doctors in warning the world of a severe coronavirus outbreak in China? In a narrow sense, yes. But what the humans lacked in sheer speed, the...
Feb 20, 2020
2 former cruise ship passengers with virus die in Japan
TOKYO - Two elderly passengers taken off the quarantined cruise ship Diamond Princess because they were infected with the new virus have died, Japan's Health Ministry said Thursday, becoming the first...
Feb 19, 2020
Burger King breaks the mould with new advertising campaign
Burger King is breaking the mould in its new advertising campaign. The burger chain is portraying its Whopper covered in mould in print and TV ads running in Europe and the U.S. The message: Burger Ki...
Feb 19, 2020
Via Rail lays off 1,000 employees temporarily as blockades drag on
MONTREAL - Via Rail says it is temporarily laying off 1,000 employees due to blockades that continue to halt trains on CN tracks in Eastern Canada. The Crown corporation has suspended passenger servic...
Feb 19, 2020
In the spirit of Whitney: Houston Hologram tour set to begin
BURBANK, Calif. - Whitney Houston is about to appear on the concert stage again. Eight years after her death, a holographic Houston will embark on a European tour that starts in England on Feb. 25 and...
Feb 19, 2020
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Sarah Mills: We are feeling the pinch of rising prices, even beyond the gas pumps
Costs have already gone up with airlines. Parcel and delivery services could also increase, and even ride sharing may ja...
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, April 14
8:30 - With the by-elections now decided, Mark Carney's Liberals have secured a majority in the House of Commons, comple...