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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Canada pushes back on Chinese military drills in Taiwan Strait
OTTAWA - Canada is pushing back on Chinese influence in the Taiwan Strait after Beijing ratcheted up tensions in East Asia by conducting military drills off Taiwan this week. China's People's Liberati...
Jan 02, 2026
Canada's highest-paid CEOs made an average of $16.2 million in 2024: report
The gap between average worker wages and Canada's top-paid CEOs widened to a record in 2024, according to a new report that pushes for higher taxes on the wealthiest. Average compensation for the 100 ...
Jan 02, 2026 Tobias Lutke, co-founder and CEO of Shopify, participates in the State of Crypto Summit, in New York, Thursday, June 12, 2025. He was the highest-paid CEO in Canada in 2024 after taking home $205.5 million, according to a report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Remote work option ending for thousands of public, private sector workers in 2026
OTTAWA - The new year will bring some big changes to the rules on in-office work for many employees across the country - including tens of thousands of provincial government staff in Ontario and Alber...
Jan 02, 2026
Pimicikamak chief calls on Carney to deploy military over power outage fallout
CROSS LAKE - The chief of Pimicikamak Cree Nation in northern Manitoba has urged Prime Minister Mark Carney to send in the military to deal with a crisis caused by a prolonged power outage. The commun...
Jan 01, 2026
Jobs, economy top voters' priorities at the end of a turbulent 2025: Nanos poll
OTTAWA - A year-end poll from Nanos suggests Canadians will want to see action from the Liberal government on major economic files in the new year. Just over one in five respondents to the poll publis...
Dec 31, 2025
Trump made lots of tariff threats in 2025. Here are some that never materialized
President Donald Trump made a lot of tariff threats and trade promises this year. Many materialized into a barrage of new import taxes that overturned decades of U.S. economic policy - but others have...
Dec 31, 2025
N.S. premier ran on taxes and health care, but pivoted in 2025 to focus on energy
HALIFAX - In the year since the Nova Scotia Progressive Conservatives under Premier Tim Houston won a resounding second mandate, the government's focus has largely been on a topic that didn't get much...
Dec 31, 2025
Five things to watch in Canadian business for 2026
OTTAWA - Trade issues dominated headlines for Canadian business in 2025, but the stock market seemed to shrug off the economic woes as it hit record highs. Heading into 2026, trade will remain in the ...
Dec 31, 2025
Northern lights inspire recovery in Telegraph Cove, B.C., year after devastating fire
Mary Borrowman says she'll never forget the moment she and her husband, Jim, watched the northern lights shimmer across the sky on the morning of Jan. 1, 2025, from their home in Telegraph Cove, B.C. ...
Dec 31, 2025
'Canada is not for sale' hat makers want to share domestic manufacturing tips
OTTAWA - One of the people behind the viral "Canada is not for sale" hat says he wants to help other companies get on board the made-in-Canada train. Liam Mooney told The Canadian Press he and his fia...
Dec 30, 2025
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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...