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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Trump's tariff turnaround shows he's vulnerable to pressure, says former negotiator
Canada's former top trade negotiator said Thursday that if nations around the world co-ordinate their responses to Donald Trump's global trade war, the U.S. president would be more likely to back away...
Apr 10, 2025
Highlights from Newfoundland and Labrador's 2025-26 budget
ST. JOHN'S - Newfoundland and Labrador's budget for the 2025-26 fiscal year, introduced on Wednesday, is in deficit and includes money to help the economy weather the potential economic storm resultin...
Apr 09, 2025
N.L. budget has $372-million deficit, includes $200-million tariff contingency fund
ST. JOHN'S - The Newfoundland and Labrador government is delaying its plan to balance the books for another year, with a new budget forecasting a $372-million deficit as the province navigates uncerta...
Apr 09, 2025
Canada adds more retaliatory tariffs as Trump's trade war hits the world
WASHINGTON - Canada amped up its retaliatory measures against Donald Trump's tariffs today as the United States president brought his trade war to the world. A 10 per cent baseline tariff on imports t...
Apr 09, 2025
In Alberta, Carney follows Poilievre in pledging to speed up resource projects
OTTAWA - Liberal Leader Mark Carney took his promise of making Canada an "energy superpower" to the heart of Canada's oil industry Wednesday, becoming the second party leader in three days to promise ...
Apr 09, 2025
Ontario says art museum investment is commitment to Canadian patriotism, identity
The Ontario government says a planned $50 million investment in the McMichael Canadian Art Collection is an investment in patriotism and Canadian culture. Ontario's tourism and culture minister, Stan ...
Apr 08, 2025
U.S. trade representative faces pushback from lawmakers over Trump's global tariffs
WASHINGTON - With a fresh round of U.S. tariffs set to hit the world Wednesday, America's top trade official faced pushback Tuesday from lawmakers alarmed by the fallout from President Donald Trump's ...
Apr 08, 2025
Curling championship exceeded expectations for Moose Jaw business community
By Shawn Slaght The BKT World Men's Curling Championship, held in Moose Jaw last week, exceeded expectations for the business community. Hotel rooms were booked solid, restaurants and bars were packed...
Apr 08, 2025 The BKT World Men's Curling Championship at the Temple Gardens Centre exceeded the expectations of the business community last week. (Discover Moose Jaw)
Government social services are 'significant agent' of colonialism, N.L. inquiry hears
ST. JOHN'S - A social worker with decades of experience working with the Innu in Newfoundland and Labrador has told a public inquiry that government social services that were supposed to help have in ...
Apr 07, 2025
Ontario offers $11 billion in relief to businesses stung by U.S. tariffs
TORONTO - Ontario businesses will see select provincial taxes deferred for six months, which Premier Doug Ford says will give them about $9 billion worth of relief amid global economic turmoil in the ...
Apr 07, 2025
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...