Murray Wood: Are Saskatchewan Roughrider fans still the best in the CFL?
Murray Wood says attendance at Rider seems to be down, even though the team guards the numbers. But with a strong record...
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Finance Department says federal deficit was $23.8 billion deficit over April and May
OTTAWA - The federal government ran a deficit of nearly $24 billion over the first two months of its fiscal year, a sharp drop from the unprecedented spending one year earlier at the start of the COVI...
Jul 30, 2021
Statistics Canada says economy appears to have grown in second quarter
OTTAWA - The Canadian economy appears to have bounced back after its worst two-month stretch since the start of the pandemic, eking out a gain in June and growth in the second quarter of the year. Sta...
Jul 30, 2021
White House to maintain travel restrictions as Delta ravages unvaccinated Americans
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Joe Biden didn't mince words Monday when asked whether his administration will be able to convince more holdout Americans to change their minds about getting the COVID-19 v...
Jul 26, 2021
Symmetry not guaranteed on border policy: envoy
WASHINGTON - Just because Canada and the United States worked closely together to restrict travel across their shared border doesn't mean they were always going to move in lockstep when the time came ...
Jul 23, 2021
Biden nominates tech exec, political adviser David Cohen as U.S. ambassador to Canada
WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden has nominated David Cohen, a tech executive who once served as chief of staff to the mayor of Philadelphia, to be his ambassador to Canada. Cohen, a lawyer, lobbyist a...
Jul 21, 2021
Despite Canada's easing, U.S. adds 30 days to travel restrictions at shared border
WASHINGTON - Canada's bilateral overtures to fully vaccinated American visitors went unrequited Wednesday as the Department of Homeland Security formally extended its travel restrictions at the Canada...
Jul 21, 2021
Bank of Canada names new deputy governor, 'temporarily' expanding governing council
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada is naming a long-time central banker as a new deputy governor beginning early next month. The bank says Sharon Kozicki will take on the role on Aug. 2 after serving eight y...
Jul 21, 2021
Challenges at southern border may be drag on efforts to reopen Canada-U.S. frontier
WASHINGTON - Canadians wondering why the United States doesn't appear to be rushing to ease travel restrictions at their shared border should cast a gaze further south, where the frontier with Mexico ...
Jul 20, 2021
Government expects foreign states' wariness of mix-and-max vaccination to 'evolve'
OTTAWA - Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc is sounding a note of hope that Canadians who mixed and matched COVID-19 vaccines will not have a problem crossing borders in the months ahe...
Jul 20, 2021
The latest questions and answers about who can, can't cross the Canada-U.S. border
WASHINGTON - Some questions and answers about the state of the Canada-U.S. border, 16 months into the COVID-19 pandemic: Q: Who can enter Canada from the United States without having to quarantine? A:...
Jul 19, 2021
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