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Here's the latest as Canada braces for Trump tariffs Tuesday
OTTAWA - U.S. President Donald Trump will hit Canada with 25 per cent tariffs on Tuesday, with a lower 10 per cent duty for energy. The federal government has been working to reassure Canadians that i...
Feb 01, 2025
Trudeau announces 25 per cent targeted retaliatory tariffs
WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada will hit back with steep, immediate retaliatory tariffs on American goods after U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed he is moving ahead with dev...
Feb 01, 2025
Saskatchewan Premier Moe says staying hopeful ahead of U.S. tariff threat
REGINA - Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says he's staying hopeful that he won't wake up on Saturday morning to tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump. Trump's administration says the country w...
Jan 31, 2025
B.C. Premier Eby bemoans 'chaos' and 'confusion' as U.S. tariff threat looms
VICTORIA - As economists met British Columbia's Finance Minister Brenda Bailey around a Vancouver hotel conference table and online on Friday, one announced news fresh to hand, sending a ripple throug...
Jan 31, 2025
Chrystia Freeland says Canada should target Elon Musk's Tesla in a tariff fight
OTTAWA - Liberal leadership hopeful Chrystia Freeland says Canada should target Teslas and U.S. alcohol as part of its tariff retaliation package should U.S. President Donald Trump made good on his tr...
Jan 31, 2025
Statistics Canada reports economy contracted 0.2 per cent in November
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says real gross domestic product decreased 0.2 per cent in November, the largest monthly contraction since December 2023. However, the agency says its preliminary estimate f...
Jan 31, 2025
Liberal ministers make last-ditch pitch in D.C. to stop Trump tariffs
WASHINGTON - A trio of federal cabinet ministers is in Washington today making a last-ditch attempt to stop U.S. President Donald Trump from imposing economically devastating tariffs on Canadian impor...
Jan 31, 2025
Carney to announce plan to kill consumer carbon price
OTTAWA - Liberal leadership contender Mark Carney is expected to announce a plan on Friday to abandon consumer carbon pricing but keep industrial pricing in place. "The consumer carbon tax isn't worki...
Jan 31, 2025
New Brunswick must adapt in face of U.S. tariff threats: premier
FREDERICTON - Premier Susan Holt warned that New Brunswick faces "serious headwinds" if the United States imposes tariffs but promised to hold the line and meet the targets her government has set out ...
Jan 30, 2025
Assisted Living Alberta announced as last public health agency taking over AHS
CALGARY - The Alberta government has named Assisted Living Alberta as the last of four new public agencies taking over provincial health care from Alberta Health Services. Seniors, Community and Socia...
Jan 30, 2025
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Sarah Mills: Accountability is a word some elected officials seem to be forgetting
From four people walking away from the RM of Sherwood council with little to no explanation to the reaction of some coun...
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, April 28
8:30 - The war involving Iran has increased uncertainty in global energy markets, largely because the Strait of Hormuz h...