Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
Every Friday, Murray Wood takes a look back at the week's news and decides who's hot... and who's not. This week's list ...
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Trump calls Florida meeting with Trudeau productive amid stiff tariff threat
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump called his meeting with Justin Trudeau productive and says the prime minister made a commitment to work with the United States to end the drug crisis amid the threat ...
Nov 30, 2024 U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau talk before to a NATO roundtable meeting in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019. (Frank Augstein /THE ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Donald Trump meeting in Florida, source says
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met with U.S. president-elect Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago estate Friday night, a source confirmed to The Canadian Press. Trudeau's plane landed in West Palm B...
Nov 29, 2024
GDP per capita falls for sixth straight quarter, economists split on rate cut size
OTTAWA - The Canadian economy shrank on a per-person basis for a sixth consecutive quarter, extending an all-too-familiar trend of high interest rates stifling business investment and constraining gro...
Nov 29, 2024
CFIB calls on Ottawa to compensate small firms for costs of GST holiday
TORONTO - The Canadian Federation of Independent Business is asking the federal government to compensate small businesses for the costs to implement the two-month long GST holiday. The organization wa...
Nov 28, 2024
Liberals, NDP pass bill to enact two-month GST holiday in House of Commons
OTTAWA - The Liberals' GST holiday bill is one step closer to becoming law after it was passed by a majority of the House of Commons late Thursday night. The two-month tax break covers dozens of items...
Nov 28, 2024
Lawyers, loyalists and Wall Street executives: a look at who's on Trump's tariff team
WASHINGTON - As president-elect Donald Trump rattles his closest neighbours with threats of tariffs, he is also firming up the team of loyalists to put his plans into action. Trump's team to lead his ...
Nov 27, 2024
Trump's tariffs in his first term did little to alter the economy, but this time could be different
WASHINGTON (AP) - Donald Trump loved to use tariffs on foreign goods during his first presidency. But their impact was barely noticeable in the overall economy, even if their aftershocks were clear in...
Nov 27, 2024
Inuit Nunangat University closer to realization with $50M from Mastercard Foundation
OTTAWA - The dream to open an Inuit-led university is one step closer to realization, the president of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami said, after a $50 million investment from the Mastercard Foundation. Inui...
Nov 27, 2024
Not a moment to ‘squabble,’ Freeland says after premiers’ meeting on Trump tariffs
OTTAWA - Unity among provinces and the federal government is critical in the face of the grave challenge posed by the threat of massive new import tariffs from Canada's closest trading partner, Deputy...
Nov 27, 2024
Trump's tariff threat a grim reminder of turbulent trade in first administration
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump threatened the United States's closest neighbours with big tariffs this week, in a move that has reminded many of the unpredictable tactics the president-elect deployed durin...
Nov 26, 2024
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Murray Wood: The day Canada Became a nation
April 9, 1917 was Easter Monday. On that date, 109 years ago, Canadian soldiers made history at Vimy Ridge. Murray Wood ...
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