Murray Wood: Going to seed, in a good way
Murray Wood says seed sales are taking off this spring. Food prices are likely convincing some to grow their own vegetab...
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Trudeau to attend APEC in Peru, G20 summit in Brazil as peer nations brace for Trump
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has arrived in Lima, Peru, where he will attend the APEC summit before heading to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for the G20. Both summits aim to improve the multilater...
Nov 14, 2024
Rent inflation to slow in the next few years, Desjardins predicts
OTTAWA - The rate at which Canadian rental prices are increasing should slow in the coming years as the government's plan to cut back immigration numbers takes hold, a new report from Desjardins says....
Nov 14, 2024
Canada's first case of avian flu infection in humans in B.C.
Canada's Public Health Agency has confirmed that a British Columbia teenager hospitalized last Friday is the country's first ever human case of domestically acquired avian flu. The agency says in a st...
Nov 13, 2024 Canada’s Public Health Agency has confirmed that a British Columbia teenager hospitalized last Friday is the country’s first ever human case of domestically acquired avian flu. (The Canadian Press)
'Serious risks': Researchers join push against importing monkeys for drug testing
Dozens of researchers across Canada, including renowned environmentalist David Suzuki, have joined a growing chorus of voices urging the federal government to halt the importation of an endangered mon...
Nov 13, 2024
CAE monitoring but not expecting near- or long-term changes from U.S. election
The head of flight simulator maker CAE Inc. is closely watching events in the U.S. after last week's election, but said he isn't immediately worried that the incoming president will shake things up to...
Nov 13, 2024
Trump's appointees have criticized Trudeau, warned of border issues with Canada
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump's second administration is filling up with some of his most loyal supporters and many of the people landing top jobs have been critical of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and s...
Nov 13, 2024
Trump campaign promises unlikely to harm entrepreneurship: Shopify CFO
Shopify Inc. executives brushed off concerns that incoming U.S. President Donald Trump will be a major detriment to many of the company's merchants. "There's nothing in what we've heard from Trump, no...
Nov 12, 2024
Deputy minister appointed interim CEO of AIMCo after Alberta government fires board
EDMONTON - Longtime Alberta bureaucrat Ray Gilmour has been appointed interim leader of the Alberta Investment Management Corporation, the Crown agency set up to manage public pensions and investments...
Nov 08, 2024
Freeland rallies a united front ahead of Trump’s return to White House
OTTAWA - Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland is getting the band back together, seeking to rally a united front and co-ordinate a plan to deal with threats posed by the incoming Donald Trump presi...
Nov 08, 2024
Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for October, by Canadian city
OTTAWA - The national unemployment rate was 6.5 per cent in October. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities. It cautions, h...
Nov 08, 2024
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Sarah Mills: We are feeling the pinch of rising prices, even beyond the gas pumps
Costs have already gone up with airlines. Parcel and delivery services could also increase, and even ride sharing may ja...
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, April 14
On Tuesday's show, Evan talks about the Prime Minister's transition from minority to majority government, explores a pro...