Sarah Mills: Driver education shouldn't just be for high-school students
A soon-to-be learner driver in Sarah Mills' house is making her pause and think about some of the bad habits drivers dis...
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'Time is running out': Experts call on Ottawa to increase efforts with U.S. on trade
WASHINGTON, D. C. - A group of experts is sounding the alarm that Ottawa needs to swiftly make more inroads with Americans, or Canada will be deeply disadvantaged in a looming review of a crucial trad...
Jul 26, 2024
Nova Scotia generated $144M surplus last fiscal year; budget predicted $279M deficit
HALIFAX - As the Nova Scotia government announced it ended the last fiscal year with a surplus of nearly $144 million, opposition parties called for changes to spending practices that allow the govern...
Jul 26, 2024
Bank of Canada cuts key interest rate to 4.5%
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada cut its key interest rate for a second consecutive time on Wednesday, but warned the path back to two per cent inflation may be uneven and would ultimately determine the pa...
Jul 24, 2024 The central bank says its decision to lower its policy rate by a quarter percentage point was motivated by easing price pressures and weakening economic conditions. (The Canadian Press)
Long-promised Nova Scotia Loyal program to offer rewards for buying local
HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government announced Tuesday that its promised program to encourage people to buy local will award points only at Sobeys Inc. grocery stores and the provincial liquor corpora...
Jul 23, 2024
Quebec government funnels another $413 million to Airbus A220 program
MIRABEL, QUE. - The Quebec government is injecting another $413 million into the Airbus A220 commercial jet program, formerly known as the C Series, in a bid to improve its return on investment. The a...
Jul 23, 2024
Faster progress needed on removing interprovincial trade barriers: CFIB report
TORONTO - Doing business across provincial lines is starting to get easier but progress is slow, says the Canadian Federation of Independent Business. In a report released Tuesday, the CFIB says it's ...
Jul 23, 2024
Investment regulator imposed $14M in enforcement penalties in latest fiscal year
TORONTO - Canada's investment product regulator says it imposed more than $14 million in fines and other financial enforcements in its last fiscal year. The Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization...
Jul 16, 2024
Wholesale trade falls in May as manufacturing sales tick up: Statistics Canada
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says wholesale sales, excluding petroleum, petroleum products, and other hydrocarbons and excluding oilseed and grain, fell 0.8 per cent to $82.2 billion in May. The overall...
Jul 15, 2024
Payouts for the many over the few: employee ownership trusts take shape in Canada
Three times a year, the 600-or-so employees of Friesens Corp. gather in front of the printing house to accept envelopes, each one holding a cheque for the workers' share of company profits. They all g...
Jul 12, 2024
Poll suggests Manitobans worried about costs, less confident in institutions
WINNIPEG - Manitobans are increasingly worried about the cost of living and crime, and are becoming less confident in the justice system and public service, a poll commissioned by the provincial gover...
Jul 07, 2024
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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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TODAY ON EVAN BRAY
The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, April 21
On Tuesday, Evan speaks with Premier Scott Moe from the Food, Fuel and Fertilizer Global Summit, explores nuclear power ...