Murray Wood: Signs of spring appearing in Saskatchewan
Murray Wood says signs of spring were all over the place on the weekend, even though the forecast remains wintery for th...
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U.S. president signs executive order instituting stringent new Buy American regimen
WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden imposed stringent new made-in-America rules for U.S. government spending Monday, adding a caveat likely troubling to Canada: exceptions to those rules will be allowed ...
Jan 25, 2021
A parliamentary pile on over national vaccine rollout kicks off new Commons sitting
OTTAWA - The seats were nearly empty Monday as the House of Commons returned in hybrid form, but the opposition was full of fighting spirit over the Liberal government's handling of the COVID-19 vacci...
Jan 25, 2021
Biden, PM chat; U.S., Canada have plenty of common ground to work with, Trudeau says
WASHINGTON - Joe Biden's White House has a lot in common cause with Canada, Justin Trudeau said Friday as he urged people to look past the new U.S. president's decision to kill off the Keystone XL pip...
Jan 22, 2021
'World needs what Sask. has to offer': Ag powers exports during pandemic
Saskatchewan's agriculture industry has proven it can help prop up the province and keep it competitive, even in the middle of a pandemic. "In Canada, trade and exports to countries around the world i...
Jan 22, 2021 Todd Lewis in Gray, Saskatchewan on Aug. 13, 2020. (Libby Giesbrecht/980 CJME)
European Central Bank stimulus on track as economy struggles
FRANKFURT - With more than a trillion euros in stimulus still in the pipeline to the economy, the European Central Bank left its key bond-purchase program unchanged Thursday as the 19-country eurozone...
Jan 21, 2021
U of R professor isn't optimistic about possible Biden trade policies
As the United States shifts to a different president, one University of Regina economics professor is trying to gaze into the future and what impacts the new administration will have. On Wednesday, Jo...
Jan 20, 2021 (Joseph Ho/980 CJME file photo)
PBO says reformed fiscal stabilization program to cost Ottawa $4.5 billion
OTTAWA - Reforms to a federal support program for provinces will nearly triple the cost to Ottawa next year, with the price tag projected to be about $4.5 billion, says Canada's parliamentary budget o...
Jan 20, 2021
'Gut punch': Alberta Premier Jason Kenney blasts Biden on revoked Keystone XL permit
CALGARY - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is calling for the federal government to impose economic sanctions against the United States in response to newly inaugurated U.S. President Joe Biden's "gut pun...
Jan 20, 2021
Vaccination efforts key to economic recovery, BoC says as it keeps rate on hold
OTTAWA - The economy will go in reverse for the first quarter of 2021, the Bank of Canada said Wednesday as it kept its key interest rate on hold, warning the hardest-hit workers will be hammered agai...
Jan 20, 2021
Trudeau vows to keep up the fight to sway U.S. on merits of Keystone XL pipeline
WASHINGTON - Canada won't stop trying to convince Joe Biden of the merits of Keystone XL, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau insisted Tuesday, despite reports the U.S. president-elect appears poised to sig...
Jan 19, 2021
OPINION
Sarah Mills: Cancelled ferries on west coast put the short Saskatchewan commutes into perspective
Using the ferry system is a great way to enjoy BC from the water, but Sarah Mills says recent issues have had a big impa...
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, April 7
8:30 - Today is Green Shirt Day, which falls one day after the eighth anniversary of the Humboldt Bus Crash. The anniver...