Murray Wood: Is this one of those times when money might be better in the government's pockets?
Windfall profits on oil are prompting a break in the federal fuel excise, but Saskatchewan isn't following suit. Murray ...
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Vancouver's shuttered aquarium searching for financial solution amid pandemic
VANCOUVER - Lillooet stepped out of her travelling cage, stretched her wings, shook her tail feathers and looked around the empty foyer of the Vancouver Aquarium. The 22-year-old African penguin ...
Sep 17, 2020
B.C. adds $660M in tax incentives, reveals details of $1.5 billion recovery plan
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government announcing $660 million in new tax incentives Thursday and outlined how it will spend another $1.5 billion on economic recovery from the COVID...
Sep 17, 2020
Trudeau starts consultations with opposition leaders on next week's throne speech
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau began consulting opposition leaders Thursday about next week's throne speech, which could theoretically bring down his minority Liberal government if none of the...
Sep 16, 2020
Throne speech to talk short-, and long-term plans as cases rise, prompting PM address
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals' throne speech Wednesday is to lay out plans for child care, health care, affordable housing and navigating the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic. The speech, cra...
Sep 16, 2020
Trudeau says he doesn't want an election but country will 'figure it out' if need be
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada's democratic institutions - including Parliament and Elections Canada - need to be fully functional even in the midst of a deadly pandemic. But he in...
Sep 15, 2020
At 11th hour, U.S. abruptly reverses course, lifts tariffs on Canadian aluminum
WASHINGTON, Wash. - The United States blinked Tuesday in its latest tariff dispute with Canada, lifting a 10 per cent levy on Canadian-made aluminum just hours before Ottawa was to let fly with a suit...
Sep 15, 2020
August inflation rate holds steady at 0.1%, Statistics Canada reports
OTTAWA - The annual pace of inflation held steady in August as lower gasoline and air travel costs helped offset rising prices in other areas as businesses passed on costs related to operating during ...
Sep 15, 2020
Threat of fall federal election eases as COVID-19 cases continue to rise
OTTAWA - The threat of a federal election seems to be easing as the Liberal government prepares for a return to Parliament next week amid concerns Canada could already be heading into a dreaded second...
Sep 15, 2020
Federal Reserve to meet after sharp changes to its outlook
WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve policymakers will meet this week for the first time since they significantly revised the Fed's operating framework in ways that will likely keep short-term interest rates ...
Sep 15, 2020
Cracks start to show in UK jobs market as unemployment rises
LONDON - Unemployment in the U.K. edged up in July even though large parts of the economy reopened after the coronavirus lockdown, a signal that the jobless rate is set to spike higher when a governme...
Sep 15, 2020
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Sarah Mills: The president has tested the faithful
The may be some who worship U.S. President Donald Trump, but like the Beatles before him, Sarah Mills says the president...
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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, April 15
8:30 - With a clear majority now secured, Mark Carney no longer has to bargain to survive confidence votes and can focus...