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 ...
Tag Archives: Economy
Feds, provinces reach deal on funding for reopening, Trudeau announces
The federal, provincial and territorial governments have reached a deal on billions of dollars in transfers to continue reopening economies amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Justin Trude...
Jul 16, 2020
Canada, U.S. confirm extension of mutual travel ban into late August
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security says Canada and the United States have agreed to extend their mutual ban on non-essential travel between the two countries until Aug. 20. "Based o...
Jul 16, 2020
PMO didn't direct me to choose WE for volunteer program: Chagger
OTTAWA - The federal minister responsible for a $912-million student volunteering program said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's office didn't order her to make the agreement with WE Charity t...
Jul 16, 2020
Charities awaiting word on fate of $912M student-volunteer program
OTTAWA - Non-profit groups that wanted to use the Canada Student Service Grant to hire volunteers say they have not heard a peep from the federal government since WE Charity walked away from running t...
Jul 15, 2020
Bank of Canada holds rate, forecasts decline in GDP of 7.8% this year
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada will keep its key interest rate at 0.25 per cent until the national economic picture improves, which governor Tiff Macklem said Wednesday will take "a long time."...
Jul 15, 2020
Sources say Canada, U.S. likely to extend mutual travel ban into late August
WASHINGTON - Canada and the United States are now widely expected to extend their mutual ban on non-essential cross-border travel as COVID-19 destroys President Donald Trump's hopes for a quick e...
Jul 14, 2020
Senators call for changes to COVID-19 aid and more transparency on spending
OTTAWA - The federal government's key emergency benefit for workers with jobs hit by the pandemic is "not a permanent solution" to ongoing hardships, a Senate committee says in a report that make...
Jul 14, 2020
B.C.'s budget surges to $12.5 billion deficit because of pandemic
VICTORIA - British Columbia's balanced budget has been shattered by the COVID-19 pandemic, with the province forecasting a deficit of $12.5 billion for 2020-21. Finance Minister Carole James...
Jul 14, 2020
Statistics Canada analysis suggests small hit to inflation from pandemic
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says Canadians' buying patterns changed so much during the COVID-19 pandemic that its measure of consumer inflation went a little wobbly. The agency previously reported...
Jul 13, 2020
Return of North American economy will negate need for tariffs, PM tells Trump
WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau urged Donald Trump to think twice Monday before imposing new tariffs on Canadian aluminum, saying the sector is emerging from the pandemic-induced ...
Jul 13, 2020
OPINION
Sarah Mills: The prime minister needs to live by his own bilingual rules
Sarah Mills says Mark Carney largely speaking French in his call to astronaut Jeremy Hansen breaks a standard he set whe...
LATEST WEATHER
TODAY ON EVAN BRAY
The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 9
8:30 - Another MP just crossed the floor to the Liberal Party, just weeks away from three critical byelections where the...