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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With parks closed, Disney starts furloughs in 2 weeks
ORLANDO, Fla. - Saying they don't know when they'll be able to re-open many of their businesses with the coronavirus spreading, Walt Disney Co. officials announced they will start furloughing some wor...
Apr 03, 2020
GST credit payments to low-income earners to arrive one month earlier
OTTAWA - The federal government is speeding up financial help to low-income earners hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, with payments through the GST credit a month sooner than planned as it prepares to del...
Apr 03, 2020
COVID expected to kill thousands just in Ontario even with stiff restrictions
TORONTO - As known COVID-19 cases rose nationally and almost all construction in the country's economic heartland was idled on Friday, health authorities in Ontario said the death toll in that provinc...
Apr 03, 2020
MPs to quiz Morneau on COVID-19 bailout as PBO releases new estimates
OTTAWA - Parliament's spending watchdog says three federal measures to help low-income earners, families and seniors weather the economic shock from COVID-19 will cost over $8 billion. The reports thi...
Apr 02, 2020
A record 10 million sought US jobless aid in past 2 weeks
WASHINGTON - More than 6.6 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week - doubling a record high set just one week earlier - a sign that layoffs are accelerating in the midst of the c...
Apr 02, 2020
Trudeau rejects mandatory stay-at-home order for now; COVID deaths up
TORONTO - An already grim employment toll looked set to worsen Thursday as authorities pondered further tightening restrictions on people and businesses to slow the spread of COVID-19 and ke...
Apr 02, 2020
Unemployed during COVID-19? Here's how to navigate federal programs
A quick look at some of the federal COVID-19 benefit programs and who qualifies for assistance: Canada Emergency Response Benefit The CERB pays a monthly $2,000 payment to workers who wouldn't ot...
Apr 01, 2020
Parliament to sit again to approve more COVID-19 relief as spending climbs
OTTAWA - Parliamentarians will soon find themselves voting anew on spending measures to help the country to combat the financial fallout from COVID-19 - help that is going to cost the federal tre...
Apr 01, 2020
Parliament may need to be recalled again to approve wage subsidy program
OTTAWA - Canadians are supposed to get more details today of the federal government's massive emergency wage subsidy program - a day later than promised. Finance Minister Bill Morneau and Sm...
Apr 01, 2020
Amid medical-supplies scramble, pandemic highlights new perils to free trade
WASHINGTON - "America First" rhetoric and disdain for free trade are old news in the Donald Trump era, but with countries in a life-or-death scramble to stockpile gowns, ...
Mar 31, 2020
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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...