Sarah Mills: A U.S. jury says Live Nation and Ticketmaster's monopoly hurt fans
An appeal is already underway, but Sarah Mills says the court case against Live Nation and Ticketmaster has exposed what...
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Bank of Canada expected to hold key rate, move to sidelines after an uncertain 2025
OTTAWA - Economists widely expect the Bank of Canada will hold its benchmark interest rate steady this week and move to the sidelines to cap off a year dominated by trade and economic uncertainty. The...
Dec 08, 2025 Tiff Macklem, Governor of the Bank of Canada, holds a press conference at the Bank of Canada in Ottawa on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Trump says 'We'll see' on whether to restart trade talks with Canada
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump answered "we'll see" when he was asked Sunday whether he'd resume the trade talks he halted with Canada earlier this year. Trump made several comments about th...
Dec 08, 2025
Experts urge Ottawa to seek new trading opportunities within the Western Hemisphere
OTTAWA - Canada is missing out on economic opportunities in its own backyard, says a new report from the Canadian Council for the Americas. "Latin America is the neglected ... close cousin of Canada,"...
Dec 07, 2025
First military procurements managed by Defence Investment Agency revealed
OTTAWA - The federal government has disclosed the first eight projects to be managed by the new Defence Investment Agency. The large military procurements include Canada's next fleet of submarines, Ar...
Dec 05, 2025
NDP MP Kwan accuses Liberals of 'fearmongering' over defence export bill
OTTAWA - NDP MP Jenny Kwan is dismissing an internal Liberal caucus document as a "fearmongering" attempt to dissuade government MPs from supporting her bill to tighten oversight of defence-related ex...
Dec 05, 2025
More than 10,000 CBSA removal warrants active for more than a year
OTTAWA - More than 10,000 removal warrants in the Canada Border Services Agency inventory have been active for more than a year - even though the agency says removals are at an all-time high. CBSA sta...
Dec 05, 2025
Ottawa should recommit to debt-to-GDP anchor, IMF report says
OTTAWA - A new report by the International Monetary Fund pushes the federal government to recommit to an old fiscal anchor. The report, released Friday as part of the IMF's regular review of the Canad...
Dec 05, 2025
Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for November, by Canadian city
OTTAWA - The national unemployment rate was 6.5 per cent in November. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities. It cautions, ...
Dec 05, 2025
Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for November, by province
OTTAWA - Canada's national unemployment rate was 6.5 per cent in November. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets): _ Newfoundland and Labrador ...
Dec 05, 2025
National employment numbers for November from Statistics Canada, at a glance
OTTAWA - A quick look at Canada's November employment figures (numbers from the previous month in brackets): Unemployment rate: 6.5 per cent (6.9) Employment rate: 60.9 per cent (60.8) Participation r...
Dec 05, 2025
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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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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 16
8:30 - There are no shortages of stories coming from Parliament Hill this week. Following the Liberal majority, the gas ...