Murray Wood: A star-crossed leader is beset by floor-crossing MPs
Murray Wood says Pierre Poilievre has suffered some bad timing in his career as Conservative leader, but the question is...
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2027 Grey Cup expected to bring major economic boost to Sask.
In 2022, when the Grey Cup Festival was last hosted in Regina, it generated close to $70 million in economic activity across Canada. Mike Tate, CEO of the Regina and District Chamber of Commerce, said...
Oct 28, 2025 Saskatchewan is set to host the 114th Grey Cup on November 7, 2027. (Nicole Garn/980 CJME)
Industrial carbon price a focus Carney's climate strategy consultations: sources
OTTAWA - Environment advocates say the federal government's consultations ahead of the release of its climate competitiveness strategy next week have focused in part on making industrial carbon pricin...
Oct 28, 2025
Trump's tariffs to face legal test before U.S. Supreme Court next week
WASHINGTON - Victor Owen Schwartz started a business importing wine and spirits to the United States with his mother nearly 40 years ago. His company VOS Selections, which he runs with his daughter, s...
Oct 28, 2025
Prime Minister Carney's visit to Singapore focuses on attracting investment in Canada
SINGAPORE - Prime Minister Mark Carney met with potential investment partners in Singapore on Tuesday as his first official visit to Asia entered its second phase. The brief stopover in Singapore come...
Oct 28, 2025
David Eby says British Columbia's anti-tariff ads, aimed at Americans, will go ahead
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby said the province plans to push ahead with anti-tariff advertisements aimed at the American public, days after U.S. President Donald Trump blamed a campai...
Oct 27, 2025
Bank of Canada expected to cut key rate despite mixed inflation, jobs data
OTTAWA - Most economists expect the Bank of Canada will look past strong jobs data and signs of stubbornness on the inflation front to deliver a second consecutive interest rate cut this week. BMO chi...
Oct 27, 2025 A cyclist rides past the Bank of Canada in Ottawa, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Prime Minister Carney says he plans to meet with Chinese President Xi at APEC
KUALA LUMPUR - Prime Minister Mark Carney plans to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping while the pair are at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum later this week in South Korea. Carney said ...
Oct 27, 2025 Prime Minister Mark Carney waits for a plenary session to begin at the ASEAN summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Sunday Oct. 26, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Food costs are spiralling. These Canadians are turning to food banks for help
TORONTO - Sticker shock hit hard when single mom Kristina Kennedy saw the sausages she usually buys were $1.50 more than expected. As the sole caregiver to four children, the 40-year-old says price hi...
Oct 27, 2025 Leisa Muthra, who uses food banks, is seen in Toronto in an undated handout photo. Both Food Banks Canada and Daily Bread released reports Monday morning that reveal a deepening reliance on food banks. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout - Leisa Muthra
Ford says he won't apologize for anti-tariff ads that scuttled trade talks with U.S.
OTTAWA - After Ontario's anti-tariff TV ad blitz scuttled trade talks, Premier Doug Ford vowed Monday he will "never apologize" for pushing back against hostile trade measures designed to poach jobs f...
Oct 27, 2025
Carney tells ASEAN summit Canada respects trade rules, as Trump threatens new tariffs
KUALA LUMPUR - Prime Minister Mark Carney took a veiled shot at the Trump administration's trade policy on Sunday, highlighting Canada's reliability and steadiness without naming the United States or ...
Oct 26, 2025
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Sarah Mills: A lifetime smoking ban in the UK may be a step too far
Sarah Mills says there are great health-care costs associated with smoking, but those costs are also associated with obe...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 23
Evan talks on Thursday's show about the RM of Sherwood's AI data centre now approved to be built, Saskatoon mayor Cynthi...