Murray Wood: April is the most frustrating month on the prairies
As much of Saskatchewan deals with another spring snowstorm, Murray Wood says we're all asking the same question: This i...
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LeBlanc: No timeline for reaching tariff deals, but talks not at a 'dead end'
OTTAWA - It's futile to predict how long trade talks with President Donald Trump's White House might last, Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc told the House of Commons trade committee ...
Oct 02, 2025
Budget watchdog says home affordability is getting better — but not everywhere
OTTAWA - Ottawa's fiscal watchdog is reporting significant progress in closing Canada's housing affordability gap - but the picture looks very different across the country. Interim Parliamentary Budge...
Oct 02, 2025
Liberals roll out Defence Investment Agency to speed up military purchasing
OTTAWA - Ottawa is launching a new federal procurement agency designed to overhaul and centralize how the military buys its equipment. Secretary of State for Defence Procurement Stephen Fuhr, who will...
Oct 02, 2025 Secretary of State (Defence Procurement) Stephen Fuhr speaks to journalists as he arrives for a meeting of the federal cabinet in West Block on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, May 14, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Federal officials were interested in proposed Quebec LNG project, documents show
MONTREAL - Senior federal officials touted a proposed liquefied natural gas facility in Quebec as having the potential to export "substantial volumes" of LNG to Europe, documents show. The revelation ...
Oct 02, 2025
Latest American tariffs on B.C. lumber are 'absurd,' says Premier David Eby
VICTORIA - It is "completely absurd" that softwood lumber exports from British Columbia to the United States face higher duties than the same product from Russia, Premier David Eby said Wednesday. He ...
Oct 01, 2025
Economic opportunity of climate action a focus as Toronto Climate Week launches
TORONTO - Canada has an opportunity to leap ahead and reap the economic gains of climate action as the U.S. retreats, said several speakers at the launch of the first Toronto Climate Week on Wednesday...
Oct 01, 2025
Sault Ste. Marie MP says Algoma Steel loans 'absolutely critical' to its survival
OTTAWA - U.S. President Donald Trump tried and failed to "wipe Algoma Steel off the map" with his punishing tariffs, Sault Ste. Marie-Algoma MP Terry Sheehan said Wednesday. Sheehan said the financial...
Oct 01, 2025
Carney names 'personal' EU envoy, looks to replace Dion as ambassador to France
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is appointing a "personal representative" to the European Union to oversee trade and defence ties with the bloc, sunsetting a role that focused in part on human rig...
Oct 01, 2025
Joly says Ottawa will be 'hawkish' on competition to restore affordability
OTTAWA - Industry Minister Mlanie Joly says Ottawa is going to be "hawkish" on competition in a bid to ease the cost of living. She says affordability is top of mind for Canadians and expanding market...
Oct 01, 2025 Industry Minister Mélanie Joly speaks at the Competition Summit in Ottawa on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyl
Ottawa denies Marineland request to export its remaining beluga whales to China
Ottawa has denied a request from Marineland to send its remaining beluga whales to China. Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson says the federal government will not grant an export permit to ship the 30 ...
Oct 01, 2025 Beluga whales swim in a tank at Marineland amusement park in Niagara Falls, Ont., Friday, June 9, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
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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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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 ...