Murray Wood: Elbows down, taxpayer subsidies for U.S. flights up
Murray Wood wonders why it's OK for Saskatchewan to prop up air travel to the U.S. with taxpayer dollars, but it was wro...
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Tax data suggests lethal Canadian arms still being exported to Israel
OTTAWA - Israeli customs data suggests lethal Canadian arms are still being exported regularly to Israel, despite Ottawa's claim that it has halted such shipments. "Canadian military products are deep...
Jul 29, 2025 Yara Shoufani of Palestinian Youth Movement speaks alongside Alex Paterson with Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East, left, and Corey Balsam of Independent Jewish Voices during a press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, July 29, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Quebec auditor general investigating subsidies to embattled electric battery industry
QUBEC - The office of Quebec's auditor general says it is investigating the millions of dollars in subsidies given by the province to the electric battery industry. Major players in the sector have co...
Jul 29, 2025
Free trade carveouts key in potential deal between U.S. and Canada: business groups
Business leaders and academics say they hope to see Canada and the U.S. maintain free trade protections for most goods once an agreement is reached, even if the negotiations can't stave off certain se...
Jul 29, 2025
Provincial deficits to narrow in coming years despite trade war: report
OTTAWA - Under pressure from the U.S. trade war and a slowing economy, Canada's provinces are all expected to run fiscal deficits this year - but a Conference Board of Canada report predicts those def...
Jul 29, 2025
Harper says Carney team sought his trade advice, suggests looking outside U.S.
OTTAWA - Former prime minister Stephen Harper said Monday he's urging Ottawa to find new trading partners outside the United States. "I think it's fair to say I'm probably the most pro-American prime ...
Jul 28, 2025
Carney says trade talks in 'intense phase' after Trump scores win with European Union
WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Mark Carney said Monday that Canada's negotiations with the United States are in an "intense phase" after President Donald Trump achieved a critical agreement with the Euro...
Jul 28, 2025
Ottawa cuts Confederation Bridge tolls, ferry fares in Atlantic Canada
ALBANY, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND - Tolls on the Confederation Bridge linking Prince Edward Island to Canada's mainland will drop sharply starting Aug. 1, along with several other Atlantic travel fees, the...
Jul 28, 2025
Alberta immigrants say seeing an uptick in anger, rise of racist narratives
EDMONTON - Alberta resident Shamaila Akram says she can handle the increase in racial slurs and derogatory comments being thrown at her, but she worries about her newcomer and immigrant clients. As de...
Jul 26, 2025
U.S. imposing 20.56% anti-dumping duties on Canadian softwood
VANCOUVER - British Columbia lumber organizations are condemning the decision by the U.S. Commerce Department to raise anti-dumping duties on Canadian softwood to 20.56 per cent, calling them unjustif...
Jul 25, 2025
Nurses group hopes premiers' new sense of unity will lead to labour mobility
OTTAWA - The Canadian Nurses Association says it hopes the new "united Team Canada" approach at the Council of the Federation will lead to harmonization of nurses' licences across the country. The ass...
Jul 25, 2025
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Sarah Mills: We need more 'regular guys' in the civic process
Standing in front of CEOs, lobbyists, advocates and others at a council meeting is not an exciting prospect, but Sarah M...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 30
Evan finds out what to do if you find space junk on your farm, analyzes the outrage over Ticketmaster prices and the fut...