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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PM says Ottawa will defend workers and businesses following latest U.S. trade threats
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney says the Canadian government will "steadfastly" defend workers and businesses following the latest trade threats by U.S. President Donald Trump. In a post on social...
Jul 11, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump, right, and Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney participate in a session of the G7 Summit, Monday, June 16, 2025, in Kananaskis, Canada. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Government extends temporary trade war relief measures for employment insurance
OTTAWA - The federal government is extending changes it made in March to the employment insurance program in response to the trade war with the U.S. The changes were meant to help businesses retain wo...
Jul 10, 2025
Trump threatens 35 per cent tariffs on Canada on Aug. 1 in letter posted online
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to impose 35 per cent tariffs on Canadian imports on Aug. 1 in a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney posted on social media Thursday night, evident...
Jul 10, 2025
Canada Infrastructure Bank set to fall well short of 2028 investment target: PBO
OTTAWA - Parliament's fiscal watchdog is projecting that the Canada Infrastructure Bank will fall more than $20 billion short of its investment targets for the coming years. In a new report released T...
Jul 10, 2025
Canadian pharmaceutical industry alarmed after Trump floats 200 per cent tariff
WASHINGTON - Canada likely isn't the main target of U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to impose a 200 per cent tariff on pharmaceutical imports, an industry representative said Wednesday - but his ...
Jul 09, 2025
Quarter of Ont. mutual fund dealers say customers sold unneeded products: survey
TORONTO - A regulator-led survey of Ontario mutual fund dealers based out of big banks finds a sizable minority are not always acting in the interests of clients. The survey of close to 3,000 dealers ...
Jul 09, 2025
Trump says he will hit copper imports with 50 per cent tariffs
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday he will impose a 50 per cent tariff on copper imports - but hasn't said yet when it will take effect. "Today we are doing copper," Trump told repo...
Jul 08, 2025
Percentage of Canadians who see the U.S. as a top threat triples: poll
WASHINGTON - As U.S. President Donald Trump pursues his global trade war and talk of annexation, a new poll suggests the percentage of Canadians who view the United States as a top threat has tripled ...
Jul 08, 2025
B.C. boosts tax credit for developers of video games, virtual reality simulators
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is boosting a tax credit to help developers of video games such as Electronic Arts hire additional staff and invest money locally. Premier David Eby said the...
Jul 07, 2025
N.S. government failure has made affordability similar in Halifax and Toronto: NDP
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's NDP says the provincial government's failure to address the cost of living has made affordability in Halifax comparable to that in Toronto, and the party is calling for urgent ...
Jul 07, 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
8:30 - Construction for the AI data centre in the RM of Sherwood is set to begin this spring, but many residents in the ...