Murray Wood: The day Canada Became a nation
April 9, 1917 was Easter Monday. On that date, 109 years ago, Canadian soldiers made history at Vimy Ridge. Murray Wood ...
Tag Archives: Economy
Bank of Canada rate cut odds for June fall after April inflation data
OTTAWA - Signs that underlying inflation was picking up in April put the Bank of Canada in a tricky position ahead of its June interest rate decision, with some economists arguing a second straight pa...
May 20, 2025
BC Hydro's challenge: Powering province through surging demand, drought and trade war
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's power utility is facing transformational challenges of drought, rising costs and a trade war with the United States as it works to meet electricity demand that's surging...
May 20, 2025
Separation referendum would be 'bad for the country': Calgary Chamber of Commerce
CALGARY - The head of a group representing Calgary's business community says a referendum on separation would inflict grave damage on the economies of Alberta and Canada - regardless of the result. "B...
May 16, 2025
University of Calgary launches initiative to study new relationship with the U.S.
CALGARY - Alberta is putting $6.5 million toward a new initiative at the University of Calgary to study how Canada's relationship with the United States is changing with U.S. President Trump in the Wh...
May 16, 2025
U.S. trade disruption is 'messy' but the turbulence will pass: Nikki Haley
OTTAWA - Canada and other countries should not give up on doing business with the United States, former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley said Friday at the B7 summit conference in Ottawa. Haley, U....
May 16, 2025
Highlights of Ontario's 2025 budget: U.S. tariff measures, boost for alcohol market
TORONTO - The Ontario government tabled a budget Thursday that focused on investments it says will protect Ontario workers in the face of U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs. The province is project...
May 15, 2025
DEA threat assessment points to fentanyl 'super laboratories' in Canada
WASHINGTON - The United States Drug Enforcement Administration's latest threat assessment says fentanyl "super laboratories" in Canada are a growing source of concern - after U.S. President Donald Tru...
May 15, 2025
Poll finds most Canadians keen on tariff retaliation as Ottawa walks a different path
OTTAWA - Canadians are showing a lot of enthusiasm for retaliation against the U.S. over President Donald Trump's tariffs - even as many of them fear that the country has slid into a recession already...
May 15, 2025
Home sales down almost 10% annually last month: Canadian Real Estate Association
The Canadian Real Estate Association says home sales in April fell 9.8 per cent compared with the same month last year, as the national housing market has returned "to the quiet markets we've experien...
May 15, 2025
U.S. tariffs cast pall over Ontario budget with $14.6B deficit, slower growth
TORONTO - U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs cast a pall over Ontario's budget Thursday, dragging down GDP growth and knocking the province off its path to balance, with a $14.6-billion deficit pro...
May 15, 2025
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Sarah Mills: The prime minister needs to live by his own bilingual rules
Sarah Mills says Mark Carney largely speaking French in his call to astronaut Jeremy Hansen breaks a standard he set whe...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 9
8:30 - Another MP just crossed the floor to the Liberal Party, just weeks away from three critical byelections where the...