Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
Every Friday, Murray Wood takes a look back at the week's news and decides who's hot... and who's not. This week's list ...
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Vintners and brewers thrilled with supports in Ontario budget
TORONTO - Ontario's vintners and brewers are thrilled with the support provided by the province in its latest budget, saying it helps stabilize the industry in uncertain times. The province is set to ...
May 20, 2025
Majority of Quebecers think province should end carbon pricing, survey says
MONTREAL - Weeks after Prime Minister Mark Carney scrapped the federal consumer carbon levy, more than half of Quebecers want their province to follow suit and abolish its own price on carbon, a new p...
May 20, 2025
Here's a list of April inflation rates for selected Canadian cities
OTTAWA - Canada's annual inflation rate was 1.7 per cent in April, Statistics Canada says. The agency also released rates for major cities, but cautioned that figures may have fluctuated widely becaus...
May 20, 2025
Here's a list of April inflation rates for Canadian provinces
OTTAWA - Canada's annual inflation rate was 1.7 per cent in April, Statistics Canada says. Here's what happened in the provinces (previous month in brackets): - Newfoundland and Labrador: 0.4 per cent...
May 20, 2025
Top finance officials from G7 countries gather in Banff for three-day summit
BANFF - High-ranking officials from the world's top economies are in Banff, Alta., this week for a three-day summit that will cover topics including the global economy, the war in Ukraine and artifici...
May 20, 2025 Minister of Finance and National Revenue Francois-Philippe Champagne 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
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
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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 ...
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