Murray Wood: Federal gun initiatives take aim at small business
Darryl Schemenauer is closing down his Regina gun store after 35 years, and he puts the blame squarely on the federal Li...
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Conservatives will 'cooperate' with Liberals to end U.S. trade dispute: Poilievre
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said he's willing to work with the Liberals in Parliament on efforts to resolve the trade war with the United States. Poilievre met with the Conservative ...
May 25, 2025
Lawyer challenging Trump's trade war says tariffs are 'illegal and abusive'
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump's global trade war is an "illegal and abusive" use of power, said a lawyer representing small businesses who are challenging the tariffs. George Mason Universi...
May 23, 2025
Ottawa has to allow home prices to fall to make housing more affordable, experts say
OTTAWA - Housing experts are pushing back against a federal cabinet minister's recent claim that home prices don't need to go down in order to restore housing affordability. Gregor Robertson, the form...
May 23, 2025 Housing experts say home prices indeed need to fall before broad-based affordability returns to Canada. New single family houses billed as estate cottages and townhouses under construction are seen in an aerial view, in Delta, B.C., on Monday, Aug. 12, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
B.C. First Nations fear protests and conflict over fast-track legislation
First Nations leaders in British Columbia say proposed legislation to fast-track resource projects will likely lead to protests and litigation should the provincial government push the law through. Ro...
May 22, 2025
New report casts doubt on potential revival of Quebec LNG project
MONTREAL - Reviving a liquefied natural gas export project in Quebec's Saguenay region would be costly and likely unprofitable, a shareholder advocacy group says, as economic threats from the U.S. rek...
May 22, 2025
Bipartisan Senate resolution introduced to recognize Canada-U.S. partnership
WASHINGTON - A resolution with bipartisan support was introduced by United States senators on Wednesday to recognize the U.S.-Canada partnership as the relationship continues to be badly strained by P...
May 21, 2025
CPP Investments sees opportunity in Carney's call for nation-building projects
The head of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board sees opportunities for the big investment fund in Prime Minister Mark Carney's desire for large-scale, nation-building projects. CPP Investments ch...
May 21, 2025
Eby laments separatism push as Western premiers meet in Yellowknife
YELLOWKNIFE - British Columbia Premier David Eby says separatism discussions in some parts of the country are a "colossal waste of time and energy," as he meets fellow leaders from Western Canada in Y...
May 21, 2025
G7 finance ministers to discuss global economy, Ukraine at Banff summit
BANFF - Top economic officials from the G7 were locked in a full day of closed-door discussions Wednesday to examine pressing topics, including the global economy and the war in Ukraine. The meeting b...
May 21, 2025
Kansas businesses hit by Trump's trade war are wooing Canadian customers
OTTAWA - The head of the chamber of commerce in Topeka, Kan., is in Ottawa this week seeking to strengthen ties as U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs continue to rattle cross-border business relati...
May 20, 2025
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Sarah Mills: The season of the zipper merge has returned
It sometimes feels like leaders in our cities and towns don't plan for construction very well, but Sarah Mills says the ...
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The Evan Bray Show - Monday, April 20
8:30 - Last week, the FSIN held its first general assembly since being told it needed to repay $29-million in federal fu...