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Murray Wood is puzzled and annoyed by all of the "collector" licence plates on vehicles that will never be def...
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US job openings soar to highest level on record
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. employers posted a record number of available jobs in March, illustrating starkly the desperation of businesses seeking to find new workers as the economy expands. Yet total job...
May 11, 2021
British PM seeks to bolster economy, union in new parliament
LONDON (AP) - The U.K. government sought to capitalize on its electoral strength Tuesday, outlining a sweeping legislative agenda to bolster the economy after the COVID-19 pandemic, defuse tensions th...
May 11, 2021
Boost in near-term funds, risk should lure more social-finance investors, Hussen says
OTTAWA - Changes to the federal plan to finance experimental ways to deliver social services should more easily and quickly bring in needed private-sector backers for the strategy to work, says the mi...
May 10, 2021
Two-year EI review needed to buy time for needed tech upgrades, Qualtrough says
OTTAWA - Canada's employment minister says a budgetary pledge for funding to study changes to the employment insurance system reflects realities that improvements to the safety net can't happen overni...
May 9, 2021
A year after jobs data leak, StatCan resumes sharing advance numbers with officials
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada has resumed its practice of giving key federal officials an advance look at its jobs report ahead of its official release. The agency says two people each in the Finance Dep...
May 7, 2021
CRA watchdog finds agency taking weeks to process some claims for recovery benefits
OTTAWA - The Canada Revenue Agency is being taken to task by a federal watchdog for not being as up front as it should be over how long it might take to process applications for pandemic aid. The $500...
May 7, 2021
Economy lost 207,000 jobs in April, unemployment rate rises, Statistics Canada says
OTTAWA - Canada's labour market lost 207,000 jobs last month as a spike in COVID-19 variant cases led to renewed public health restrictions and raised concerns about longer-term economic consequences ...
May 7, 2021
Liberals pressed to ease access to EI parental leave to help unemployed moms
OTTAWA - The federal government is being asked to give new and soon-to-be moms a Mother's Day gift by closing a hole in the safety net preventing some from having their maternity leave fully covered. ...
May 6, 2021
Ontario First Nations group backs Line 5 shutdown, slams Ottawa for fighting back
WASHINGTON - The federal Liberal government is putting Canada's oil and gas industry ahead of the Great Lakes by opposing Michigan's efforts to shut down the Line 5 pipeline, says a prominent group of...
May 6, 2021
Supreme Court won't hear former broadcast commissioner's challenge of dismissal
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear a former commissioner's appeal of his dismissal from the federal broadcast regulator. The high court decision means Raj Shoan may have exhausted lega...
May 6, 2021
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Sarah Mills: Regina's recent pedestrian and e-scooter crashes raise safety concerns
Sarah Mills says a series of more than a dozen vehicle collisions involving pedestrians and e-scooters in Regina over th...
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The Evan Bray Show - Monday, Oct. 5
On Monday's show, Evan talks with Jamie Nye about the Riders' chances after another loss. Plus, Canada's shifting relati...