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No deal after two days of negotiating in the Vancouver grain workers strike
VANCOUVER - Negotiations to end a strike by grain terminal workers in Metro Vancouver have stalled, with the employers' association saying it's "disappointed" with the results of two days of talks. A ...
Sep 27, 2024
Lawsuit settlement, collective agreements and Hydro losses drive up Manitoba deficit
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government posted a deficit in the last fiscal year of $1.97 billion, documents released Friday show. It is the largest in the province's history outside of the COVID-19 pandem...
Sep 27, 2024
Visual effects, animation studios unite to convince Quebec for better tax deal
MONTREAL - Visual effects and animation companies are uniting to strike a better deal with the Quebec government after it implemented tax changes that some firms say will cost them nearly two-thirds o...
Sep 26, 2024
'A few processes to go through': LaGrange says more work to do on doctor pay deal
Alberta Health Minister Adriana LaGrange says there's more work to be done before a new compensation contract for the province's doctors is finalized. Speaking to media Wednesday, LaGrange said she's ...
Sep 25, 2024
More Indigenous participation in labour market would boost Alberta economy: report
EDMONTON - Increased Indigenous participation in Alberta's labour market could boost the province's GDP by between two and three percentage points, the equivalent of $8 billion to $11 billion annually...
Sep 25, 2024
Gap between richest and the rest creates a land of disappointed citizens: economist
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia economist Lars Osberg's latest book on the widening gap between the very richest and the rest argues the trend is creating disappointed Canadians prone to distrusting one another...
Sep 25, 2024
Picket lines go up as strike begins at six grain terminals in Metro Vancouver
VANCOUVER - Picket lines have gone up at six grain terminals in Metro Vancouver as workers began a strike. More than 600 workers represented by Grain Workers Union Local 333 are off the job. Union pre...
Sep 24, 2024
China cuts rates, rolls out other moves to help the slowing economy
China rolled out a raft of measures Tuesday aimed at countering a prolonged downturn in its property market that is weighing on the world's second largest economy. The chief of China's central bank sa...
Sep 24, 2024
Grain farmers urge intervention as Metro Vancouver terminal workers ready strike
Canada's grain farmers say a strike at Metro Vancouver terminals would cripple crop exports if it were allowed to take place. The Grain Growers of Canada say in a statement that it is "deeply concerne...
Sep 23, 2024
'I'm playing the sidelines': Unhappy N. B. Tories sit out this election
Jason Sully would normally spend the first weekend of a provincial election period immersed in campaign logistics - knocking on doors, organizing volunteers and all the other behind-the-scenes work in...
Sep 23, 2024
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Murray Wood: Local radio is strong. Corporate ownership, not so much
Murray Wood says Rogers closed some stations that should be very viable. As a result, more communities are losing import...
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, July 10
On Friday's show, Evan talked about the fire and flood season in the province, the final hometown show for the Canadian ...