Murray Wood: Why I hate the latest round of changes in the CFL
Eight of the CFL's nine teams will qualify for the playoffs under the league's latest round of changes, but Murray Wood ...
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Ottawa shifts budgets to the fall as minister defends new fiscal focus
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Franois-Philippe Champagne on Monday unveiled major changes to how and when the Liberal government will introduce federal budgets in the future as the focus on Ottawa's curre...
Oct 06, 2025
Hydro-Québec seeks to shield info as ex-employee's economic spying trial begins
LONGUEUIL - A trial for a former employee of Quebec's electricity utility accused of economic espionage on behalf of China was delayed Monday as Hydro-Qubec announced it wanted to prevent some informa...
Oct 06, 2025
Economic uncertainty takes centre stage at summit of Great Lakes premiers, governors
QUBEC - Economic uncertainty caused by the Trump administration was the focus of a three-day summit of Great Lakes governors and premiers in Quebec City. Ontario Premier Doug Ford took aim at U.S. Pre...
Oct 06, 2025
Thousands of union members greeted MLAs outside B.C. legislature as it has resumed
VICTORIA - Thousands of union members representing different sectors filled the lawn outside the British Columbia legislature as politicians inside began the fall session on Monday. The return of the ...
Oct 06, 2025
Alberta teachers say strike aims to fix crisis, Smith says province wants to bargain
EDMONTON - The head of the Alberta teachers union said Monday the provincewide strike by thousands of members is about drawing a line in the sand on underfunding and overcrowding that has become so eg...
Oct 06, 2025
Legault urges stronger U.S.-Canada ties amid trade tensions at summit
QUBEC - Quebec Premier Franois Legault urged the need for strong collaboration between the states and provinces that despite current trade uncertainties between Canada and the United States. "The big ...
Oct 05, 2025
Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week
TORONTO - Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week: Carney in Washington Prime Minister Mark Carney will head to Washington this week to meet with U.S. President Dona...
Oct 05, 2025
Montrealers gather to honour missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls
MONTREAL - Shirley Pien spends a lot of time in Cabot Square, a park in downtown Montreal where many homeless people gather. The woman works as health navigator for an Indigenous-led health clinic in ...
Oct 04, 2025
Trump plans to deploy National Guard in Illinois, governor says
The Trump administration plans to federalize 300 members of the Illinois National Guard, Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker said Saturday. Pritzker said the guard received word from the Pentagon in the morni...
Oct 04, 2025
Tyra the Tyrannosaurus could leave a footprint in Drumheller civic election
By Bill Graveland DRUMHELLER, ALBERTA - The future of Tyra the Tyrannosaurus is still up in the air, but that's not stopping her from leaving a big footprint in Drumheller's upcoming civic election. A...
Oct 04, 2025 Tyra the Tyrannosaurus, the lovable landmark that towers over the Drumheller skyline in the heart of the Canadian Badlands, is facing an extinction-level event and is pictured in Drumheller, Alta., on April 1, 2025. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh)
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Murray Wood: The Art of the CUSMA Deal
Insults, complaints that Canada is so mean, warnings the U.S. doesn't need us. It's all standard operating procedure. Th...
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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, April 29
8:30 - The spring fiscal update released yesterday includes new measures such as a major skilled trades training program...