Murray Wood: Elbows down, taxpayer subsidies for U.S. flights up
Murray Wood wonders why it's OK for Saskatchewan to prop up air travel to the U.S. with taxpayer dollars, but it was wro...
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Ottawa Public Health says province hasn't approved supervised consumption site
OTTAWA - Ottawa Public Health says it's being forced to close a supervised consumption site in the city's ByWard Market area because Ontario Health Minister Sylvia Jones hasn't given her permission fo...
Oct 01, 2025
Fact File: American social media posts mislead on Canadian gun laws
A federal buyback of assault-style firearms from individual owners announced earlier this month prompted misleading social media posts from American influencers saying it will soon become "criminal" t...
Oct 01, 2025
Carney names 'personal' EU envoy, looks to replace Dion as ambassador to France
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is appointing a "personal representative" to the European Union to oversee trade and defence ties with the bloc, sunsetting a role that focused in part on human rig...
Oct 01, 2025
Ontario to miss emissions reduction goal by an even wider gap than it admits: auditor
TORONTO - Ontario's environment ministry says it will miss its 2030 greenhouse gas emissions reduction target but the auditor general says even that admission of failure is downplayed. Auditor general...
Oct 01, 2025
Joly says Ottawa will be 'hawkish' on competition to restore affordability
OTTAWA - Industry Minister Mlanie Joly says Ottawa is going to be "hawkish" on competition in a bid to ease the cost of living. She says affordability is top of mind for Canadians and expanding market...
Oct 01, 2025 Industry Minister Mélanie Joly speaks at the Competition Summit in Ottawa on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyl
US takes a stake in company operating one of world's largest lithium mines in Nevada
The U.S. government is taking a minority stake in Lithium Americas, a company that is developing one of the world's largest lithium mines in northern Nevada. The Department of Energy will take a 5% eq...
Oct 01, 2025
Canada in 'investment crisis' business council says in federal budget submission
OTTAWA - The Business Council of Canada says Canada is in an "investment crisis" but warns prosperity can't be achieved by taking on more debt. In a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney, the council's...
Oct 01, 2025 Goldy Hyder, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Business Council of Canada, makes remarks at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute Procurement Conference, in Ottawa, on Monday, Nov. 25, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Unions converge in Vancouver in push for B.C. public service contract
VANCOUVER - Hundreds of British Columbia public sector workers marched through downtown Vancouver Wednesday in a push for a new contract, after talks with government negotiators broke down shortly aft...
Oct 01, 2025
N.S. government weakening democracy by packing bills with many changes: opposition
HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government is weakening democracy by packing bills with an unreasonable number of legislative changes, say opposition parties and political scientists. Alex Marland, a politi...
Oct 01, 2025
Union leader Rob Ashton pitches 'working class' candidacy for NDP leadership
OTTAWA - Rob Ashton, president of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, pitched himself as a voice for the "working class" as he launched his bid for the federal NDP leadership on Wednesday...
Oct 01, 2025
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Sarah Mills: We need more 'regular guys' in the civic process
Standing in front of CEOs, lobbyists, advocates and others at a council meeting is not an exciting prospect, but Sarah M...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 30
Evan finds out what to do if you find space junk on your farm, analyzes the outrage over Ticketmaster prices and the fut...