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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Drop in oil prices helps push N.L. deficit forecast up by 68 per cent to $626M
ST. JOHN'S - The deficit forecast for Newfoundland and Labrador has been revised upward by almost 70 per cent, primarily due to a volatile oil market and a stronger Canadian dollar. Finance Minister S...
Aug 18, 2025
Quebec union leaders say workers could face same fate as Air Canada flight attendants
MONTREAL - The presidents of two major Quebec unions fear that workers in the province could soon face the same treatment as striking Air Canada flight attendants under a provincial law passed in May....
Aug 18, 2025
Housing crunch: Nova Scotia opens rental units for health-care workers in South Shore
LUNENBURG - Nova Scotia's government says it has opened the first phase of a housing project dedicated to help health-care workers find homes in the South Shore. Susan Corkum-Greek, member of legislat...
Aug 18, 2025
Indigenous leaders on Trans Mountain lessons as Building Canada Act moves forward
OTTAWA - Two former Indigenous leaders on both sides of the debate over the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion say the federal government can't ignore First Nations on future infrastructure projects it...
Aug 18, 2025
Anand says war in Ukraine influencing Canada's Arctic security policy
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said Monday the federal government is leaving "no stone unturned" to defend Canada's North as changes in the global order in recent years are having direc...
Aug 18, 2025
Conservative network Newsmax agrees to pay $67M in defamation case over bogus 2020 election claims
DENVER (AP) - The conservative network Newsmax will pay $67 million to settle a lawsuit accusing it of defaming a voting equipment company by spreading lies about President Donald Trump's 2020 electio...
Aug 18, 2025
Here's the latest in the labour dispute between Air Canada and its flight attendants
OTTAWA - Air Canada flight attendants remain on strike despite back-to-work orders by the Canada Industrial Relations Board. Over the weekend, the federal government asked the board to send the two si...
Aug 18, 2025
Texas Democrats return to Capitol for Republicans' US House map overhaul as California counters
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas Democrats ended a two-week walkout Monday that stalled Republican efforts to redraw congressional districts as part of a national partisan brawl over President Donald Trump'...
Aug 18, 2025
Securities watchdog CIRO shut down some systems after cybersecurity threat found
TORONTO - The Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization says it shut down some of its systems as a precaution after identifying a cybersecurity threat on Aug. 11. It says a preliminary investigation...
Aug 18, 2025
Flight attendants union says it's in meetings with Air Canada on Monday night
TORONTO - The Air Canada component of CUPE said it resumed meetings with the airline on Monday night as the two sides look to resolve a strike by flight attendants that has grounded planes for days. "...
Aug 18, 2025
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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
On Wednesday, Evan reviews Tuesday's federal spring fiscal update, takes the temperature of the new CFL changes coming i...