Murray Wood: Saskatchewan is winning the race to the bottom on minimum wage
An increase is coming for Saskatchewan's minimum-wage earners this fall, but Murray Wood says it will ensure they contin...
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Energy regulator cancels New Brunswick gas price cuts promised by Liberal government
FREDERICTON - Gas price cuts that were set to come into effect in New Brunswick on Monday have been cancelled by the province's energy and utilities board. Premier Susan Holt had campaigned in the 202...
Dec 01, 2025
Pipeline deal gets downbeat play at Alberta UCP convention, separation talk
EDMONTON - Alberta's watershed pipeline deal with Ottawa wasn't front and centre Friday when Premier Danielle Smith spoke with United Conservative Party faithful at their annual convention. Smith took...
Nov 29, 2025
B.C. dairy milk testers on strike, call for fair mileage compensation: union
BURNABY - The BC General Employees Union says dairy milk testers in the province have started job action. The union says it represents dairy production technicians employed by Lactanet, and they began...
Nov 28, 2025
Manitoba signs on to Ontario memorandum aimed at boosting power transmission
WINNIPEG - Manitoba is renewing its call for a national electricity grid that would move more power between provinces and territories and help the province's exports. Premier Wab Kinew says it's a goo...
Nov 28, 2025
Man allegedly threatened staff member with knife before stealing cash from local business: Police
A 27-year-old man has been charged after allegedly threatening staff at a Saskatoon business with a knife during a robbery on Thursday afternoon. Police said officers were called to a business on the ...
Nov 28, 2025 After a police dog tracked the suspect down in the Gladmer Cresecent area, he was taken into custody and was taken to hospital for “treatment of injuries consistent with a dog bite,” noted police. (650 CKOM file photo)
Transit workers in Montreal announce overtime strike through holiday season
MONTREAL - Montreal transit workers are set to go on strike again next month amid a prolonged labour dispute. The transit agency's 2,400 maintenance workers say they will refuse overtime hours between...
Nov 28, 2025
CIBC analysts cast doubt on private sector taking on new B.C. pipeline any time soon
CALGARY - Analysts at CIBC Capital Markets say they don't expect the private sector to take the lead on a new West Coast oilsands pipeline so long as the British Columbia government and First Nations ...
Nov 28, 2025
CPAC says it's at ‘breaking point’ after CRTC postpones wholesale rate decision
OTTAWA - The video service that has been providing Canadians with direct coverage of political events since 1992 says a recent CRTC decision puts its operation at risk. "Our equipment is in an imminen...
Nov 28, 2025
Investor's case against mining firm over timely disclosure can proceed: Supreme Court
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says an investor can pursue legal action against a mining company on the basis that it did not immediately publicize information about a production setback. In its...
Nov 28, 2025
Ottawa runs budgetary deficit of $16.1 billion for April-to-September period
OTTAWA - The federal government ran a budgetary deficit of $16.1 billion for its April-to-September period. The result compared with a deficit of $13.0 billion for the same period a year earlier, acco...
Nov 28, 2025
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