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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Bank of Canada hearing less ‘catastrophic’ tariff talk from businesses
OTTAWA - Trade-sensitive businesses are telling the Bank of Canada that they're broadly less worried about their "worst-case tariff scenarios" coming true compared to earlier in the year, a senior cen...
Jun 05, 2025
Canada Post union files labour practices complaint
OTTAWA - The Canadian Union of Postal Workers says it has filed an unfair labour practice complaint against Canada Post related to ongoing contract bargaining. The union alleges in the complaint that ...
Jun 05, 2025 A Canada Post employee drives a mail truck at a delivery depot in Vancouver, B.C., Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. Canada Post trucks, conveyors and mail carriers are moving again after a month-long strike by more than 55,000 postal workers left letters and parcels in limbo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Canada posts largest merchandise trade deficit on record at $7.1B in April: StatCan
OTTAWA - Canada posted its largest merchandise trade deficit on record in April at $7.1 billion as exports fell sharply in the face of U.S. tariffs. Statistics Canada said Thursday the result for Apri...
Jun 05, 2025 Gantry cranes tower above container ships being unloaded and loaded at port, in Vancouver, on Thursday, February 10, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Teva Canada brand Seasonale tablets recalled for extra placebo pills
Health Canada has issued a recall for a brand of birth control pills after some packages were packed with extra placebo tablets. The agency says the recall covers Seasonale Tablets made by Teva Canada...
Jun 05, 2025
Governments to give financial aid to wildfire evacuees in Manitoba and Saskatchewan
The federal and provincial governments have announced they will match Red Cross donations to help those affected by wildfires burning in Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Both provinces declared provincewide...
Jun 05, 2025 Members of the Royal Canadian Air Force help the Munroe family board a C-130 Hercules aircraft in Norway House, Man., Tuesday, June 3, 2025, at the Norway House Airport as crews continue to fight wildfires in northern Manitoba. THE CANADIAN PRESS/David Lipnowski
Montreal hopes to repair damaged reputation during Grand Prix weekend
MONTREAL - Montreal is hoping to redeem itself during the upcoming Grand Prix weekend after last year's event became a source of embarrassment. The city says it's taking steps to improve access to the...
Jun 05, 2025 Red Bull Racing driver Max Verstappen of the Netherlands, drives during the qualifying session at the Canadian Grand Prix June 8, 2024 in Montreal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
B.C. First Nation builds small island, fisheries officials check for habitat damage
VICTORIA - A British Columbia First Nation has built up a small artificial island in the tidal shallows of Coles Bay off Vancouver Island, triggering an investigation by fisheries officials into wheth...
Jun 05, 2025
Kananaskis golf course getting ready for G7, possible Trump visit
KANANASKIS - Darren Robinson had some very important news to tell U.S. president George Bush and Jos Mara Aznar, the prime minister of Spain. The pro shop was open. Aznar had told Robinson, general ma...
Jun 05, 2025
Canadians divided on whether U.S. is an 'ally' or 'enemy' country: Poll
OTTAWA - Faced with a trade war they didn't start, Canadians are divided on whether they see the United States as an "enemy" or an "ally," a new poll suggests. The Leger poll, which was conducted onli...
Jun 05, 2025
Ottawa silent on tariff retaliation as Carney takes part in talks with Trump
OTTAWA - Ottawa held its fire for a second day in a row Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump doubled his steel and aluminum tariffs to 50 per cent - despite numerous calls for Canada to swiftly ...
Jun 05, 2025
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8:30 - A mega-farm in Saskatchewan is raising major concerns about debt, rapid expansion and financial pressures facing ...
