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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Alberta regulator approves Northback coal exploration project in Rocky Mountains
The Alberta Energy Regulator approved on Thursday a controversial coal exploration project on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains. Northback Holdings Corp.'s project at Grassy Mountain was rejec...
May 15, 2025
Highlights of Ontario's 2025 budget: U.S. tariff measures, boost for alcohol market
TORONTO - The Ontario government tabled a budget Thursday that focused on investments it says will protect Ontario workers in the face of U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs. The province is project...
May 15, 2025
Ontario to spend hundreds of millions to boost alcohol sector
TORONTO - Ontario plans to spend hundreds of millions of dollars boosting the province's alcohol sector, including programs to support grape farmers, wineries, distilleries and craft breweries. The pr...
May 15, 2025
No action against Nova Scotia rent loophole out of fears for housing supply: minister
HALIFAX - The minister responsible for Nova Scotia's rental property rules says her department won't crack down on instances of abuse involving fixed-term rent leases because it doesn't want to affect...
May 15, 2025
DEA threat assessment points to fentanyl 'super laboratories' in Canada
WASHINGTON - The United States Drug Enforcement Administration's latest threat assessment says fentanyl "super laboratories" in Canada are a growing source of concern - after U.S. President Donald Tru...
May 15, 2025
Nova Scotia gets $170 million over 10 years after signing housing infrastructure deal
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's public works minister says the province is getting $170 million from the federal government to assist with housing infrastructure, after a deal was signed last winter. Fred Til...
May 15, 2025
In Canada's housing crisis, are modular homes a cheaper and faster solution?
TORONTO - When a church in Toronto's west end was converted into affordable housing nearly 15 years ago, the group behind the project was already thinking ahead. Andrea Adams, the executive director o...
May 15, 2025 A worker inspects the framing of a modular home at the Fading West factory in Buena Vista, Colo., on Feb. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)
The government could function without a budget, but will need a spending bill
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Franois-Philippe Champagne said Wednesday that when Parliament resumes, the government will put forward a middle-class tax cut, deliver a throne speech and release a fiscal p...
May 15, 2025
Home sales down almost 10% annually last month: Canadian Real Estate Association
The Canadian Real Estate Association says home sales in April fell 9.8 per cent compared with the same month last year, as the national housing market has returned "to the quiet markets we've experien...
May 15, 2025 The Canadian Real Estate Association says home sales in April fell 9.8 per cent compared with the same month last year, as the national housing market has returned "to the quiet markets we’ve experienced since 2022." A sold home is pictured in Vancouver, B.C., Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward)
U.S. tariffs cast pall over Ontario budget with $14.6B deficit, slower growth
TORONTO - U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs cast a pall over Ontario's budget Thursday, dragging down GDP growth and knocking the province off its path to balance, with a $14.6-billion deficit pro...
May 15, 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
8:30 - A mega-farm in Saskatchewan is raising major concerns about debt, rapid expansion and financial pressures facing ...
