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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Three MLAs are supporting a B.C. farming family whose 400 ostriches are to be culled
VICTORIA - A member of an ostrich farming family held back tears Thursday as she called on the provincial government to help stop the cull of their 400 birds. Katie Pasitney, spokesperson for Universa...
May 08, 2025
What Trump's agreement with the U.K. suggests about trade talks with Canada
WASHINGTON - Experts say U.S. President Donald Trump's preliminary trade agreement with the United Kingdom could offer hints about how his administration might negotiate with Canada. The agreement ann...
May 08, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he speaks with reporters after announcing a trade deal with United Kingdom in the Oval Office of the White House on Thursday, May 8, 2025, in Washington. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Evan Vucci)
Ottawa, Indigenous capital group sign first-of-its-kind 10-year agreement
OTTAWA - Ottawa and the National Aboriginal Capital Corporation Association have signed a first-of-its-kind, $514 million agreement to help boost entrepreneurship. Indigenous Services Canada says it's...
May 08, 2025
White House proposes overhauling the outdated US air traffic control system in the wake of crashes
The Trump administration proposed a major overhaul of the U.S. air traffic control system on Thursday in the wake of recent deadly plane crashes and technical failures that have put a spotlight on the...
May 08, 2025
Nova Scotia to speed up environmental reviews for clean energy projects
HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government is accelerating the environmental review process for a number of clean energy projects to meet its climate goals and get off coal by 2030. Under changes announced ...
May 08, 2025
Trump agrees to cut tariffs on UK autos, steel and aluminum in a planned trade deal with Britain
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump has agreed to cut tariffs on U.K. autos, steel and aluminum in a planned trade deal with Britain, which would buy more American beef and streamline its customs...
May 08, 2025 Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks on the phone to US President Donald Trump at a car factory in the West Midlands, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali, Pool)
CN Rail hub set to proceed after Supreme Court dismisses appeal request
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed an appeal request that sought to halt construction of a massive rail-and-truck hub in the Greater Toronto Area, paving the way for the project to pro...
May 08, 2025
Four small modular reactors at Darlington to cost $21 billion to build
Construction on the first of four small modular reactors at a nuclear station east of Toronto is set to begin this year with the entire project costing $21 billion. The first reactor at the site of th...
May 08, 2025
Some Ontario mayors against communities' financial incentives to attract doctors
Several Ontario mayors have been calling on the province to ban financial incentives municipalities use to lure in doctors, saying the recruitment tactic is harming communities that can't pony up the ...
May 08, 2025
B.C. premier says softwood lumber accord could build "momentum" for U.S. trade deals
VICTORIA - Resolving the softwood lumber dispute could create "momentum" for a larger trade agreement between Canada and the United States, British Columbia Premier David Eby says. Eby said Wednesday ...
May 07, 2025
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