Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
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Drivers look for relief at the pump after B.C. ends consumer carbon tax
British Columbia drivers looked to the gas pumps Tuesday for a sign of tax relief after the early-morning approval of legislation that ended the province's consumer carbon tax after 17 years. The NDP ...
Apr 01, 2025
Power outages persist in hard-hit areas after Ontario ice storm
Some Ontario regions hard hit by last weekend's ice storm may not recover power until the end of the week, Hydro One said Tuesday as crews and communities braced for more freezing rain in the coming d...
Apr 01, 2025
Carney promises home building program, Poilievre pitches national energy corridor
OTTAWA - Liberal Leader Mark Carney promised Monday to get the federal government back into the business of home building, while Pierre Poilievre's Conservatives pitched a national energy corridor to ...
Mar 31, 2025
U.S. arrests B.C. man, says he smuggled goods to Pakistan's atomic bomb program
SURREY, B.C. - U.S. authorities have arrested a 67-year-old man from Surrey, B.C., accusing him of smuggling banned goods to Pakistan's military and its nuclear weapons program over more than 15 years...
Mar 31, 2025
Protests against Elon Musk's purge of US government swarm Tesla showrooms
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Protesters against billionaire Elon Musk's purge of the U.S. government under President Donald Trump demonstrated outside Tesla dealerships throughout the U.S. and in some cities ...
Mar 31, 2025
Key dates to watch this week for Trump's tariffs on Canadian goods
Uncertainty still looms for Canada in what's set to be a monumental week for U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff plan. With multiple categories of American import taxes set to take effect, some Canad...
Mar 31, 2025
Downtown office market notches slight improvement despite tariff threats
TORONTO - Canada's downtown office vacancy rate marked its first, if slight, improvement since the start of the pandemic, said a report out Monday from CBRE Group Inc. The national vacancy rate for do...
Mar 31, 2025
Markets tumble as Canada braces for new wave of U.S. tariffs
WASHINGTON - Markets tumbled today amid confusion over how U.S. President Donald Trump intends to pursue his global tariff agenda this week - and how it will hit Canada. Trump has said Wednesday will ...
Mar 31, 2025 "It's our declaration of economic independence,'' said President Donald Trump, in announcing a barrage of self-described "reciprocal'' tariffs. (The Canadian Press)
Hundreds of thousands in Ontario still without power on third day of storm
Hundreds of thousands of people across Ontario were still without power on the third day of a spring storm, after freezing rain coated swaths of the province with thick layers of ice. An outage map fr...
Mar 31, 2025
B.C. NDP fast-tracking end of consumer carbon tax, Eby says gas to drop 17 cents
British Columbia's government was fast-tracking the end of its consumer carbon tax on Monday, in time for the lifting of the federal equivalent the next day, with Premier David Eby saying consumers sh...
Mar 31, 2025
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8:30 - Drivers are yet again feeling the pinch at the gas pump. Prices have climbed almost 20 cents per litre at some st...
