Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
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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
Eyes warily turn to next round of U.S. tariffs during second week of federal election
OTTAWA - The second week of the federal election campaign is underway, with a fresh round of U.S. tariffs expected to soon reverberate on the hustings. Eyes are turning to Wednesday when U.S. Presiden...
Mar 31, 2025
Second week of campaign underway amid criticism, leaks within Conservative ranks
OTTAWA - As the 2025 federal election campaign begins its second week, U.S. President Donald Trump and another round of tariffs expected on April 2 could again sidetrack most of Canada's political dis...
Mar 30, 2025 Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and his wife Anaida Poilievre arrive for a campaign stop at Western Forest Products Duke Point Sawmill, in Nanaimo, B.C., on March 28, 2025. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck)
Judge rejects Hudson's Bay proposal in creditor protection case
TORONTO - An Ontario judge rejected a Hudson's Bay restructuring agreement Saturday evening, increasing the likelihood that lenders may seek to push the company into receivership. In a written decisio...
Mar 30, 2025 A pedestrian passes the Hudson's Bay store in downtown Calgary, Alta., Thursday, March 20, 2025. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh)
'Sobering statistic:' One-fifth of pollinators in North America at extinction risk
FREDERICTON - Many butterflies, bees and moths are fluttering into oblivion. A new report co-authored by a Canadian researcher warns that more than one-fifth of pollinator species it studied in North ...
Mar 30, 2025
Sewage leaks into Calgary's Bow River; mayor says city's water is still safe to drink
CALGARY - Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek is reassuring residents of the city that their water is safe to drink after announcing a sewage pipe underneath the Bow River had to be shut down due to a leak. Go...
Mar 29, 2025
Manitoba electricity rates could rise 10.9 per cent over three years
WINNIPEG - Manitoba residents could see their electricity rates rise by 3.5 per cent in each of the next three years if an application by Manitoba Hydro is approved. The Crown corporation says billion...
Mar 29, 2025
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8:30 - Last night, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith made an address about the separatism debate in the province. She said ...
