Murray Wood: The day Canada Became a nation
April 9, 1917 was Easter Monday. On that date, 109 years ago, Canadian soldiers made history at Vimy Ridge. Murray Wood ...
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Who owes the biggest penalties to B.C.'s securities watchdog?
The British Columbia Securities Commission has levied about $430 million in unpaid fines and disgorgement orders for breaches of the province's Securities Act. Here are some of those who have the larg...
Mar 05, 2024
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland to present Liberals' federal budget on April 16
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland will present the federal budget on April 16, as cost-of-living issues continue to dominate Canadian politics. "Our economic plan is about building more home...
Mar 04, 2024
Health, education, disaster planning: Highlights of Alberta's latest budget
EDMONTON - Alberta's budget for 2024-25 foresees a slim $367 million surplus, with slightly lower revenues compared to last year's estimated top line. Here is where some of the funds in this year's re...
Feb 29, 2024
P.E.I. budget projects $85-million deficit, increase in health-care spending
CHARLOTTETOWN - Prince Edward Island's Progressive Conservative government tabled a $3.2-billion budget Thursday with a projected deficit of $85 million. Finance Minister Jill Burridge's operating bud...
Feb 29, 2024
Ottawa repurposing $10.5B to hike spending on health care, housing over three years
OTTAWA - The federal government will repurpose $10.5 billion over the next three years from the budgets of 69 departments, agencies and Crown corporations, Treasury Board President Anita Anand said Th...
Feb 29, 2024
Income tax indexing highlights Nova Scotia budget as inflation complaints rise
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia has tabled a $16.5-billion budget that indexes provincial income tax rates to inflation - a move the government said Thursday will provide relief from the province's rising cost ...
Feb 29, 2024
'Measured choices': Health, education come out ahead in restrained Alberta budget
EDMONTON - Health care and education came out ahead Thursday in a generally restrained Alberta provincial budget forecasting a paper-thin surplus that could easily go up in smoke. "It is a solid budge...
Feb 29, 2024
B.C. workers on minimum wage will see an increase of 65 cents per hour June 1
VICTORIA - Minimum-wage workers in British Columbia will get a pay hike of 65 cents an hour to $17.40 starting June 1, a move the government says will help lift more people out of poverty. The Ministr...
Feb 26, 2024
Federal government posts $23.6B deficit for April-to-December period
OTTAWA - The federal government posted a budgetary deficit of $23.6 billion for the first nine months of its 2023-24 fiscal year. The result compared with a deficit of $5.5 billion for the same stretc...
Feb 23, 2024
Eby 'profoundly worried' about B.C. fire season as billions prepped for contingencies
VANCOUVER - Premier David Eby says he is "profoundly worried" about the potentially "terrible" wildfire season in British Columbia, a major reason why the province has set aside $10.6 billion in conti...
Feb 23, 2024
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 9
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