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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Pierre Fitzgibbon to return as Quebec economy minister after selling shares
QUEBEC - Pierre Fitzgibbon will return to the cabinet of Premier Franois Legault on Wednesday after withdrawing in June because of ethics violations. He will resume his role as economy minister follow...
Aug 31, 2021
U.S. warning about travel to Canada mainly for benefit of unvaccinated, CDC head says
WASHINGTON - The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the U.S. told Americans to "reconsider travel" to Canada mainly for the benefit of those not yet vaccinated against COVID-1...
Aug 31, 2021
U.S. Centers for Disease Control urges Americans to 'reconsider' travel to Canada
WASHINGTON - The U.S. State Department is now urging Americans to "reconsider travel" to Canada due to what the Centers for Disease Control call "high" levels of COVID-19 infection. The new Level 3 tr...
Aug 30, 2021
Federal government posts $12.7B deficit for June, spending down and revenue up
OTTAWA - The federal government posted a deficit of $12.7 billion for June compared with a deficit of $33.6 billion in June 2020. The drop in the deficit came as spending dropped compared with a year ...
Aug 27, 2021
O'Toole takes aim at Trudeau, Singh as inflation numbers shift focus of campaign
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau's political opponents took aim at him on the campaign trail Wednesday over the cost of living, facing broadsides from Conservatives for the decade-high pace of price growth and...
Aug 18, 2021
Analyst says Jansen mine catalyst for 'Saskaboom 2.0'
A Saskatchewan business analyst says the province will see the economic spinoffs of a new potash mine for years to come. BHP announced Tuesday it will bring its long-delayed Jansen potash project into...
Aug 17, 2021 The BHP Jansen potash mine, located about 140 kilometres east of Saskatoon. (Supplied)
BHP gives long-awaited go ahead for Jansen potash mine in Saskatchewan
Australian mining giant BHP Group says it has approved $7.5 billion in capital spending to build its Jansen potash project in Saskatchewan. The decision came as BHP announced a plan to merge its oil a...
Aug 17, 2021
Mendicino-Mayorkas meeting readout makes no mention of Canada-U.S. travel imbalance
WASHINGTON - Canada's immigration minister talked Canada-U.S. border issues Monday with the secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. But the federal government's official account of the ...
Aug 10, 2021
How U.S. citizens can make travelling from U.S. to Canada as painless as possible
WASHINGTON - Fully vaccinated U.S. citizens and permanent residents can now enter Canada for non-essential purposes for the first time since March 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic forced the two count...
Aug 09, 2021
Despite Delta, Canada welcomes back fully vaxxed U.S. citizens, permanent residents
WASHINGTON - Fully vaccinated American citizens lined up at the Canada-U.S. border Monday for their first chance to venture north since the COVID-19 pandemic forced the two countries to impose unprece...
Aug 09, 2021
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8:30 - Another MP just crossed the floor to the Liberal Party, just weeks away from three critical byelections where the...
