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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Billions of dollars allocated for defence in budget as global spending race ramps up
by Kyle Duggan OTTAWA - The federal government unveiled plans Tuesday to shell out $73 billion for national defence by the end of the decade - a staggering sum as Canada positions itself to meet aggre...
Nov 04, 2025 Prime Minister Mark Carney checks out an Orion-H9 Counter-UAS, a directional drone disrupter, as he visits a vehicle display at the Adazi Military base in Adazi, Latvia on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi)
Voters prioritize the economy above immigration and crime in Election 2025, AP Voter Poll finds
WASHINGTON (AP) - Economic worries were the dominant concern as voters cast ballots for Tuesday's elections, according to preliminary findings from the AP Voter Poll. The results of the expansive surv...
Nov 04, 2025
Alberta government wants more details on federal budget before passing judgment
EDMONTON - Alberta's finance minister says Ottawa's budget has some good elements and some bad, but he's hoping to get more clarity on regulatory changes that could affect the energy industry. Prime M...
Nov 04, 2025
Manitoba premier encouraged by federal budget mentions of northern expansion
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says he's encouraged that the federal budget reaffirms plans to invest in the Port of Churchill and related facilities. The budget says the federal government is ...
Nov 04, 2025
Budget 2025: Feds to move on regulating stablecoins
The federal government says in Tuesday's budget that it will move ahead to regulate stablecoins, following on a move this past summer by the United States to do so. Stablecoins are a kind of crypto as...
Nov 04, 2025 Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne shakes hands with Prime Minister Mark Carney after delivering his budget speech in the House of Commons, in Ottawa, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick)
Third ex-cabinet minister pays fine for breaking Manitoba's conflict law
WINNIPEG - All three former Manitoba Progressive Conservative cabinet ministers fined for breaking the province's conflict of interest law have now paid up. Legislature Speaker Tom Lindsey says Cliff ...
Nov 04, 2025
Budget 2025: Key numbers from the Liberals’ latest spending plan
OTTAWA - Here's a brief look at the key numbers in the Liberal government's 2025 budget: $20.1 billion: Total net new government spending for the 2025-26 fiscal year. $89.7 billion: Total of net new b...
Nov 04, 2025
Budget pledges to cut 40,000 jobs from public service by 2029
OTTAWA - The federal government intends to slash the public service by 10 per cent by the end of the 2028-29 fiscal year - eliminating about 40,000 jobs - as it strays from its election promise to cut...
Nov 04, 2025
Ottawa cutting foreign aid and research spending back to pre-pandemic level
OTTAWA - The Carney government laid out plan to cut the foreign aid budget to a level in line with Canada's pre-pandemic allocations - despite promising during the election not to cut back aid. Tuesda...
Nov 04, 2025
P.E.I. to spend $857 million over five years for health, education and infrastructure
CHARLOTTETOWN - Prince Edward Island says it plans to spend $857 million over the next five years on major projects. The capital budget presented by Finance Minister Jill Burridge focuses on health ca...
Nov 04, 2025
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 30
8:30 - A mega-farm in Saskatchewan is raising major concerns about debt, rapid expansion and financial pressures facing ...
