Murray Wood: A fair to remember
The exhibitions are on in Saskatoon and Regina this week. Murray Wood thinks they're fun, but they're just not the kind ...
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Premier Smith, Alberta Next panel face hecklers, supporters at fiery Edmonton event
EDMONTON - A travelling panel collecting public feedback on Alberta's grievances with Ottawa struggled to keep an emotionally-charged crowd on topic at its third summer town hall on Thursday night. Pr...
Aug 14, 2025
Chinese tariff on canola seed comes into force as producers, premiers demand action
REGINA - Prime Minister Mark Carney says he's considering measures to support farmers hit by a steep Chinese tariff on canola seed that came into force Thursday. Carney said on social media that he sp...
Aug 14, 2025
Former general says Ottawa must help former translator's family escape Taliban
OTTAWA - A former top general says it would be "unconscionable" for Ottawa to allow the family of an Afghan translator who risked his life to help Canadian soldiers to be deported back to Afghanistan....
Aug 14, 2025
Carney, other world leaders meet ahead of Trump-Putin summit on Ukraine war
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney met virtually Wednesday with the "Coalition of the Willing" - a group of nations that have agreed to support Ukraine in its fight against the Russian invasion - ahe...
Aug 13, 2025
Manitoba Indigenous groups agree to work together on major infrastructure projects
WINNIPEG - Two Indigenous groups in Manitoba have agreed to work together on major infrastructure and development projects. It comes as the federal government looks to fast-track projects across the c...
Aug 13, 2025
François Legault taking crushing byelection loss to the PQ with 'humility'
QUEBEC CITY - Quebec Premier Franois Legault says he is taking Monday's byelection loss to the Parti Qubcois with humility. Legault's Coalition Avenir Qubec finished fourth in the Arthabaska riding wi...
Aug 13, 2025
Some BoC governors wonder, has the central bank already cut its rate enough?
OTTAWA - Newly released documents show some members of the Bank of Canada were wondering last month whether the central bank's benchmark interest rate is already low enough to support the Canadian eco...
Aug 13, 2025 Some members of the Bank of Canada's governing council wondered in July whether the central bank had already lowered its interest rate enough to support the economy through U.S. tariffs. A cyclist moves past the Bank of Canada building in Ottawa, Wednesday, July 30, 2025. (The Canadian Press)
'This is our livelihood': Farmers brace for hit from new China canola tariff
Farmer Bill Prybylski says China's planned tariff on canola seed wasn't factored into his business equations this year. The president of the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan says the...
Aug 13, 2025
Hudbay Minerals sells stake in Arizona copper mine to Mitsubishi
Shares in Hudbay Minerals Inc. surged after it announced a deal with Mitsubishi Corp. to sell a 30 per cent stake in an Arizona copper project the Toronto-based miner says will support U.S. national s...
Aug 13, 2025
Conservative MP calls on Ottawa to do more on wildfires, criticizes forest entry ban
OTTAWA - Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner says the federal government needs to do more to fight Canada's devastating forest fires. Speaking to reporters Wednesday in Ottawa, the Alberta MP accus...
Aug 13, 2025
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