Murray Wood: Saskatchewan is winning the race to the bottom on minimum wage
An increase is coming for Saskatchewan's minimum-wage earners this fall, but Murray Wood says it will ensure they contin...
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Anand visiting Malaysia, Japan as Carney crafts approach to Indo-Pacific strategy
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand is headed off to Japan and Malaysia as the Carney government shapes its diplomatic and trade approach to the Indo-Pacific region. Anand will meet with her...
Jul 07, 2025
Chinese surveillance equipment company appeals Ottawa’s shutdown order
OTTAWA - A Chinese maker of surveillance camera systems is appealing a federal government directive ordering it to shutter its Canadian operations due to national security concerns. Hikvision said in ...
Jul 07, 2025
TikTok Canada halts arts sponsorships including with TIFF, Junos as shutdown looms
TORONTO - TikTok says it's pulling out as a sponsor of several Canadian arts institutions including the Juno Awards and the Toronto International Film Festival as it prepares to comply with a federal ...
Jul 07, 2025
Ontario Premier Doug Ford pitches railway to Ring of Fire, Alberta is on board
Ontario signed an agreement with Alberta to build infrastructure and energy corridors that include a possible railway to the mineral-rich Ring of Fire region, the premiers of both provinces announced ...
Jul 07, 2025
Trump delays deadline for trade deals, Canada's deadline remains in place
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump started sending out letters to governments around the world Monday threatening high tariffs in the absence of trade deals - even as he gave himself more time t...
Jul 07, 2025
Transport committee will study BC Ferries' receiving $1B loan for Chinese ships
OTTAWA - The House of Commons transport committee agreed on Monday to launch a study into the $1 billion loan BC Ferries received from the Canada Infrastructure Bank to finance the purchase of four ne...
Jul 07, 2025
Politicians overstating benefits of scrapping internal trade barriers: Think tank
A new report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives is dismissing moves by the federal government and Canada's premiers to break down internal trade barriers as little more than "political the...
Jul 07, 2025 Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, speaks to media following the First Minister’s Meeting in Saskatoon, Sask., Monday, June 2, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Liam Richards
Premiers Danielle Smith and Doug Ford agree to study new energy corridors, more trade
CALGARY - The premiers of Alberta and Ontario agreed Monday to a feasibility study of new pipelines and rail lines between provinces and pledged to increase interprovincial trade of alcohol and vehicl...
Jul 07, 2025
Big tent or small? John Rustad and the battle for the soul of the B.C. Conservatives
VICTORIA - Dave Sharkey still remembers how he felt about the future of the Conservative Party of B.C. when he was part of the delegation that marched in the 2022 Aldergrove Christmas Light Up Parade....
Jul 07, 2025
Politicians overstating benefits of scrapping internal trade barriers: think tank
OTTAWA - The federal government and Canada's premiers are greatly overselling the benefits of breaking down internal trade barriers, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives argues in a new report....
Jul 07, 2025
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