Atlantic Canada

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Interest rate cut possible this week: Economists Economists and market watchers are betting the Bank of Canada will deliver another interest rate cut this week amid mounting evidence that inflation is sustainably easing. Expectations that the bank will […]

There is an old saying, “you can’t fight the tax collector”. The Sask. Party Government is trying to prove that wrong in its on-going fight over carbon tax money Ottawa says Saskatchewan owes. All of this is over the Saskatchewan’s outright opposition to the carbon tax in the first place. A case it lost in […]

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the Canada Revenue Agency is “very, very good” at getting the money it’s owed, and Saskatchewan’s premier should take note of that. Scott Moe has pledged the province will not send Ottawa the money it collects from the federal carbon price on natural gas. That move breaks the law, and […]

Weather warnings blanket much of the country today as many Canadians prepare to travel for the holidays in an effort to connect with family during the festive season. Environment Canada says heavy snow, strong winds and freezing rain are expected in some areas of Ontario, Quebec and B-C, with extreme cold warnings for Western Canada […]

The Saskatchewan Roughriders will be making their way to Atlantic Canada this season. TSN Football Insider Dave Naylor tweeted that the Roughriders will be facing the Toronto Argonauts on July 16 in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. This will be the league’s first game back in Atlantic Canada in three years after 2020’s game between the Riders […]

Minister of Parks, Culture and Sport Gene Makowsky is disappointed that Saskatchewan is not receiving the same financial support for tourism during COVID-19 like Eastern Canada provinces. This comes after the federal government announced over $46 million to support Quebec’s and Atlantic Canada’s tourism industries, however he believes the same should be done for the rest of […]