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Canadians give Liberals 4th mandate; Carney wins Ottawa riding
Canadians have handed the Liberals a fourth mandate, with Prime Minister Mark Carney to lead Canada through an economic crisis triggered by U.S. President Donald Trump. The Canadian Press decision des...
Apr 28, 2025 This composite image shows, left to right, Liberal Leader Mark Carney on March 21, 2025; Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre on March 4, 2025; NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh on Jan. 22, 2025; Bloc Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet on March 5, 2025; Green Party co-leader Jonathan Pedneault on March 5, 2025, in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick, Adrian Wyld, Justin Tang
Party leaders in Montreal ahead of this week's election debates
Federal party leaders are campaigning in the Montreal area ahead of the two election debates that will take place Wednesday and Thursday. It will be the first time Liberal Leader Mark Carney and Conse...
Apr 15, 2025 This composite image made from five file photos shows, from left to right, Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet in Trois Rivieres, Que., Saturday, April 12, 2025; NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh in Toronto on Monday, April 14, 2025; Liberal Leader Mark Carney in Brampton, Ont., on Thursday, April 10, 2025; Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre in Ottawa, Sunday, April 13, 2025 and co-leader of the Green Party Jonathan Pedneault in Montreal, Thursday, April 3, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot, Chris Young, Sean Kilpatrick, Spencer Colby, Mathieu Catafard
Canadian economy lost 33,000 jobs in March, biggest loss since 2022
The economy shed 33,000 jobs in March, the biggest loss since January 2022, while the unemployment rate ticked higher, Statistics Canada said Friday. The agency said the unemployment rate for March ro...
Apr 04, 2025 Statistics Canada released March jobs figures on Friday. Workers stack and sort as softwood lumber is cut at Groupe Crete, a sawmill in Mont-Blanc, Que., Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
Hindley speaks on why $10 a day childcare deal is not done yet
REGINA - The provincial government is under pressure for not yet signing on to a five-year extension of $10 a day childcare with the federal government. In Question Period Tuesday, opposition New Demo...
Apr 03, 2025 Education Minister Everett Hindley speaks to reporters April 1. John Cairns
FBC offering a focus on the future ahead of tax season
Tax season for farms vary, depending on when the operation was incorporated. Some farms have their year-end in November and others in January for example. There are several firms that offer tax servic...
Feb 24, 2025
Premiers make diplomatic push in Washington after Trump issues new tariff threat
Canadian premiers are taking up the Team Canada mantle in Washington this week on a joint mission to convince U.S. President Donald Trump to drop his tariff threats for good. The diplomatic push by th...
Feb 11, 2025
Inflation ticks lower to 1.8% in December, thanks in part to GST tax break
Canada's annual inflation rate fell to 1.8 per cent in December, thanks in large part to the federal government's temporary tax break. Statistics Canada's consumer price index report on Tues...
Jan 21, 2025
Ottawa approves Bunge's acquisition of Viterra
The federal government has approved Bunge's acquisition of Viterra, with conditions attached. The conditions, Transport Canada says in a news release published on Tuesday, are meant to "ensure that th...
Jan 15, 2025
Statistics Canada reports real GDP grew 0.3 per cent in October
Statistics Canada says the economy grew 0.3 per cent in October, helped by strength in the mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction sector, following a 0.2 per cent increase in September. The age...
Dec 23, 2024
Tariff threats cast a shadow over US reliance on Canada for the majority of its oil imports
NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. increasingly relies on Canadian crude oil to meet domestic demand and that relationship faces potential strain amid the threat of tariffs from President-elect Donald...
Dec 19, 2024
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