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Fireworks, barking: Nunavut celebrates 20th birthday with optimism, reservations
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Fireworks exploded over Frobisher Bay while sled dogs chained to the sea ice howled and barked in the new capital of Iqaluit the night Nunavut was born. The territory...
Mar 31, 2019
Kenney promises budget surplus by 2023
CALGARY - The United Conservatives are promising to get Alberta's books out of the red and into a $714-million surplus by 2023, a year earlier than the NDP.UCP Leader Jason Kenney unveiled the numbers...
Mar 31, 2019 United Conservative Party leader Jason Kenney speaks to supporters at a rally in Calgary on March 30. (The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh)
Politicians voice support for Windsor auto workers as 1,500 job to be cut
WINDSOR, Ont. - A second round of auto worker layoffs in recent months has led politicians to jump to assure workers as the automotive sector undergoes significant transformation. Economic Development...
Mar 31, 2019
Country's new top bureaucrat to take over from embattled Wernick on April 19
OTTAWA - Michael Wernick will officially step down as the country's top bureaucrat in April, one month after he announced plans to step down in the wake of being drawn into the explosiv...
Mar 31, 2019
Powell falls just short of provincial mixed final
Graham Powell will have to settle for third place at the Alberta Mixed curling provincials. Powell's rink gave up a steal of two in the final end to fall 5-4 to the Albert Gerdung rink from Brooks in ...
Mar 31, 2019 photo courtesy EverythingGP
US new-home sales increased 4.9 per cent in February
WASHINGTON - Sales of new U.S. homes climbed 4.9 per cent in February, an indication that falling mortgage rates have given a boost to demand from buyers. The Commerce Department said Friday that new ...
Mar 31, 2019
Female Midget Storm fall short of medal round
The medal games are on tap for today at the Female Midget Elite provincials at the Coca-Cola Centre. Sherwood Park will face Calgary White in the bronze medal game at 9, followed by St Albert and Calg...
Mar 31, 2019 Mady Brazel had one of the two goals for the Storm on Saturday. Photo courtesy EverythingGP
Government pushes China for canola evidence, mulling aid for farmers
OTTAWA - The federal government says it is considering subsidizing farmers hit by China's $2-billion ban on Canadian canola imports, and is pushing the People's Republic to prove recent shipments...
Mar 31, 2019
New carbon tax starts coming in for 4 provinces that fought the federal plan
People in Manitoba, Ontario, Saskatchewan and New Brunswick will be paying more for gasoline and heating fuel Monday when the federal government's carbon tax begins in provinces th...
Mar 31, 2019
Seeing double: Candidates with same name square off in P.E.I. election fight
Voters in one P.E.I. riding face a tough choice in the April 23 provincial election: Matthew MacKay, or Matthew MacKay. Seeking re-election in the provincial district of Kensington-Malpeque, Progressi...
Mar 31, 2019