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Bank of Canada holds key rate steady amid trade war
Bank of Canada is hitting pause after seven straight interest rate cuts as it grapples with global trade uncertainty. The central bank held its benchmark interest rate steady at 2.75 per cent today, t...
6h ago The Bank of Canada is set to make an interest rate decision on April 16, 2025. The Bank of Canada building is shown in Ottawa on Wednesday, March 12, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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
Poilievre promises tougher ethics rules, takes aim at Carney's assets
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is promising to tighten financial transparency rules for elected officials - and is using that promise to take aim at Liberal Leader Mark Carney. Poilievre told a ...
Apr 14, 2025 Liberal Leader Mark Carney arrives for a television interview at Maison de Radio Canada during a campaign stop in Montreal on Sunday, April 13, 2025. Liberal Leader Mark Carney and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre are both campaigning in Montreal today, days before the federal leaders take part in debates. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
Dueling emergency motions at the Leg
REGINA - It was two different fates for two emergency motions presented in the Legislative Assembly on Monday. An NDP bid for an emergency motion to overturn the recently passed provincial budget pred...
Apr 01, 2025 Finance Critic Trent Wotherspoon seen putting the 2025-26 budget in the shredder.John Cairns
Premier Moe says Sask. is now carbon tax free
Story By: John Cairns REGINA - Premier Scott Moe has announced Saskatchewan will be the first carbon tax free province in Canada. Moe made the announcement in a social media post that went out on the ...
Mar 27, 2025
Budget 2025: a $12 million surplus
REGINA - The 2025 Saskatchewan provincial budget is balanced. That is the big story to emerge from the release of the 2025 Saskatchewan provincial budget, which was officially tabled in the Legislativ...
Mar 19, 2025
Trudeau in Paris ahead of global artificial intelligence summit
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in Paris today, where he's scheduled to take part in events leading up to the global summit on artificial intelligence that begins Monday. He's set to participate in a...
Feb 09, 2025
A look back at Regina city hall happenings in 2024
REGINA - It was a stormy year at Regina City Hall in 2024, ending with one big hurricane. That political hurricane blew out the old city council and put a new one in, complete with a new mayor. It see...
Jan 03, 2025
Commitment broken when family of Saskatchewan NDP candidate targeted: Beck
Saskatchewan's two main political leaders had agreed before October's provincial election not to target the families of candidates during the campaign, says Opposition NDP Leader Carla Beck. It was a ...
Dec 23, 2024
Latest Sask oil & gas Crown land sale brings in $11.39 million
REGINA - The Government of Saskatchewan's Crown oil and natural gas public offering, held on Dec. 3, raised $11,392,502 for the province, with the southeast region generating most of the revenue....
Dec 05, 2024