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WINNIPEG -- Konrad Narth took the reins as interim leader of the Manitoba Progressive Conservatives on Tuesday, while the former party leader accused him of hosting caucus conspirators.
WINNIPEG -- The members of Manitoba's Progressive Conservative caucus have chosen a new interim leader.
WINNIPEG -- Manitoba's Progressive Conservatives have chosen legislature member Konrad Narth as interim party leader.
Manitoba's Progressive Conservatives have chosen legislature member Konrad Narth as interim party leader. Narth, who represents La Verendrye in the province's southeast, quickly spoke with reporters after a closed door caucus meeting. He says the party is united and will select a new leader at a later date. His appointment comes after Obby Khan on Monday abruptly stepped down as...
The leader of Manitoba's Opposition not only quit the top job Monday, he quit the entire Progressive Conservative caucus, leaving it in disarray on the eve of a new sitting. Obby Khan fought back tears as he stood in his legislature office and said internal fighting and feuding had taken an intolerable toll. Khan said he'll sit as an Independent...
WINNIPEG -- The leader of Manitoba's Opposition not only quit the top job Monday, he quit the entire Progressive Conservative caucus, leaving it in disarray on the eve of a new sitting.
WINNIPEG -- Obby Khan, the leader of Manitoba's Opposition Progressive Conservatives, says he's stepping down from the job.
WINNIPEG -- The high price of getting by will be front and centre as Manitoba politicians head back to the legislature this week.
WINNIPEG -- The high price of getting by will be front and centre as Manitoba politicians head back to the legislature this week.
WINNIPEG -- Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says the province remains on track to balance the budget next year after reporting that last year's finances came roughly in line with expectations.
WINNIPEG -- The final number is in for last year's Manitoba budget - and it's an $832-million deficit.
WINNIPEG -- The Manitoba government says apprentice hours are well above target on several major construction projects in the province.
WINNIPEG -- Manitoba's twice-yearly clock changes are a thing of the past as the province moves to make daylight time permanent.
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says residents have changed their clocks for the last time, as the province will be sticking with daylight time year-round. The province says 58 per cent of 72,000 residents surveyed said they want to stick with central daylight time. About 34 per cent wanted to move to standard time year-round.
WINNIPEG -- Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says residents have changed their clocks for the last time, as the province will be sticking with daylight time year-round.
WINNIPEG -- Manitoba says it will waive the provincial sales tax on major capital spending for the Port of Churchill as it tries to attract international investment.
BOISSEVAIN -- Hundreds gathered today on a remote stretch of the Prairies to remember the 9/11 terrorist attacks in a ceremony that also affirmed close bonds between Canada and the United States.
WINNIPEG -- Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew, a day after his NDP government intervened to end a medical workers' strike, called out their employer Wednesday and suggested he may de-privatize lab testing.
WINNIPEG -- Hundreds of Manitoba medical lab employees are back at work as the premier is criticizing the company involved in the labour dispute.
WINNIPEG -- The Manitoba government says it's following through on a commitment to expand rent control in the province.
The collapse of talks with the United States has added urgency to reducing trade barriers within Canada, but experts say it's not a simple fix. Efforts to boost interprovincial trade have ramped up recently. Nine provinces agreed last month to allow direct-to-consumer alcohol sales across provincial lines. But even this kind of progress, dealing with a niche side of the...
The collapse of talks with the United States has added urgency to reducing trade barriers within Canada, but experts say it's not a simple fix.
WINNIPEG -- Manitoba's premier says he is reluctantly open to returning U.S. booze to provincial shelves as part of a trade deal, but hopes Canadians won't buy it.
WINNIPEG -- Manitoba's addictions minister says it's a special but bittersweet day as the province opens its first supervised consumption site.
WINNIPEG -- The Canadian Museum for Human Rights says an exhibit about displaced Palestinians is to go ahead as planned, despite criticism that it's a potentially one-sided story.
WINNIPEG -- The Canadian Museum for Human Rights says an exhibit about displaced Palestinians is to go ahead as planned, despite criticism that it's a potentially one-sided story.
WINNIPEG -- Manitoba's trade representative says Wednesday's surprise tariff announcement underscores the challenge of navigating the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump.
WINNIPEG -- The Manitoba legislature wrapped on Monday its spring sitting, which had the government pass a tax cut on some food items and saw accusations of racist comments and other unruly behaviour.
TORONTO -- Urgency on trade certainty and diversification was a key message economic experts emphasized at a Public Policy Forum conference Thursday.
TORONTO -- Canada's seventh-largest bank has secured its final regulatory approval to buy PC Financial from Loblaw Cos. Ltd., clearing the way for the transformative deal.
TORONTO -- The federal government's plan to spend billions of dollars to increase the number of skilled trades workers is being welcomed by labour groups who say it will help bridge gaps in the system.
Business groups say the federal government's decision to establish Canada's first sovereign wealth fund could be helpful to get projects going, but is not a singular fix. Prime Minister Mark Carney announced the Canada Strong Fund on Monday, saying it will invest in major Canadian industrial projects in areas such as energy, infrastructure, mining, agriculture and technology with an initial...
TORONTO -- The federal government has announced Canada's first sovereign wealth fund to help get major projects going, but business groups say it's not a singular fix.
TORONTO -- Canada's Big Six banks have all put their support behind the proposed international Defence, Security and Resilience Bank (DSRB).
TORONTO -- BMO Financial Group says it's joined the rest of the big Canadian banks in backing the proposed Defence, Security and Resilience Bank (DSRB) being set up by democratic countries.
TORONTO -- The federal government has outlined key measures it plans to use to protect Canadian automotive manufacturing, but industry insiders say success will depend on the details.
TORONTO -- The federal government has outlined a suite of measures it hopes to use to boost investment in Canadian auto manufacturing.
The trade deal between Canada and China has experts saying it could lead to Chinese electric vehicle firms producing vehicles in Canada, but much depends on the trade talks ahead with the United States. Critics including Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Unifor leader Lana Payne panned the deal as an attack on workers and Canadian manufacturing, while Prime Minister Mark...
TORONTO -- The trade deal between Canada and China has experts saying it could lead to Chinese electric vehicle firms producing vehicles in Canada, but much depends on the trade talks ahead with the United States.
TORONTO -- Ontario politicians and Canada's largest private sector union are slamming Canada's new trade agreement with China, saying it puts domestic auto jobs at risk with no guarantee of investments.
TORONTO -- A new report says the Canadian office vacancy rate dipped last year for the first time since the pandemic as the return-to-office trend accelerated.
The gap between average worker wages and Canada's top-paid CEOs widened to a record in 2024, according to a new report that pushes for higher taxes on the wealthiest.
TORONTO -- Canadians who watched the World Series this year might have caught a second high-stakes clash going on between plays.
TORONTO -- There's been a lot to keep up with this year, so it's easy to have missed new developments on the personal finance front even if they might mean more money in your pocket.
Toronto -- The Bank of Canada left its key interest rate unchanged on Wednesday as the economy continues to show resilience in the face of tariff pressures.
The federal government says in Tuesday's budget that it will move ahead to regulate stablecoins, following on a move this past summer by the United States to do so.
Toronto -- Prime Minister Mark Carney said the global head of Stellantis told him the automaker is looking at finding a new model to fill the idled Brampton, Ont., plant, but that a decision would require more trade certainty.
TORONTO -- Canada has an opportunity to leap ahead and reap the economic gains of climate action as the U.S. retreats, said several speakers at the launch of the first Toronto Climate Week on Wednesday.
Government lifelines announced Monday could help Algoma Steel Group Inc. navigate through the effective loss of the U.S. market as it looks to focus on supplying Canadian buyers.
Canada Post says it will be sending new offers to the Canadian Union of Postal Workers in an effort to move negotiations forward. The Crown corporation said the new terms will allow the two sides to return to the bargaining table next week, with work already underway to make that happen. The move comes after the union representing 55,000 postal...
Canada Post says it will be sending new offers to the Canadian Union of Postal Workers in an effort to move negotiations forward.
TORONTO -- As many young Canadians head off to college and university, some will be fortunate enough to be able to tap into a registered education savings plan.
TORONTO -- Air Canada says its flight attendants need to return to work before the airline can push on with negotiations, even as the union says it won't end its now unlawful strike until a deal is reached at the bargaining table.
Air Canada says its flight attendants need to return to work before the airline can push on with negotiations, even as the union says it won't end its now unlawful strike until a deal is reached at the bargaining table. "We're available and ready to work on an industry leading deal for our flight attendants, making them the best compensated...
TORONTO -- Air Canada says its flight attendants need to return to work before the airline can push on with negotiations, even as the union says it won't end its now unlawful strike until a deal is reached at the bargaining table.
Air Canada says all flights of Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge remain suspended through 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday as members of the union representing its flight attendants continue strike action. It says customers whose flights are cancelled will notified.
TORONTO -- Air Canada says all flights of Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge remain suspended through 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday as members of the union representing its flight attendants continue strike action.
TORONTO -- A shutdown of Air Canada by flight attendants over wages and unpaid work has rapidly escalated into a fight for the right to strike as union leaders said Monday they'll push despite orders to stop, while the airline said it hoped workers will soon comply.
TORONTO -- A shutdown of Air Canada by flight attendants over wages and unpaid work has rapidly escalated into a fight for the right to strike as union leaders said Monday they'll push despite orders to stop, while the airline said it hoped workers will soon comply.
A shutdown of Air Canada by flight attendants over wages and unpaid work has rapidly escalated into a fight for the right to strike as union leaders said Monday they'll push despite orders to stop, while the airline said it hoped workers will soon comply. The rising stakes of the impasse have left hundreds of thousands of travellers in limbo...