OTTAWA — Parliamentary budget officer Jean-Denis Frechette’s latest report on the Liberal government’s infrastructure spending program highlights further delays in the spending plan. Here are some key numbers from the report: $186.7 billion: Value of federal infrastructure spending over 12 years $14.4 billion: Value of spending under the first phase of the infrastructure program 32: […]
Diane Francis: The delay will give society pause to examine the fact that autonomous vehicles and drones will also create mass technological unemployment
But almost 90% of survey respondents said it’s time to change how we think about the 9-to-5 workday
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump just regaled another audience with a tall tale involving Canada. This one’s about the Keystone XL pipeline. The president claimed to an audience in Ohio that he never heard any gratitude from TransCanada Corp., the company behind the controversial project, after he signed an executive order approving it. Trump […]
HELENA, Mont. — U.S. government officials are moving forward with a plan to block new gold mining claims for 20 years on more than 30,000 acres of public lands north of Yellowstone National Park. The U.S. Forest Service released a draft environmental assessment on Thursday for the proposed withdrawal of lands in the Absaroka mountains […]
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CALGARY — Oilsands producer Connacher Oil and Gas Ltd. has won court approval for a process to find a buyer or investor that could allow it to emerge from Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act protection after nearly two years. A court ruling Wednesday approves the Calgary-based company’s agreement with its first lien lenders to launch a […]
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The Arkansas Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the state prison system must continue to identify the manufacturers of its execution drugs but can conceal information that could be used to identify those who obtain the drugs for the state. Pharmaceutical companies won’t sell their drugs for use in executions, which has […]
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says Canada will continue to have trouble moving grain across the country unless more oil pipelines are built. Notley says moving oil by rail means there are fewer trains to ship grain for export. Grain shipments in Canada have been delayed for the second time in four years […]
Miners and more share memories of Munk who was known for his business acumen and his interest in making Canada an open and fair place