Provincial News

The City of Toronto is set to provide an update today on service and traffic measures to ready the city for Taylor Swift’s arrival, with huge crowds expected to flock to the downtown core during her six scheduled shows next month. Swift will perform at Rogers Centre for her sold-out Eras Tour from Nov. 14 […]

REGINA – The Government of Saskatchewan’s Crown latest oil and natural gas public offering, held on Oct. 29, raised $7,304,936 for the province, with the southeast region generating the majority of the revenue. Of the 112 parcels posted for this offering, 93 received acceptable bids, covering a total of 15,347.639 hectares. The southeast brought in […]

The agriculture community wasn’t surprised by the outcome of Monday night’s provincial election but noticed a clear rural-urban divide among the constituencies claimed by the Saskatchewan Party and the NDP. As of Tuesday afternoon, the Saskatchewan Party has 35 out of a possible 61 seats with the majority in rural constituencies and the rest from […]

Dozens of Gordon Lightfoot’s personal belongings — including guitars, artwork, even his highest awards — are up for grabs in an auction that has some fans questioning why the items weren’t rescued by a museum. Texas-based Heritage Auctions is leading the sale of the artifacts in co-operation with Lightfoot’s estate.The auction is currently being held […]

The NDP appears to have won enough seats to form government in British Columbia, however it is unclear whether it will be a majority or minority. The Canadian Press is projecting that Premier David Eby’s New Democrats have won at least 46 seats, while holding a razor-thin lead in the undecided riding of Surrey-Guildford amid […]

The Leaders’ Debate Commission announced two seasoned broadcast journalists to moderate the French and English leaders’ debates in the next federal election. TVO host Steve Paikin will moderate the English debate, while Patrice Roy, a host at Radio-Canada will handle proceedings for the French debate. Between the two of them, they have moderated a combined […]

McDonald’s said Wednesday that customers should feel confident ordering from its restaurants despite a deadly E. coli outbreak linked to its Quarter Pounder hamburgers. The outbreak has sickened at least 49 people in 10 states, and one person has died. A preliminary investigation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration suggests fresh onions that are served raw […]

Producers who were not paid for grain delivered to Global Food and Ingredients Inc. will not receive full compensation from the Canadian Grain Commission’s payment protection program. The company’s security was not adequate to cover all of the unpaid grain. Following a review of individual producer claims by the Canadian Grain Commission, 29 eligible claims […]

Importers say a new online portal for collecting taxes on goods shipped into Canada is creating headaches ahead of its rollout this week, with potential implications for consumers. On Monday, the federal government’s digital platform for paying duties is set to come online in an effort to streamline the old, paper-based process that customs officials […]

British Columbia is waking to a reshaped political landscape but no clear winner of a provincial election marked by the rise of the B.C. Conservatives from the political fringe to centre stage. Neither the Conservatives, led by John Rustad, nor the incumbent NDP of Premier David Eby reached the 47 seats needed to form a […]