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Canadians are still steering clear of the U.S. nearly a year into President Donald Trump’s trade war. Mackenzie Gray looks at what Statistics Canada’s new travel data reveals, what else is factoring into the decline, and where vacation dollars are instead being spent.

Black Friday and Cyber Monday mark the kick-off of holiday spending discounts. This year, AI and financial stress are driving trends. Many Canadians are expected to take on more debt and be very focused on pulling back on spending while stretching every dollar, in what one retail analyst says demonstrates growing concerns about a “K-shaped”...

Speeding and collisions have increased in Edmonton since the province changed photo radar rules, prompting the city to explore more safety enforcement. An Edmonton-area wheelchair basketball program has its chairs and trailer stolen. A million dollar Royal Canadian Legion donation will support PTSD and mental health research at the University of Alberta. An Edmonton firefighter...

World leading potash exporter and Saskatchewan based company Nutrien faces pushback over their pursuit of a new export terminal south of the border. One of the province’s biggest events of the year returns, the Western Canadian Agribition kicks off in Regina. A federal court ruling is allowing Frog Lake First Nation financial transparency into a...

One of the province’s biggest events of the year returns, the Western Canadian Agribition kicks off in Regina. World leading potash exporter and Saskatchewan-based company Nutrien faces pushback over their pursuit of a new export terminal south of the border. A federal court ruling is allowing Frog Lake First Nation financial transparency into a 100-million-dollar...

The Prime Minister is returning home pockets full, with multi-billion dollar agreements with the United Arab Emirates and trade possibilities with India, China, and Europe. Do ties with some of these countries cause any concern? The show speaks exclusively with Canada’s new Ambassador to the United Nations and gets U.A.E. trade reaction from the former...

Canada, the U.S. and Finland moved forward on an agreement to build heavy Arctic icebreakers in a trilateral agreement called the ICE pact. The Commander of Canada’s Coast Guard Mario Pelletier told the West Block how his current fleet is being updated in the meantime. Plus, the Prime Minister returned home, pockets full, with multi-billion...

With a low dollar and ongoing trade war, Canadians have been travelling to the U.S. a lot less this year. The decline in tourists has one city in Montana now trying to entice Canadians to return. Jordan Prentice has more on Kalispell’s new marketing campaign. 

Tuesday’s federal budget had several promises for the health-care sector. This includes 5 billion dollars for a dedicated infrastructure fund. Health reporter Katherine Ward has more on what this could mean for Canadians.

We’re getting our first glimpse inside a violent transnational drug-running ring in which the FBI accuse a Canadian man of operating. Forty-four year-old Ryan Wedding, who is thought to be hiding in Mexico, is accused of not only cocaine smuggling on an industrial scale, but of ordering the murder of an FBI witness with the...

The public service is bracing for billions of dollars in spending cuts in Tuesday’s federal budget. The prime minister has repeatedly referenced the need for austerity measures to reshape the Canadian economy. The challenge for Carney is to justify cuts in some areas, like the civil service, and defend increased spending in defence and trade...

Baseball fans across Canada are on edge as the Toronto Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers head into a decisive Game 7 of the World Series on Saturday. Eric Sorensen begins tonight’s coverage. Prime Minister Mark Carney faces fresh questions after confirming he apologized to U.S. President Donald Trump for Ontario’s anti-tariff ad. With the...

Prime Minister Mark Carney previewed some affordability measures today, following through on campaign promises ahead of next month’s budget. Three programs will be rolled out on Nov. 4, and as David Akin reports, one of them has the potential to put hundreds of dollars back in the pockets of millions of low-income Canadians.

Gold prices continue to soar hitting above $4,000 dollars USD per ounce. Canadian gold exports have grown increasingly important as Canada continues to search for a trade deal with the U.S. Financial analyst, Robert Levy joins us to break it all down.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney was back in question period in the House of Commons on Wednesday after he and his delegation met with U.S. President Donald Trump and his trade representatives on Tuesday in the White House. Carney was met with an onslaught of questions from Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre over auto makers moving...

Prime Minister Mark Carney announced new supports for unemployed Canadians Friday, one part of a multi-billion-dollar package aimed at transforming the economy. The plan includes a new ‘Buy Canada’ policy and training programs, to help businesses and workers hit hard by U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs. The government says it wants to go from U.S....

Thousands of displaced Palestinians moved north to Gaza City on Friday as the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took effect. Many of them returned to their homes, whether they were destroyed or not, as Israeli forces withdrew from Gaza’s major urban areas. While troops are still present within the enclave, many Gazans are grateful for...

The City of Langford is calling out the Canadian Premier League’s Pacific FC squad, for allegedly racking up hundreds of thousands of dollars of unpaid bills. Troy Charles reports.

Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre said on Friday that the Liberal government should cancel a “billion dollar loan” Canada gave China to build ships after China hit Canada with a 75.8 per cent tariff last month on Canadian canola seed.

Unemployment was up for the second straight month in Canada and August reached the highest level since 2016, outside of the pandemic years, according to new data. Statistics Canada reported that the national jobless rate climbed to 7.1 per cent last month, from 6.9 per cent in July. Plus, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced new...