Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
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Trump punishes Canada with 10 per cent extra import tax for anti-tariffs ad
by Mark Schiefelbein ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) - President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he plans to hike tariffs on imports of Canadian goods by an extra 10 per cent because of an anti-tariff te...
Oct 25, 2025 President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, May 23, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Has business in Canada tuned out Trump's temper tantrums?
by Christopher Reynolds MONTREAL - Like exhausted parents, Canada's business community seems to be increasingly tuning out the temper tantrums coming from downstairs. On Thursday, U.S. President Donal...
Oct 25, 2025 President Donald Trump meets with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Alex Brandon)
CRA must fix human responses before pursuing AI, experts say
by Justin Escoto OTTAWA - Experts in artificial intelligence say it's risky for the Canada Revenue Agency to turn to artificial intelligence to help Canadians with their tax problems when human call c...
Oct 25, 2025 Auditor General of Canada Karen Hogan speaks at a press conference after tabling performance audit reports in Parliament, in Ottawa, on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Patrick Doyle)
Trump ending trade talks unlikely to affect Canadian market, analyst says
A local business analyst says U.S. President Donald Trump's recent comments on ending trade talks with Canada aren't likely to cause a major impact on the Canadian market. On Friday morning, Trump pos...
Oct 25, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump announced on social media that he was ending trade talks with Canada in response to an ad campaign by the Government of Ontario that aired on U.S. networks. It featured former President Ronald Reagan discussing tariffs. (AP file photo)
Ontario to pull ads that angered Trump after weekend World Series games
by Kyle Duggan Ontario is hitting pause on its short-lived anti-tariff television ad campaign in the United States on Monday so that Canada-U.S. trade talks can resume, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said ...
Oct 24, 2025 Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, laughs as he and Ontario Premier Doug Ford make an announcement at the Darlington Energy Complex in Courtice, Ont., on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Laura Proctor)
Canadian officials likely caught 'off-guard' after Trump ends trade talks over ad
Some are calling U.S. President Donald Trump's termination of trade talks with Canada just another bump in the rollercoaster that's been the president's second term. Late last night, Trump said he wou...
Oct 24, 2025 President Donald Trump speaks as he hosts a lunch with Republican Senators on the Rose Garden patio at the White House, Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Carney: 'We stand ready' for Trump to resume trade talks
Canadian negotiators "stand ready" for the Americans to resume trade negotiations, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump abruptly ended those talks late Thursday nig...
Oct 24, 2025
Liberals expected to introduce bill with tougher bail, sentencing rules today
OTTAWA - The Liberal government is expected to pitch tougher bail and sentencing standards for violent crime in legislation today. A news release says Justice Minister Sean Fraser will speak to report...
Oct 23, 2025 Minister of Justice Sean Fraser speaks to reporters ahead of a Liberal caucus meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
PM Carney to lay groundwork for coming federal budget in speech
Prime Minister Mark Carney is scheduled to give a speech late Wednesday on the tough choices his Liberal government faces in its first budget. Carney is set to address a group of university students -...
Oct 22, 2025 Prime Minister Mark Carney arrives on Parliament Hill ahead of a cabinet meeting in Ottawa on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
Wildfire fighters, evacuees call on feds to restore equipment and training funding
A group of wildfire evacuees, volunteer firefighters and Indigenous wildfire guardians is in Ottawa this week calling on the federal government to do more to prevent seasonal wildfires. This year's wi...
Oct 22, 2025 A plane from Newfoundland and Labrador flies over the Lake George wildfire near Aylesford, N.S. in this Friday, Oct. 3, 2025 photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout - Province of Nova Scotia (Mandatory Credit)
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