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Carney, Poilievre align on pipelines as Trump and trade loom over French debate
OTTAWA - Liberal Leader Mark Carney and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre aligned on support for new oil and gas pipelines as a matter of national security during the French language election debat...
Apr 16, 2025
Lacking clarity on U.S. trade, Bank of Canada keeps 'powder dry' with rate hold
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada doesn't know quite yet how to navigate monetary policy amid constantly shifting trade turbulence with the United States, so the central bank kept its powder dry with an int...
Apr 16, 2025
Gas firm says a contractor is dead in a gas plant fire near Fort St. John, B.C.
FORT ST. JOHN - A contractor has been killed and another person hurt in a fire in a gas plant north of Fort St. John, B.C. Alberta-based Tourmaline Oil, which runs the Gundy oil and gas extraction fac...
Apr 15, 2025
Party leaders make promises on job training, seniors scam protection, capital gains tax
OTTAWA - The main federal parties campaigned in the Montreal area Tuesday, with the Liberals pitching a new training benefit for mid-career workers and the Conservatives promising to protect seniors f...
Apr 15, 2025 This composite image made from five file photos shows, from left: Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, Liberal Leader Mark Carney, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and co-leader of the Green party Jonathan Pedneault. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot, Chris Young, Sean Kilpatrick, Spencer Colby, Mathieu Catafard)
California governor urges Canadians to ignore Trump, come back for sand, sun and wine
Canadians' boycott of travel to the U.S. is hitting hard on California's sandy shores, prompting the state's governor to make a social media pitch-plea to come back. Gov. Gavin Newsom, in a video this...
Apr 15, 2025
First Nation launches challenge of B.C.'s approval to raise Mount Polley mine dam
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia First Nation has filed a legal challenge over the plan to allow the Mount Polley mine to raise its tailings dam a decade after a similar storage site at the mine gave wa...
Apr 15, 2025
Nova Scotia auditor general credits government on progress fulfilling recommendations
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia auditor general Kim Adair said Tuesday the provincial government has made substantial progress toward acting on recommendations she made from 2020 to 2022. In the first followup ...
Apr 15, 2025
Manitoba premier touts increased trade with Europe, possible second Hudson Bay port
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew expressed an openness Tuesday to a potential second port on Hudson Bay as a tool to help ramp up trade with Europe amid trade disputes with the United States. It ...
Apr 15, 2025
Canadian university teachers warned against travelling to the United States
HALIFAX - The association that represents academic staff at Canadian universities is warning its members against non-essential travel to the United States. The Canadian Association of University Teach...
Apr 15, 2025
Ottawa says automakers that keep building in Canada will get a tariff exemption
WASHINGTON - Automobile companies that continue to manufacture vehicles in Canada will get an exemption from Ottawa's retaliatory tariffs as U.S. President Donald Trump attempts to upend the North Ame...
Apr 15, 2025
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