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Two First Nations working on roads to Ring of Fire do not support new mining law
TORONTO - Two First Nations that signed deals with the provincial government to improve access to the Ring of Fire are speaking out against a new Ontario law that seeks to ease mineral extraction in t...
Jun 09, 2025
Montreal bus and subway services disrupted as transit maintenance workers strike
MONTREAL - Montreal's transit maintenance workers have started a nine-day strike that is causing widespread disruption in the city's network and causing headaches for public transit users. The 2,400 w...
Jun 09, 2025
'General acceptance': A year of banning cellphones in Canadian classrooms
EDMONTON - Sixteen-year-old Roha Akram was skeptical when teachers in Calgary announced a cellphone ban during the first assembly of the school year. "I was like, 'No one's going to follow this,'" the...
Jun 09, 2025
U.S. envoy closely eyes Canada defence spending; says NATO about collective defence
OTTAWA - The American ambassador to Canada is closely watching as Ottawa shapes its defence budget, but says the U.S. will not dictate what the Canadian government must spend. "We're not expecting any...
Jun 08, 2025
Nova Scotia's ambitious 'Wind West' offshore energy plan wins support with conditions
HALIFAX - Two leading environmental groups are giving a thumbs up to Nova Scotia's ambitious plan to dramatically expand its fledgling offshore wind energy industry. But both groups were quick to add ...
Jun 08, 2025
Global streamers fight CRTC's rule requiring them to fund Canadian content
OTTAWA - Some of the world's biggest streaming companies will argue in court on Monday that they shouldn't have to make CRTC-ordered financial contributions to Canadian content and news. The companies...
Jun 08, 2025 A person browses a television menu showing icons for streaming services Netflix and Amazon Prime in a photo illustration made in Toronto on Friday, March 22, 2024. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Giordano Ciampini)
Bank of Canada head Tiff Macklem says mandate should evolve in a 'shock-prone' world
OTTAWA - Tiff Macklem is wearing an Edmonton Oilers pin as he reflects on coming very close to beating big odds. It's a significant day for the governor of the Bank of Canada: he's just laid out his r...
Jun 07, 2025
U.S. ambassador says Canadians facing device searches, detainment 'not a pattern'
OTTAWA - The American ambassador to Canada is pushing back on Ottawa's travel advice, saying his country doesn't search phones at the border and arguing some Americans travelling here are having a tou...
Jun 07, 2025
Marc Garneau left lasting legacy on Earth and in space, former colleagues say
MONTREAL - Canadian scientists working on asteroid missions, exploring the universe through the James Webb Space Telescope or helping to put rovers on Mars say they can in some way thank Marc Garneau,...
Jun 07, 2025
As his trade war faces legal pushback, Trump has other tariff tools he could deploy
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs are facing legal headwinds for the first time - but he has other tools he could deploy in his quest to realign global trade. A federal appeals court ...
Jun 07, 2025
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