Murray Wood: Sask. farmers pay the price for Ottawa's gopher ban
Gophers are chewing through crops and profits, and farmers blame Ottawa's strychnine ban. They say the damage is out of ...
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Little change expected in January inflation as GST break tamps down spending totals
OTTAWA - Economists expect little movement in Canada's inflation numbers, if any, when January data is released this week, though the underlying change in prices will be clouded by a full month of the...
Feb 16, 2025
Europeans can learn from Canada's dealings with Trump: Joly
Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly says Canada's plan to retaliate if U.S. President Donald Trump follows through on his threat to slap Canadian goods with across-the-board tariffs has drawn the att...
Feb 15, 2025 Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly discusses Canada-United States relations during a luncheon with the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal in Montreal on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi)
Poilievre pledges to restore 'promise of Canada' in campaign-style speech
OTTAWA - Pierre Poilievre began a speech on Saturday with a quote from the country's first prime minister, Sir John A. Macdonald, pledging to create a united, rich nation "instead of making us a tribu...
Feb 15, 2025
A running list of Ontario election promises in campaign for snap Feb. 27 vote
TORONTO - A running list of election promises announced by the Ontario Progressive Conservatives, NDP, Liberals and Greens in the province's snap election campaign. The vote is set for Feb. 27. Progre...
Feb 14, 2025
Hearing White House aide reinforce Trump's annexation plans 'chilling,' premier says
WASHINGTON - As U.S. President Donald Trump added to his growing list of tariff targets Friday - this time it's imported automobiles - Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey said it was "chill...
Feb 14, 2025
Conservative caucus meets in Ottawa as poll numbers slump and Trump's threats loom
OTTAWA - As political parties gear up for a federal election campaign that could begin as soon as March 10, the Conservatives appear focused on the man they believe they'll be running against: Mark Ca...
Feb 14, 2025
GST break brought a lot of work but little - if any - gains for businesses
TORONTO - About two months after the federal government temporarily knocked the GST off a holiday-centric array of goods, Dave Doyon says he considers the move "a gift" even though a hoped-for flurry ...
Feb 14, 2025
Manitoba Premier Kinew stresses long-term goal as U.S. tariffs battle continues
WASHINGTON - Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says a trip by Canada's premiers to Washington, D.C., has been a success even though there's no sign of a change in American plans to impose steep tariffs on Ca...
Feb 13, 2025
B.C. cancels $1,000 grocery rebate and pauses some hiring over Trump's tariff threats
The British Columbia government is cancelling a promised $1,000 grocery rebate and will freeze hiring of some public service positions to "find dollars" in its budget as it prepares for "four years of...
Feb 13, 2025
Canada still top of mind for Trump, 'not a good place to be'
OTTAWA - As President Donald Trump signed an executive order for reciprocal tariffs on Thursday that escalates his trade threats, his administration took aim at Canada's digital services tax as a majo...
Feb 13, 2025
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