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Trump signs executive order pushing tariffs on Canada to 35 per cent
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order pushing tariffs on Canada to 35 per cent beginning on Friday, following through on a threat to raise duties if Ottawa didn't make...
Jul 31, 2025
Newfoundlanders who fled cod moratorium are returning — and creating a housing crunch
NEW-WES-VALLEY - The affordable housing complex Mike Tiller is hoping for is unlike anything else in his community. The sleek, modular buildings with sloping roofs and wide windows pose a sharp contra...
Jul 31, 2025
Alberta government to learn from ruling on Ontario bike lane law: minister
AIRDRIE - Alberta's transportation minister says the province plans to learn from an Ontario court ruling that found a law seeking to remove some Toronto bike lanes to be unconstitutional. Devin Drees...
Jul 30, 2025
Eby calls softwood lumber dispute "canary in the coal mine" of U.S. protectionism
VICTORIA - Premier David Eby says the federal government cannot forget about the fate of British Columbia's softwood lumber industry as the deadline for a trade deal between the United States and Cana...
Jul 30, 2025
Brown University strikes agreement to resolve discrimination complaints and restore federal funding
WASHINGTON (AP) - Brown University on Wednesday announced a deal with the Trump administration to regain access to federal research funding and end investigations into alleged discrimination. The Ivy ...
Jul 30, 2025
Manitoba monument to Chief Peguis, planned for 2024, still a year away
WINNIPEG - A planned monument to commemorate Chief Peguis and the first treaty signed in Manitoba has been delayed again. The structure, originally planned for 2024 then pushed back one year, is now e...
Jul 30, 2025
Ottawa says it wants to improve income assistance program on First Nation reserves
The federal government says it is committed to working with Mi'kmaq First Nations in Nova Scotia to improve the income assistance program - though Ottawa has yet to provide details on the progress of ...
Jul 30, 2025
Many voters cast ballot in last federal election without feeling fully informed: poll
TORONTO - A new survey suggests more than half of Canadians believe they didn't have enough information or needed more to cast their ballot in the last federal election. The Ipsos poll says 57 per cen...
Jul 30, 2025
Former Vice President Kamala Harris says she will not run for California governor in 2026
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Former Vice President Kamala Harris will not run for California governor next year, leaving open the possibility that she could mount a third run for the White House in 2028. "Over ...
Jul 30, 2025
Organizations sound alarm as gender equality department faces 81% budget cut
OTTAWA - Organizations working to advancing gender equality are sounding the alarm as the federal department for women and gender equality, WAGE, faces a potential budget cut of just over 80 per cent....
Jul 30, 2025
OPINION
Sarah Mills: Canada is getting a taste of FIFA's World Cup demands
Sarah Mills says a full motorcade with a police escort for the FIFA president is unnecessary, but it shows that the orga...
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