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'We cannot waste any time': Anand promises 'action' and reform in foreign affairs
OTTAWA - Faced with escalating conflict in the Middle East, a collapsing global trade system and a department struggling to reform itself, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says she relishes the jo...
Jun 20, 2025
Quebec dials back emissions projections due to global uncertainty
MONTREAL - The Quebec government is scaling back its projections for greenhouse gas emissions reductions due to the Trump administration. A report published Thursday by the province's Environment Depa...
Jun 19, 2025
Manitoba to close wildfire evacuation centres as some communities return home
WINNIPEG - Some wildfire evacuees staying at a shelter in northern Manitoba may be moved elsewhere as more communities return home and the government closes temporary evacuation centres. Transportatio...
Jun 19, 2025
Trump extends TikTok ban deadline for a third time, without clear legal basis
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order to keep TikTok running in the U.S. for another 90 days to give his administration more time to broker a deal to bring the...
Jun 19, 2025
Doug Ford apologizes over 'hat in hand' comment about First Nations
TORONTO - Ontario Premier Doug Ford has apologized for saying First Nations should not keep coming "hat in hand" to the government if they say no to mining projects, a comment many First Nation leader...
Jun 19, 2025
Carney defends decision to restore diplomacy with India, calls it 'foundational'
OTTAWA - Reinstating key diplomats in Canada and India is a "foundational" step toward restoring the relationship between the two countries, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday. But Carney still ...
Jun 19, 2025
Federal power to sidestep Indian Act removed from major projects bill
OTTAWA - The federal government's major projects legislation was amended by opposition parties on Wednesday to withdraw the power the bill gave cabinet to sidestep the Indian Act, following weeks of c...
Jun 19, 2025
Trump extends TikTok ban deadline for a third time
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order to keep TikTok running in the U.S. for another 90 days to give his administration more time to broker a deal to bring the...
Jun 19, 2025
Steel industry groups say Carney's retaliatory plan for U.S. tariffs 'falls short'
OTTAWA - The Canadian Steel Producers Association and United Steelworkers Union are panning Prime Minister Mark Carney's response to U.S. President Donald Trump's punishing tariffs. Their response cam...
Jun 19, 2025
Ottawa shows no signs of limiting MAID after UN panel calls for reversal
OTTAWA - Ottawa is giving no sign that it intends to amend existing legislation on medical assistance in dying - something a UN committee called for earlier this spring. The federal minister responsib...
Jun 19, 2025
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