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Bank of Canada to make interest rate decision as trade uncertainty swirls
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada is expected to make an interest rate decision this morning. Economists and financial markets widely expect the central bank will keep its policy rate steady at 2.75 per cen...
Jul 30, 2025
With Ottawa promising bail reform, what’s driving the debate?
OTTAWA - Premiers are putting pressure on Ottawa to implement tougher bail rules. With the federal government expected to table bail reform legislation in the fall, critics are expressing worries alre...
Jul 30, 2025
PM Carney assembling cabinet today to talk U.S. trade, Middle East
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is meeting virtually with his cabinet today to discuss the state of trade negotiations with the U.S. and the situation in the Middle East. The meeting is scheduled ...
Jul 30, 2025
Migrant worker calls proposed spike in housing cost payroll deduction 'wickedness'
OTTAWA - An Ontario migrant farm worker says there is "wickedness" in a federal government proposal that could allow employers to charge workers upwards of 30 per cent of their income for housing. The...
Jul 30, 2025
Rutschman’s clutch double lifts Orioles to 3-2 win over Blue Jays and doubleheader sweep
BALTIMORE (AP) - Adley Rutschman doubled home the tiebreaking run in the bottom of the eighth inning, and the Baltimore Orioles completed a doubleheader sweep of the Toronto Blue Jays, 3-2 on Tuesday ...
Jul 29, 2025
Rutschman’s clutch double lifts Orioles to 3-2 win over Blue Jays to sweep doubleheader
BALTIMORE (AP) - Adley Rutschman doubled home the tiebreaking run in the bottom of the eighth inning, and the Baltimore Orioles completed a doubleheader sweep of the Toronto Blue Jays, 3-2 on Tuesday ...
Jul 29, 2025
CF Montreal wins Leagues Cup opener by beating Club Leon in penalty kicks
MONTREAL - It took seven rounds of a penalty shootout to decide, but CF Montreal secured a dramatic 7-6 victory over LIGA MX side Club Leon in the first match of the 2025 Leagues Cup at Stade Saputo. ...
Jul 29, 2025
Powerful quake hits near Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula. Japan issues a tsunami alert
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's meteorological agency issued a tsunami alert for Japan's Pacific coast, upgrading an earlier advisory stemming from the powerful, magnitude 8.0 quake that hit on Wednesday morning...
Jul 29, 2025
Ash falls on Lytton, B.C., as 'very scary' fire triggers evacuation alerts
Authorities say ash has fallen on the community of Lytton, B.C., as crews battle what the operations director for the BC Wildfire Service called a "very scary" blaze for the village that was almost co...
Jul 29, 2025
'Canada will win' race to bring LNG to Asian markets, B.C. Premier David Eby says
KITAMAAT VILLAGE - British Columbia Premier David Eby says Canadian values will help the country "win this race" to deliver liquefied natural gas to Asian markets, even as U.S. President Donald Trump ...
Jul 29, 2025