Category Archives: Canada
Trump's trade czar says he hopes to give Canada CUSMA 'options' by end of year
WASHINGTON - United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said Wednesday he hopes to provide "options" by the end of the year to U.S. President Donald Trump, Canada and Mexico on renewing the con...
Jul 22, 2026
National crime rates and crime severity both fell in 2025: StatCan
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada reports that both the rates and severity of crime were down almost across the board in 2025. The agency said Wednesday Canada's crime severity index dropped five per cent la...
Jul 22, 2026
In the news: Trump's depression-era tariff tool, premiers back urgent trade talks
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... What to know about Trump's new tariff tool Donald Trump is ramping up pressure on Canada by threatening to us...
Jul 22, 2026
Aerial photos show devastation of Ontario First Nation as wildfires burn across north
Aerial photographs taken above Namaygoosisagagun First Nation show the devastation wrought by a fast-moving wildfire that forced residents to flee last week as flames closed in on their northern Ontar...
Jul 22, 2026
Premiers tout unity ahead of P.E.I. talks with Carney, 'bullish' on U.S. trade deal
CHARLOTTETOWN - Premiers said they remain a united Team Canada against a common adversary in the U.S. as they wrapped up talks Wednesday ahead of a face-to-face meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney...
Jul 22, 2026
New research affirms construction workers disproportionately affected by opioid deaths
TORONTO - Researchers hope a new report examining the occupations of people who have died of opioid overdoses in Ontario raises awareness about the breadth of the population affected by the drug epide...
Jul 22, 2026
'Vicious cycle': What you need to know about Trump's Great Depression-era tariff tool
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump is ramping up pressure on Canada by threatening to use an obscure Great Depression-era legal tool to impose new tariffs - and it's not clear whether there are any guardrails ...
Jul 22, 2026
Coalition calls on minister to withdraw criticism of museum's Palestinian exhibit
OTTAWA - A coalition of civil society groups is pushing back against criticism by a federal cabinet minister and Jewish organizations of a museum exhibit on Palestinian displacement. The Canadian Muse...
Jul 22, 2026
New graphic images are rolling out on cigarette packs in Canada. Could more be done?
TORONTO - A baby swarmed by smoke. A toilet of bloody urine. A cancerous colon. These are among the new series of 13 graphic images that are required to be printed on cigarette packages across Canada ...
Jul 22, 2026
With flames in backyard, Boston Bar resident tells of B.C. town surrounded by fire
Attila Banhegyi said a tree was burning in the backyard of his home in Boston Bar, B.C., a community now surrounded by fire. Banhegyi, who runs a campground and also has a mail-order cosmetics busines...
Jul 22, 2026