Category Archives: Canada
U.S. not renewing trade agreement with Canada and Mexico in 'current form'
WASHINGTON - The United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer says the U.S. is not renewing the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement "in its current form" - but the trade agreement will remain in place a...
Jul 01, 2026
Carney, Inuit meeting wraps with pledge on new program to replace child funding
KUUJJUAQ - A meeting between Prime Minister Mark Carney and Inuit leaders Tuesday wrapped with a commitment for a new program to replace the Inuit Child First Initiative, and for Ottawa to use its cha...
Jul 01, 2026
Canada's historic World Cup run helps prolong Vancouver restaurants' business boost
VANCOUVER - The head of B.C.'s Restaurant and Foodservices Association says Canada's historic run in the World Cup has led to a boom for many Vancouver businesses, as the team's journey into the round...
Jul 01, 2026
B.C. journalist, tormented by followers of Chinese tycoon, relieved at jail sentence
A British Columbia journalist who was targeted for months by followers of Chinese tycoon Guo Wengui says he's feeling "tremendous relief" after Guo was sentenced to 30 years in a U.S. jail for fraud. ...
Jul 01, 2026
Ontario joins P.E.I. in lowering colorectal cancer screening age to 45
TORONTO - Ontario is the second province in Canada to lower the routine colorectal cancer screening age from age 50 to 45. As of July 1, Ontarians age 45 and up are eligible to receive the at-home fec...
Jul 01, 2026
Alberta planning post-Canada Day pipeline announcement
CALGARY - It's the Alberta government's self-imposed deadline to submit its proposal for a new West Coast oil pipeline to the federal major projects office. But since it's Canada Day, the province is ...
Jul 01, 2026
China imposing 73.5 per cent anti-dumping tariffs on Canadian pea starch
OTTAWA - China is imposing a 73.5 per cent tariff on pea starch from Canada starting Wednesday. The Chinese commerce ministry says the levy is the result of an anti-dumping investigation it launched i...
Jun 30, 2026
Montreal police charge 11 over events before fatal shooting of teenager Nooran Rezayi
MONTREAL - Montreal police say 11 people are facing charges in connection with alleged events preceding the death of a 15-year-old boy who was fatally shot by Longueuil police last September, leading ...
Jun 30, 2026
Avi Lewis chides Miller for saying rights museum should change Palestinian wording
OTTAWA - NDP Leader Avi Lewis says Heritage Minister Marc Miller was wrong to call on the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg to change the wording in an exhibit about displaced Palestinians....
Jun 30, 2026
B.C. sailors tell of harrowing choices in rescue of charter sinking survivors
Brian Angus and Dorothy Stauffer set out from Vancouver's Coal Harbour on Sunday morning to embark on their annual months-long sailing trip aboard their 33-foot yacht Malaika. But within hours they we...
Jun 30, 2026