Category Archives: Canada
A list of some of the items the U.S. is slapping with a 50 per cent tariff
OTTAWA - The United States is imposing a 50 per cent tariff on a range of Canadian exports starting Saturday, after the two countries could not reach a new deal before a deadline imposed by President ...
Aug 21, 2026 Dairy products counter in a Levis, Que., market, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
Canada vows dollar-for-dollar tariff retaliation, suspends trade talks with U.S.
OTTAWA - A last-ditch effort to reach a new trade deal before a midnight tariff deadline failed Friday, as Prime Minister Mark Carney suspended talks with the United States and summoned his negotiator...
Aug 21, 2026
Fourth group of Marineland whales leaving shuttered Ontario park
NIAGARA FALLS - The largest collective move of captive whales is getting closer to completion, with a fourth cohort leaving Marineland on Friday night. The park says a team of specialists lifted three...
Aug 21, 2026
A correction to stories about B.C. wildfire damage and destruction
Stories published by The Canadian Press on Aug. 11 and Aug. 13 incorrectly reported that structures had been damaged or destroyed on 170 properties due to the Pear Lake wildfire. In fact, it was more ...
Aug 21, 2026
Jivani's U.S. connections continue to create 'clap back' for Poilievre: strategist
OTTAWA - Some Conservative strategists said there is little to take away from U.S. Vice President JD Vance's apparent mockery of Leader Pierre Poilievre in a fundraising speech this week. In audio fro...
Aug 21, 2026
Voters have until Tuesday to apply for a special ballot for federal byelections
OTTAWA - Canadians planning to vote in upcoming federal byelections have until Tuesday to apply for a special ballot. Three byelections are set for Aug. 31 in the ridings of North Vancouver-Capilano, ...
Aug 21, 2026
Yukon First Nations firefighters wonder why they haven't been called to help in B.C.
Fire crews with Yukon First Nations Wildfire say they are ready, willing and able to help with out-of-control fires burning in British Columbia and are wondering why they haven't received the call. Th...
Aug 21, 2026
Charred road to recovery in B.C.'s Okanagan as province extends state of emergency
While the immediate threat of wildfire has subsided for Summerland, B.C., a fire official said there was much work ahead on the road to recovery and the B.C. government extended a provincial state of ...
Aug 21, 2026
Driver 'shouldn't be here' after crash with plane in B.C. speared rod through seat
Jaime Pawliuk said he didn't hear anything as the plane flew just over his SUV on busy Foothills Boulevard in Prince George, B.C. Then there was "a whistling sound and metal twisting and glass shatter...
Aug 21, 2026
'Shameful': Canada, U.K., Australia rebuke Israel for decision on aid workers' deaths
OTTAWA - Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom denounced on Friday Israel's decision not to pursue criminal charges over a military strike that killed a convoy of humanitarian aid workers in 2024. ...
Aug 21, 2026