Canada

Canadian pharmaceutical industry alarmed after Trump floats 200 per cent tariff

WASHINGTON - An pharmaceutical industry representative says Canada likely isn't the main target of U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to impose a 200 per cent tariff on pharmaceutical imports - but ...

Jul 9, 2025

B.C. man charged with murdering Bailey Plover was convicted of assault hours earlier

The man accused of murdering his estranged wife, Bailey Plover, in a Kelowna, B.C., parking lot last week had been convicted of choking someone and uttering threats just hours before Friday's attack t...

Jul 9, 2025

Canada continuing to lag in the number of EV charging stations needed to meet goals

OTTAWA - Canada still doesn't have the network of public charging stations it needs to meet its electric vehicle goals, researchers say. With a little more than 35,000 charging stations in service acr...

Jul 9, 2025

Quebec won't accept some applications for sponsorship of immigrants until 2026

MONTREAL - The Quebec government says it won't accept new applications from residents who want to sponsor their spouses, common-law partners or adult children for immigration until next year. The Immi...

Jul 9, 2025

Quebec government reassigns head of auto insurance board amid scandal

QUBEC - The Quebec government has reassigned the president and CEO of the province's auto insurance board. ric Ducharme's dismissal from the top job was confirmed by a government source who was not au...

Jul 9, 2025

Ottawa’s national security review, shutdown order ‘procedurally unfair': Hikvision

OTTAWA - A Chinese maker of surveillance camera systems says the national security review process that led the federal government to order it to shut down its Canadian operations was unfair. Hikvision...

Jul 9, 2025

Wisconsin and Minnesota Republicans call on Canada to curb wildfire smoke

WASHINGTON - Six Republican lawmakers have sent a letter to Canada's ambassador calling for action on wildfires they say have sent smoke billowing across the international border into their states. In...

Jul 9, 2025

Texas flood to create safety planning 'ripple effect' at Canadian camps: organizers

EDMONTON - Canadian summer camp organizers say they expect a ripple effect of bolstered emergency plans and preparations this summer after more than two dozen campers and camp counsellors were killed ...

Jul 9, 2025

Armed forces needs to strengthen screening to weed out extremists: expert

OTTAWA - An expert in extremism says recent arrests linked to an alleged plot to create an anti-government militia show the Canadian Armed Forces needs to do a better job of vetting at the recruitment...

Jul 9, 2025

The Conservative party raised a record amount in 2024 — and spent even more

OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives raised a record amount of money in 2024 and ramped up their spending in a major way ahead of the federal election, according to records filed with Elections Canada. ...

Jul 9, 2025