Category Archives: Canada
U.S. steel, plastics among items Canada may target with retaliatory tariffs
OTTAWA - Canada is looking to target American steel, ceramics and plastics with retaliatory tariffs in response to an escalating trade dispute with the incoming Trump administration. A senior governme...
Jan 09, 2025
Alberta to send water bombers, helicopters to help fight Los Angeles wildfire
EDMONTON - Alberta is preparing to send water bombers, night-vision helicopters and incident command team support to help battle wildfires ravaging parts of Los Angeles. Premier Danielle Smith says on...
Jan 09, 2025
In the news today: Coutts blockade sentencing, oilsands decarbonization uncertainty
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Sentencing hearing for leaders of Coutts blockade A sentencing hearing is set to start today for three men con...
Jan 09, 2025
Sentencing hearing begins for men convicted of leading Coutts blockade
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - A sentencing hearing is set to start today for three men convicted of helping co-ordinate a blockade at the Canada-U.S. border at Coutts, Alta., in protest of COVID-19 rules and re...
Jan 09, 2025
Booze-free 'liquor' stores offer options, as some B.C. craft brewers decline and fall
VANCOUVER - Whatever your tipple, Angela Hansen's liquor store on Vancouver's Commercial Drive has stock to satisfy, from Prosecco to tequila - so long as you don't want any actual liquor. Hansen's "a...
Jan 09, 2025
Canadian school boards among those affected by cyber incident involving third party
School boards in multiple provinces have been affected by a data breach involving software used by schools across North America to store student information. Ontario's Toronto, Peel and Durham distric...
Jan 08, 2025
'Scary' or 'empty threats'? Canadians weigh in on Trump's '51st state' plan
The Canadian Press asked people from Halifax to Vancouver what they thought of U.S. president-elect Donald Trump's idea to make Canada the "51st state" and use "economic force" to do so. Here's what t...
Jan 08, 2025
Minister Duclos says it should be 'relatively easy' to sell Trump on icebreaker pact
OTTAWA - Public Services and Procurement Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says it should be "relatively easy" to convince incoming U.S. president Donald Trump not to scuttle an icebreaker production pact wit...
Jan 08, 2025
Convicted Quebec murderer in men’s institution as request for women’s prison studied
MONTREAL - A Quebecer found guilty of murdering a woman and their two children is being held in a men's federal institution while authorities assess the convict's request to be housed in a women's pri...
Jan 08, 2025
'Time for a refresh': University of Alberta rebrands DEI policy to ACB
EDMONTON - The president of the University of Alberta says the decision to rebrand its diversity, equity and inclusion policy was not influenced by critics of the initiative in North America. Bill Fla...
Jan 08, 2025