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CP NewsAlert: White House says Trump to announce auto tariffs today

WASHINGTON - White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt says U.S. President Donald Trump will announce tariffs on auto imports at 4 p.m. today. More to come. Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Pre...

Mar 26, 2025

Trudeau was warned about Trump's trade plans before phone call: briefing note

WASHINGTON - Then-prime minister Justin Trudeau went into his first phone call with a newly re-elected Donald Trump aware that the U.S. president likely was looking to reopen the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Ag...

Mar 26, 2025

CP NewsAlert: Chief says fourth victim of Winnipeg serial killer is Ashlee Shingoose

WINNIPEG - The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations says the fourth victim of a Winnipeg serial killer has been identified as Ashlee Shingoose of St. Theresa Point First Nation. Cindy Woodh...

Mar 26, 2025

In the news today: Carney, Poilievre in Quebec, vacation homes prices on the rise

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Liberals and Conservatives shifting to Quebec Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and Liberal Leader Mark Car...

Mar 26, 2025

Liberals and Conservatives taking their federal election campaigns to Quebec

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and Liberal Leader Mark Carney are shifting their campaigns to Quebec. Poilievre, who held a rally in Hamilton on Tuesday night with an estimated crowd of...

Sheldon Spackman Mar 26, 2025

B.C. energy minister says treaty not a 'bargaining chip' in U.S. trade dispute

VICTORIA - British Columbia Energy Minister Adrian Dix says U.S. President Donald Trump's claims about Canada supplying water through the Columbia River Treaty are "not accurate," and the U.S. can man...

Mar 25, 2025

B.C. to bring in legislation to end its carbon tax on consumers starting April 1

VICTORIA - British Columbia's government says it will table legislation on Monday that eliminates the consumer carbon tax in the province. It says in a statement that the tax will be removed April 1, ...

Mar 25, 2025

Record deficit, economic stimulus and other highlights of Quebec's 2025-26 budget

QUBEC - Quebec Finance Minister Eric Girard introduced his budget on Tuesday, under a cloud of possible U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods that he forecasts will average 10 per cent in the next two years....

Mar 25, 2025

B.C. drug decriminalization and safer supply associated with more overdoses: study

VANCOUVER - A study into safer supply and drug decriminalization policies in British Columbia has found that both were associated with increased opioid overdose hospitalizations. The report says that ...

Mar 25, 2025

Beijing's envoy calls for more trade with Canada as U.S. trade war continues

OTTAWA - Beijing's ambassador to Canada says China is interested in stepping up trade with Ottawa as the U.S. continues to pursue a global trade war. Wang Di says Washington should not force Canada to...

Mar 25, 2025