Category Archives: Canada
Trade tensions with Canada not top of mind for Republicans at convention
DALLAS - U.S. President Donald Trump told his most ardent followers Wednesday that Canada "very much wants to make a deal" while headlining a highly unusual Republican convention a day after escalatin...
Sep 9, 2026
Feds drop plans to skirt Species At Risk Act for major projects
OTTAWA - The federal government is abandoning plans to exempt certain projects from laws designed to protect species at risk after an overwhelmingly negative response to the proposal during a summer o...
Sep 9, 2026
As the trade war dominates Canadian politics, Conservatives fight among themselves
OTTAWA - The Conservative party's big tent has been filled with infighting these past few months. It may not be obvious to anyone who spent the summer in an actual tent, rather than on social media, b...
Sep 9, 2026
Sons 'shattered' by stray-bullet death of Chang Yong Cho in his Burnaby, B.C., home
The two sons of Chang Yong Cho, who was killed in his Burnaby, B.C., home by a stray bullet, say they are "shattered" by the death of the 85-year-old. Justin and David Cho said in a statement on Wedne...
Sep 9, 2026
New U.S. tariffs, import bans unlikely to dent Canadian near-term growth: economists
OTTAWA - New U.S. tariffs and trade restrictions on Canadian goods are unlikely to significantly affect Canadian economic growth in the near term, economists said Wednesday. Yet the latest escalation ...
Sep 9, 2026
AI minister says solutions exist after Anthropic researcher quits over safety fears
OTTAWA - The federal artificial intelligence minister said the government is closely following the situation at Anthropic after a researcher who resigned from the company Tuesday said people in the in...
Sep 9, 2026
Unions, employers split on government intervention in labour disputes
OTTAWA - The federal government says employers and unions are divided over how much power Ottawa should have to intervene in labour disputes. Employment and Social Development Canada released a report...
Sep 9, 2026
Canadian pump prices creep higher as Mideast fighting escalates
CALGARY - Fuel prices tend to ease off around this time of year, but one industry expert says drivers should expect no such relief this time. "Traditionally, gas prices decline after Labour Day as gas...
Sep 9, 2026
EU envoy says a 'unique' new partnership with Canada forming ahead of Carney's speech
OTTAWA - The European Union's ambassador to Canada says the bloc is crafting a new partnership with Ottawa unlike anything that currently exists. "What we have in mind is something different from what...
Sep 9, 2026
Quebec party leaders talk tariffs, sovereignty in TV interviews
MONTREAL - The trade war with the United States and Quebec sovereignty took centre stage as leaders of Quebec's five main parties appeared in back-to-back interviews on prime time television Wednesday...
Sep 9, 2026