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Oilers acquire forward Trent Frederic from Bruins in three-team deal
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers have added some size up front ahead of the NHL trade deadline. The club acquired forward Trent Frederic from the Boston Bruins on Tuesday in a complicated three-team dea...
Mar 04, 2025

Montreal Canadiens sign centre Jake Evans to four-year contract extension
MONTREAL - The Montreal Canadiens signed centre Jake Evans to a four-year contract extension on Tuesday. The deal, which kicks in next season and runs through 2028-29, will pay Evans an average annual...
Mar 04, 2025

'All bets are off': B.C. pulls liquor, changes procurement after U.S. tariffs
British Columbia Premier David Eby says the province and the country is strong enough to weather the storm in the threat to Canada's sovereignty coming from a former friend. Eby took the unusual step ...
Mar 04, 2025

Germany's likely next governing parties seek looser debt rules for more defense spending
BERLIN (AP) - The prospective partners in Germany's next government said Tuesday that they will seek to loosen the nation's rules on running up debt to allow for higher defense spending. They said the...
Mar 04, 2025

The trade war is on between Canada and the U.S. Here's what you need to know
TORONTO - A trade war between Canada and its largest trading partner has begun, with tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump now in effect and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau responding with a pa...
Mar 04, 2025

Key dates in the Canada-U.S. trade dispute as Trump launches trade war
OTTAWA - U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order hitting Canada and Mexico with 25 per cent across-the-board tariffs, with a lower 10 per cent levy on Canadian energy, took effect at 12:01 a.m. ...
Mar 04, 2025

How Canadians are reacting to Donald Trump's tariffs
OTTAWA - U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs on Canada and Mexico kicked in at midnight, triggering a North American trade war. The president's executive order to impose 25 per cent across-the-board...
Mar 04, 2025

CP NewsAlert: Ottawa pauses preventive health care task force amid review over breast cancer screening recommendations
TORONTO - Federal Health Minister Mark Holland has paused the work of the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care, which has come under fire for not recommending breast cancer screening for wome...
Mar 04, 2025

Canadians say they will stop buying U.S. products as Trump’s tariffs take effect
HALIFAX - Canadians say they are ready to use their wallets to fight the trade war with the United States, which began today as President Donald Trump imposed 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian goods. Ha...
Mar 04, 2025

Minister says he hopes Metis boarding school settlement will help the community heal
OTTAWA - Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Gary Anandasangaree says he hopes a federal settlement with Mtis who attended a boarding school in Saskatchewan will help them heal. The le--la-Crosse boar...
Mar 04, 2025