Canada

In the news today: Canada rescinds digital services tax

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Canada rescinds digital services tax Canada is rescinding its digital services tax and will resume trade negot...

Jun 30, 2025

From lacrosse myths to kilts: 5 things you may not know about Canadian symbols

OTTAWA - Parliamentarians likely will get a chance later this year to debate whether to adopt a livestock brand as an official national symbol. A bill to create the brand was introduced earlier in Jun...

Jun 30, 2025

Retiring government rep Marc Gold calls Senate 'greatest privilege' of his life

OTTAWA - Sen. Marc Gold's career as the government's representative in the Senate is ending, closing a chapter he called "the greatest privilege" of his life. Gold reaches the Senate's mandatory retir...

Jun 30, 2025

Is Canada now free of internal trade barriers? Read the fine print

OTTAWA - Federal and provincial leaders are working to dismantle internal trade barriers that push up the cost of goods and make it harder to do business within Canada. But anyone expecting all of the...

Jun 30, 2025

Amid calls for separation, Alberta's new referendum rules set to formally take effect

EDMONTON - As Canada prepares Tuesday to blow out 158 birthday candles, Alberta plans three days later to formalize rules making it easier to have an independence celebration of its own. Beginning Fri...

Jun 30, 2025

Montreal Jewish museum reopens century-old sewing shop as a pop-up exhibit

MONTREAL - For 100 years, H. Fisher & Fils was a fixture of Montreal's garment industry, serving up orders of buttons, bolts of cloth and sewing supplies from its storefront on St-Laurent Boulevar...

Jun 30, 2025

Canada cancelled its digital services tax. What was it and why did the U.S. hate it?

OTTAWA - Tech giants such as Amazon and Google will not have to shell out close to $2 billion as expected today, as Canada moved to cancel the controversial digital services tax on Sunday, just one da...

Jun 30, 2025

Here's how provinces are trying to remove Canada's internal trade barriers

Efforts to boost interprovincial trade have kicked into high gear amid the U.S.-Canada tariff war. Here's a look at some trade agreements, legislation and proposals among provinces and territories tha...

Jun 30, 2025

CP News Alert: Canada rescinds Digital Services Tax to resume negotiations with U.S.

OTTAWA - Finance Minister Franois-Philippe Champagne says Canada is rescinding the digital services tax and will resume trade negotiations with the United States. More coming. The Canadian Press

Jun 29, 2025

Judge authorizes Tim Hortons Roll Up to Win class action for Quebec customers

MONTREAL - A judge has authorized a class action lawsuit over emails Tim Hortons sent out in error to participants in its popular Roll Up to Win promotion -- but only for Quebec residents. Montreal-ba...

Jun 29, 2025