Canada

Federal Liberals and Tories now in a dead heat, new poll indicates

OTTAWA - The federal Liberals and the Conservatives are running neck-and-neck in voter support, a new Leger online poll suggests. The poll of Canadians' voting intentions has both parties sitting at 3...

Mar 11, 2025

B.C. shop fined $1m for selling 'natural' health products containing Cialis, Viagra

RICHMOND, B.C. - A Metro Vancouver adult store operator has been fined $1.07 million for selling sexual enhancement products advertised as natural but that actually contained prescription drugs. Healt...

Mar 11, 2025

B.C. takes advantage of U.S. 'chaos,' trade war to attract more doctors and nurses

British Columbia's health minister says "now is the time" for American doctors and nurses to move to the province as it fast tracks recognition of their credentials during an escalating trade war betw...

Mar 11, 2025

Poilievre wants to impose 50 per cent metal tariffs on U.S. after latest Trump threat

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says Canada should hit the U.S. with matching 50 per cent tariffs on steel and aluminum in reply to U.S. President Donald Trump's latest trade war escalat...

Mar 11, 2025

Confused about tariff deadlines? Here's what we know right now

OTTAWA - The trade war between the U.S. and Canada took another turn Tuesday as U.S. President Donald Trump vowed to double the tariff on steel and aluminum imports coming from Canada in response to O...

Mar 11, 2025

Canada's dairy industry says tariffs less scary than threats to supply management

MONTREAL - Members of Canada's dairy industry say they're less worried about the threat of steep U.S. tariffs than about a looming battle over supply management. U.S. President Donald Trump has threat...

Mar 11, 2025

Incoming prime minister Mark Carney says he has put his assets in a blind trust

OTTAWA - Mark Carney's leadership campaign says he has given a "full and robust conflict of interest management plan" to the country's ethics commissioner. In a media statement, the campaign says that...

Mar 11, 2025

Carney's win kills Liberals' much-delayed plan to change capital gains tax

OTTAWA - Mark Carney's victory in the Liberal leadership race puts the final nail in the coffin of Ottawa's controversial plan to hike the inclusion rate on capital gains. When they tabled their budge...

Mar 11, 2025

Measles exposure at Montreal Canadiens game at the Bell Centre: public health

MONTREAL - Montreal public health officials say someone contagious with the measles virus who was not vaccinated attended an NHL game at the Bell Centre on March 3 between the Canadiens and the Buffal...

Mar 11, 2025

Tory MPs beat Liberals, NDP on online engagement, study finds

OTTAWA - A new study from McGill University has found Conservative MPs far outpace their Liberal and NDP counterparts in online engagement. In 2024, online posts from federal Conservative MPs garnered...

Mar 11, 2025