Category Archives: Canada

Canadian canola farmers to feel impact from damaging Chinese tariffs
OTTAWA - Canadian farmers could take a big hit from China's sudden retaliatory tariffs that take aim at canola, pork and other food commodities. Chris Davison, president of the Canola Council of Canad...
Mar 08, 2025

Ottawa inks initial contract for new River-class destroyers with Irving
OTTAWA - The federal Liberal government signed an initial deal with Irving Shipbuilding for the Royal Canadian Navy's new River-class destroyers. The implementation contract is worth $8 billion for th...
Mar 08, 2025

Anti-Trump demonstrators rally cities across Quebec for women's rights
MONTREAL - Protesters gathered in front of the United States Consulate in Montreal today to mark International Women's Day and demonstrate against what they called the American government's attacks on...
Mar 08, 2025

Clocks across Canada to spring forward as country recognizes daylight time
Many Canadians will lose an hour of sleep this weekend when they wind their clocks forward. Daylight time comes into effect at 2 a.m. Sunday, which means setting clocks on bedside tables, stoves and m...
Mar 08, 2025

The Liberals are about to choose the next prime minister. What happens next?
OTTAWA - The Liberals will choose a new leader Sunday, marking the end of Justin Trudeau's decade as prime minister. He will step down officially in the days to come. On Tuesday, Trudeau said he will ...
Mar 08, 2025

Large majority of Canadians reject Trump's annexation overtures, poll suggests
OTTAWA - A new poll suggests few Canadians are open to President Donald Trump's repeated pitches for Canada to become a U.S. state, though interest in it rises among Conservative supporters and those ...
Mar 08, 2025

Threats, harassment driving women out of politics, MPs warn
OTTAWA - As longtime Liberal MP Pam Damoff prepares to leave politics when the next federal election is called she is wistful but open about what is driving her to step away from a career she has had ...
Mar 08, 2025

Liberal leadership candidates make final push ahead of weekend vote
OTTAWA - It's the last day before Liberals elect their next leader and the campaigns are making their final get-out-the-vote push as they seek to rally grassroots support from across the country. Form...
Mar 08, 2025

Shooting near Scarborough Town Centre in Toronto injures 11, suspect at large
TORONTO - Eleven people have been injured after reports of a shooting at a pub near Scarborough Town Centre mall in east Toronto. Police say multiple people were shot near Progress Avenue and Corporat...
Mar 07, 2025

Timeline of 4 women slain in Winnipeg, demands to search landfill for remains
WINNIPEG - The RCMP said Friday that remains found at a landfill north of Winnipeg have been identified as belonging to Morgan Harris, one of two slain First Nations women who search teams have been l...
Mar 07, 2025