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Claims process for First Nations child welfare class action opens in March, AFN says

OTTAWA - First Nations children and their families who lived under Canada's First Nations child welfare system between 1991 and 2022 will be able to apply for compensation under a class-action settlem...

Feb 10, 2025

Girl accused in death of homeless Toronto man dropped marker, not knife: defence

TORONTO - Defence lawyers for a teen girl accused of fatally stabbing a homeless man in Toronto two years ago argued Monday that an item seen falling out of her pocket after the incident was not a kni...

Feb 10, 2025

New laws not the 'only tool' to strengthen ballot integrity: elections chief

OTTAWA - Chief electoral officer Stphane Perrault acknowledges that proposed changes to bolster the integrity of the next national vote are unlikely to become law before Canadians head to the polls ne...

Feb 10, 2025

A timeline of Canada-U. S. tariffs on steel and aluminum

OTTAWA - U.S. President Donald Trump says he will impose 25 per cent tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports, including products from Canada - a threat causing economic uncertainty across the countr...

Feb 10, 2025

Ontario NDP, Liberals focus on health care as tariffs threaten to draw attention away

TORONTO - Ontario's NDP and Liberal leaders tried to keep voters focused on health care Monday, even as actions by the U.S. president threatened to once again draw attention elsewhere in the provincia...

Feb 10, 2025

Trump signs order imposing 25 per cent tariffs on steel and aluminum

WASHINGTON - Donald Trump has signed executive orders to slap 25 per cent tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports into the United States, including Canadian products, starting March 4 - the same dea...

Feb 10, 2025

Paul Morris, who spent 38 years as the Maple Leafs PA announcer, dies at 86

TORONTO - Paul Morris, who served as the Toronto Maple Leafs PA announcer for 38 years, has died. He was 86. Morris died Thursday in Oshawa, Ont., after a lengthy illness, according to the Mount Lawn ...

Feb 10, 2025

Here's the latest as Canada faces steel and aluminum tariffs from the United States

OTTAWA - U.S. President Donald Trump has announced 25 per cent tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports, including for Canada and Mexico. Here's the latest news: --- 8:05 p.m. Liberal leadership cand...

Feb 10, 2025

Private jets collide at Scottsdale Airport in Arizona, killing at least 1 person, authorities say

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) - At least one person was killed and others were injured when private jets collided Monday afternoon at the Scottsdale Airport in Arizona, authorities said. A midsize business j...

Feb 10, 2025

Top Justice Department official orders prosecutors to drop charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams

NEW YORK (AP) - A top official at the U.S. Department of Justice has ordered federal prosecutors to drop charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams, a Democrat who has cultivated a warm relationship wi...

Feb 10, 2025