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Prime Minister Mark Carney says he apologized to United States President Donald Trump after an Ontario anti-tariff ad aired in the U.S. last week. Carney made the comments Saturday from South Korea at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit when asked by reporters whether an apology was made.“I did apologize to the president. The president was offended by the ad, and it’s not something I would have done, which is to put in place that advertisement, and so I apologized to him,” Carney said.“I’m the one who is responsible, in my role as prime minister for the relationship with the President of the United States, and the federal government is responsible for the foreign relationship with the U.S. government. So, things happen. We take the good with the bad, and I apologized to him.” ...

A new Ipsos poll conducted exclusively for Global News shows that most Canadians believe the federal government should ensure that foreign buyers are not able to purchase companies that develop the country’s key natural resources, such as oil and gas, forestry and mining. The survey of 1,000 Canadians aged 18 years and older was conducted between Oct. 25 and 27.It found that 64 per cent of people surveyed believe the federal government should ensure foreign buyers are prevented from purchasing such companies.On the other hand, 36 per cent say they believe it’s OK for foreign-owned businesses to acquire such companies. A new Ipsos poll, conducted exclusively for Global News, shows that close to two-thirds of Canadians think Ottawa should prevent foreign firms from ow...

By Jack Farrell The Canadian Press Posted October 31, 2025 3:34 pm Updated October 31, 2025 3:35 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is calling on the federal government to invoke the Charter’s notwithstanding clause to overturn a Supreme Court ruling on child sexual abuse and exploitation materials. The top court has ruled that one-year mandatory minimum sentences for accessing or possessing child pornography are unconstitutional. ...

U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that Prime Minister Mark Carney “apologized” for the Ontario government’s anti-tariff TV ad that scuttled Canada-U.S. trade talks when the two leaders met in Asia this week. Asked aboard Air Force One on his way back to the U.S. from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meetings in Malaysia and South Korea if negotiations will resume, Trump said “no” before praising Carney.“I have a very good relationship. I like him a lot,” he told reporters.“He apologized for what they did with the commercial, because it was a false commercial. … He did apologize, and I appreciate it. We had a great dinner with other countries, and I think we have a very good relationship. Personally, I think that what they did was wrong, but he apologized.”Global News has reached...

A landmark court ruling in British Columbia regarding Aboriginal land title over urban lands has ignited fierce debate and uncertainty over the future of private property rights in the province and across the country. The federal and provincial governments are appealing the B.C. Supreme Court’s ruling in favour of the Quw’utsun Nation, or Cowichan Nation, that found it had “established Aboriginal title” to more than 5.7 square kilometres of land on the Fraser River in Richmond, south of Vancouver.The City of Richmond has also joined the appeal.The ruling declared Crown and city titles on the land are “defective and invalid,” and the granting of private titles on it by the government unjustifiably infringed on the Cowichan title.That has created confusion and anger among homeowners in the a...