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Canada on Tuesday imposed sweeping new sanctions against hundreds of Russian individuals, entities and vessels in Moscow’s “shadow fleet” as the federal government reaffirmed its support for Ukraine. Prime Minister Mark Carney announced the sanctions package alongside Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ahead of a meeting on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Alberta, along with billions of dollars in what he said was “additional” military aid for Ukraine.“This underscores the importance of standing in total solidarity with Ukraine, with the Ukrainian people, and we had a discussion last night amongst G7 leaders … We underscored the importance of using maximum pressure against Russia, who has refused to come to the table” for ceasefire negotiations, Carney said.Foreign Affairs Minister ...

By David Baxter The Canadian Press Posted June 17, 2025 2:06 pm Updated June 17, 2025 2:10 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Alberta Conservative Damien Kurek says he has officially resigned as an MP. Kurek promised just after the April election that he would vacate his seat in the Battle River—Crowfoot riding to allow Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre to run in a byelection.Poilievre represented the Ottawa seat of Carleton for 20 years but lost it in April’s ge...

New England governors say tariffs and anti-Canadian rhetoric by the United States government is taking a bite out of tourism, with some states seeing a drop of up to 60 per cent in visitors from north of the border. Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey said Canadian tourism to her state and others such as Maine, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont is down between 20 and 60 per cent compared with last year.“We have seen impacts that you can’t quite put a price on,” she told reporters Monday in Boston, following a meeting between New England governors and premiers from Eastern Canada.“But there are real concerns about travelling to the United States, and safety concerns … and what might happen in terms of border activity.”Delegations from Quebec, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia an...

Green Party Leader Elizabeth May said Monday that Prime Minister Mark Carney’s decision to ram his government’s major projects bill through the House of Commons this week represents a “new low” in contempt for Parliament. May told a press conference she hasn’t seen anything like it since the Conservative government under Stephen Harper pushed a major omnibus bill through more than a decade ago.May said she was “shocked” by Harper’s decision to bring in and fast track C-38 in 2012, a bill that was 400 pages long and “destroyed 70 environmental laws.”“This is worse,” she added.“It appears to me — and it remains to be seen — that Mr. Carney’s new majority coalition is Liberal-Conservative, delivering (Conservative Leader) Pierre Poilievre’s policies with a more friendly face.” Story c...