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By Staff The Canadian Press Posted March 18, 2025 7:41 am Updated March 18, 2025 7:43 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Prime Minister Mark Carney will be in Iqaluit on Tuesday in a bid to reassert Canada’s sovereignty in the Arctic. Carney is expected to make an announcement on strengthening security along with Defence Minister Bill Blair and Chief of Defence Staff Gen. Jennie Carignan.He is also set to meet with Nunavut Premier P.J. Akeeagok and members of the Canadian Range...

Israel launched airstrikes across the Gaza Strip early Tuesday, killing at least 404 Palestinians, including women and children, according to hospital officials. The surprise bombardment shattered a ceasefire in place since January and threatened to fully reignite the 17-month-old war. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the strikes after Hamas refused Israeli demands to change the ceasefire agreement. Officials said the operation was open-ended and was expected to expand. The White House said it had been consulted and voiced support for Israel’s actions.The Israeli military ordered people to evacuate eastern Gaza, including much of the northern town of Beit Hanoun and other communities further south, and head toward the center of the territory, indicating that Israel could soon laun...

Immigration lawyers say the case of a Vancouver woman detained in the United States over a denied visa is a warning to other Canadians that it’s no longer business as usual when crossing the border for work. Jasmine Mooney returned to Vancouver this weekend after she was detained for about 12 days when she tried to cross the border near San Diego, Calif.U.S. immigration lawyer Jim Hacking says Mooney’s case joins a growing list of stories over the past 10 days where people “with varying degrees of immigration status” — even one with a permanent-resident card — were either detained or deported in ways not seen before.U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement say Mooney was held in accordance with a January executive order by President Donald Trump, and Hacking says the result is a “full-tilt...

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has made it official: a future Conservative government would eliminate Canada’s carbon pricing system entirely, including for large industrial emitters. The question now is what, if anything, a Conservative government would do to address the existential threat of climate change in Canada. Poilievre’s approach would be to let provinces and territories decide their own policies, rather than the federal government leading.Poilievre told reporters Monday that the carbon price was a “bad idea” even before U.S. President Donald Trump launched his trade war against Canada and suggested Prime Minister Mark Carney would re-impose the consumer price should the Liberals win re-election. “(We) will repeal the entire carbon tax, including the federal backstop that r...

Canada’s largest city and economic capital says it will implement 10 action items to support Canadian businesses and workers in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war. Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow, alongside members of her economic action team, unveiled the plan at a press conference on Monday. Chow said the short-term actions for immediate relief will cover the next 30 days.Some of the key measures include prioritizing Canadian suppliers in Toronto procurement, allowing industrial properties to defer taxes for six months for cash flow relief, as well as launching a “Love Local” campaign that will encourage people to choose Canadian-made products.“Canada is facing a senseless, harmful trade war. People are feeling anxious. They’re worried about their jobs, the cost of food, the c...

From careers in law and consulting on geopolitics to teaching, Canada’s former prime ministers have had a wide range of jobs since leaving office. Former prime minister Justin Trudeau remains as the member of Parliament for Papineau until the next federal election. After that, it remains to be seen what he will do next.“Once you’ve been prime minister,  you have a certain name and profile, so that carries a lot of weight with a lot of corporations, corporate executives and especially carries weight with the developing world,” said Nelson Wiseman, a professor emeritus at the University of Toronto.But while Trudeau’s path is not yet known, here’s a look at where some of those before him went when they left office.After his defeat in the 2015 federal election, Stephen Harper launched the Calg...