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Highway 2 is the main arterial road connecting north and south Alberta, but now along its shoulder stands a billboard that is dividing Albertans. The advertisement encourages Albertans to let Premier Danielle Smith know they want to become the 51st state of America.“Tell Danielle! Let’s join the USA!” the billboard says alongside a photo of the Alberta premier posing with U.S. President Donald Trump at his golf resort in Florida last month.The sign across the highway from the town of Bowden in central Alberta has the Town’s office fielding calls, including some serious threats of violence.“The town phones and the email went off the charts,” said Robb Stuart, who grew up in Bowden and has been the mayor for the past 14 years.He said the community has nothing to do with the sign along the QE...

A township in Ontario is moving to remove permanently affixed American flags from municipal facilities, citing growing tensions with the U.S. over trade and political relations. Council voted 4-3 on Tuesday directing staff to take down the flags, though the decision still requires final approval from the township council on Feb. 24.During the meeting, Coun. William Reilly questioned why the American flag remains up year-round at the West Lincoln community centre while Ontario’s provincial flag is absent.“We have an American flag that seems to be fixed in our community centre and we don’t even have an Ontario provincial flag that’s up even one day a year,” Reilly said. “I feel disrespected by our American neighbours. It kind of strikes a nerve that here we are in our country, in our facilit...

If Canada is hit by sweeping, broad-based tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump, the hit to the Canadian economy could be permanent, Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem is warning. Speaking to the members of the Mississauga Board of Trade and the Oakville Chamber of Commerce on Friday, Macklem said the shock from the tariffs would be very different from the economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.“In the pandemic, we had a steep recession followed by a rapid recovery as the economy reopened,” Macklem said. “This time, if tariffs are long-lasting and broad-based, there won’t be a bounceback.”Macklem said while Canada could recover part of the growth, the damage would be long-lasting.“We may eventually regain our current rate of growth, but the level of output would be permanen...

By The Staff The Canadian Press Posted February 21, 2025 12:51 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Rob Lantz has been sworn in as the 34th premier of Prince Edward Island. He takes over from Dennis King, who resigned today after leading the province since 2019.Lantz had been education minister in the Progressive Conservative government. Get daily National news Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day. He served briefly as party leader in 2015 but resigned after fa...

For the second time, Liberal leadership candidate Ruby Dhalla has asked the party to provide a “personal translator” for the upcoming federal French language debate, a week after her first request was denied. The request also comes as she is calling a recent media report “fake news” over questions about whether there has been Indian foreign interference in her campaign.In an interview with Global News, Dhalla said she made a new request a week ago for a “personal translator” but has yet to hear back from the party.Caucus members say it is “essential” for anyone who wants to lead the party – and become prime minister – to be able to speak directly with Canadians in both official languages.“I do not believe that having a language barrier, if you want to call it that, should prevent me from c...

If U.S. President Donald Trump imposes tariffs on Canadian goods as he’s repeatedly threated to do, experts say Canada has a strong case to challenge it under the Canada-U.S.-Mexico free trade agreement. The question, though, is how quickly any decision may come through the process — and more importantly, whether the U.S. would respect any decisions from the outcome.“A rules-based system is only as good as the willingness of the government who’s subject to it, to comply with it,” said Wendy Wagner, a partner at Gowling WLG.The free trade agreement is a nation-to-nation agreement, so there’s no one else to appeal to if a country decides not to respect a decision.America’s past performance on adhering to trade decisions has been mixed. Areas of contention include complicated measures such as...