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By David Boles The Canadian Press Posted February 11, 2025 7:51 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Canada’s business advocacy groups are calling for government action following promised American tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum. U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to levy 25 per cent tariffs on steel and aluminum imports to his country beginning March 12.Canadian Chamber of Commerce president and CEO Candace Laing said in a statement the move is “wrong on so many levels.”A similar sentiment was echoed by Toronto Region Board of Trade president and CEO Giles Gherson, ...

Halifax council is being asked to consider not using the social media platform X because it goes against “municipal values,” says one councillor. Halifax Regional Municipality has used the social media platform, previously known as Twitter, to share updates on municipal topics since 2010.But Coun. Laura White has submitted a motion requesting city staff determine the feasibility of ending its activity on the platform.“In the past two-plus years since Elon Musk acquired Twitter (now X) the platform has become less congenial, informative and useful, and more toxic,” the motion reads.“With Musk now a ‘special government employee’ of the Trump administration, it is very clear that platform goes against our municipal values of evidence-based decision making and diversity, equity, inclusion &...

Canada’s premiers are heading to Washington, D.C., on Tuesday on a diplomatic mission to underscore the Canada-U.S. trading relationship in the face of increasing tariff threats from U.S. President Donald Trump. The two-day trip comes a day after Trump imposed 25 per cent tariffs on all foreign steel and aluminum imports, including from Canada. At the same time, the clock is ticking on talks to avoid sweeping tariffs on all other Canadian exports to the U.S., which were delayed for 30 days early this month.The premiers are set to make the case to U.S. lawmakers and business leaders that tariffs would unnecessarily harm both countries’ economies.“We’re jam-packed with meetings, we’re building relationships — folks, this is all about building a relationship,” Ontario Premier Doug Ford, who’s...

As U.S. President Donald Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs begin, Canadian businesses are trying to prepare as best they can. “We’ll definitely notice the increase … our parts prices will go up,” said Kevin Fujita, a co-owner at CSN Kustom in Coaldale.He says his southern Alberta business will be impacted and unfortunately customers will have to absorb any increases.“In our industry, we’re lucky enough to have insurance work where most of that cost, unfortunately, gets passed onto the consumer and the insurance company which will ultimately end up coming out of the customer’s pocket.”This was echoed by Aaron Sutherland, vice-president at the Insurance Bureau of Canada, indicating the 25 per cent steel and aluminum tariffs declared by Trump on Monday could have a widespread effect. ...

The clock has been reset for a Canadian who has been on death row in Montana for 42 years after state legislators defeated an attempt to resume executions. Ronald Smith, 67, is originally from Red Deer, Alta., and has been on death row since 1983, a year after he and another man, high on LSD and alcohol, shot and killed two young Indigenous cousins near East Glacier, Mont. Ronald Smith speaks with The Canadian Press in Deer Lodge, Mont. on Oct. 4, 2016. The clock has been reset for a Canadian who has been on death row in Montana for the past 42 years after an attempt to resume state executions was defeated by state legislators. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Bill Graveland All executions have been stayed in Montana since 2015 because the state...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is travelling back to Washington, D.C., this week, along with her provincial counterparts, to lobby U.S. lawmakers and industry players amid continued tariff threats. Smith confirmed the trip in a Monday news release, saying she will embrace a “Team Canada approach” to convince Americans the levies would harm workers and businesses on both sides of the border. She also plans to continue highlighting the “significant” role Alberta energy exports play in helping the U.S.At the same time, Smith said Ottawa hasn’t done enough to tackle drug trafficking, one of U.S. President Donald Trump’s main irritants.Smith is once again demanding Ottawa reverse what she calls a “soft-on-crime” federal law. She’s urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government to reintroduce...

Canada and the United States share the world’s longest border at nearly 9,000 kilometres. The countries have interlinked economies and plenty in common culturally. The Peace Arch, straddling British Columbia and Washington state, is meant to symbolizes that friendship. The Peace Bridge, meanwhile, links Ontario and New York state.The last few weeks haven’t felt all that peaceful.U.S. President Donald Trump announced crippling tariffs — a 30-day reprieve was negotiated Feb. 3 — and continues to muse about making America’s northern neighbour its 51st state. 2:03 Trump declares new tariffs, repeats threats to annex Canada ...

By Zeke Miller The Associated Press Posted February 10, 2025 12:31 pm Updated February 10, 2025 12:35 pm 2 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size President Donald Trump said Palestinians in Gaza would not have a right to return under his plan for U.S. “ownership” of the war-torn territory, contradicting other officials in his administration who have sought to argue Trump was only calling for the temporary relocation of its population. Less than a week after he floated his plan for the U...

The Vatican’s charity voiced outrage Monday at what it called the “reckless” and “unhuman” U.S. plans to gut USAID, with Pope Francis’ point-man on development aid insisting that the Trump administration remember Christian principles about caring for others as it begins governing. Cardinal Michael Czerny, a Czech-born Canadian Jesuit, is one of the cardinals most closely associated with Francis’ pontificate and heads the Vatican office responsible for migrants, the environment, the church’s Caritas Internationalis charity and development.Caritas on Monday warned that millions of people will die as a result of the “ruthless” U.S. decision to “recklessly” stop USAID funding, and hundreds of millions more will be condemned to “dehumanizing poverty.”USAID is the main international humanitarian...

By Anja Karadeglija The Canadian Press Posted February 10, 2025 7:31 am Updated February 10, 2025 7:35 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in Paris Monday for a global summit on artificial intelligence, as U.S. president Donald Trump is expected to announce steel and aluminum tariffs on Canada. Trump said Sunday he will formally announce 25 per cent tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports on Monday, including from Canada.In an interview with Fo...