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President Donald Trump was greeted with a mix of cheers and boos on his arrival at the U.S. Open final on Sunday, with the majority of the stadium seats empty and match start time delayed due to enhanced security checks. An ABC television broadcast showed Trump stepping out of a box seat to wave to the still-sparse crowd but did not include crowd audio.The United States Tennis Association had asked broadcasters to remove any reaction to Trump, according to reports over the weekend.A USTA spokesperson told Reuters the association regularly asked broadcasters “to refrain from showcasing off-court disruptions.”The match start time, originally set for 2 p.m. ET (1800 GMT), was delayed by 30 minutes due to security checks announced U.S. Open organizers, about a half hour before it was set to be...

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump is attending the U.S. Open on Sunday as a guest of Rolex despite imposing steep tariffs on the Swiss watchmaker’s home country and with organizers seeking to keep off-court disruptions — such as audience members booing him — from being seen on the TV broadcast. Trump has built the bulk of his second term’s domestic travel around attending major sports events rather than hitting the road to make policy announcements or address the kind of large rallies he so relished as a candidate.He’ll be watching the men’s final between second-seeded Carlos Alcaraz, a 22-year-old Spaniard, and No. 1 seed and defending champion Jannik Sinner, 24, of Italy, from Rolex’s suite.The president’s acceptance of Rolex’s invitation comes mere weeks after the Trump admini...

The death of Montreal Canadiens legend Ken Dryden resonated in political circles on Saturday where the former NHL great left his mark as a long-standing member of Parliament and former Liberal cabinet minister. The Montreal Canadiens organization announced Dryden’s death shortly after 12:30 a.m. Saturday. He died Friday at age 78 following a battle with cancer. 2:45 Tributes pour in for former NHL goalie and politician Ken Dryden Dryden left the Toronto Maple Leafs organization to run federally in 2004 for the Liberal Party of Canada, elected in the Toronto riding of York Centre. Story continues below advertisement ...

The death of Montreal Canadiens legend Ken Dryden resonated in political circles on Saturday where the former NHL great left his mark as a long-standing member of Parliament and former Liberal cabinet minister. The Montreal Canadiens organization announced Dryden’s death shortly after 12:30 a.m. Saturday. He died Friday at age 78 following a battle with cancer.Dryden left the Toronto Maple Leafs organization to run federally in 2004 for the Liberal Party of Canada, elected in the Toronto riding of York Centre.He was named minister of social development minister in former prime minister Paul Martin’s cabinet. His former chief of staff tells The Canadian Press that his curiosity and his ease with others helped him navigate the political world.“A lot of people would have commented that he see...

Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to announce supports for “strategic sectors” on Friday as the U.S. trade war stretches on with no end in sight, according to his public itinerary. The announcement comes after the two-day Liberal cabinet retreat, which Carney’s office called a “Cabinet Planning Forum,” wrapped up in the GTA on Thursday. Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen. The retreat was “focused on building a stronger economy,” his office said.Earlier this week, most of Canada’s retaliatory tariffs against the United States came down, in keeping with an announcement Carney made last month.Carney announced in August...

Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc says he “enjoyed watching” Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s new conference where he dumped out a bottle of Crown Royal whisky earlier this week in protest of the company closing its Ontario bottling facility. “I wouldn’t propose to tell Premier Ford how to practice Ontario politics. He’s won three majority governments. I think he’s figured out how to practice Ontario politics, but I enjoy a relationship with him that’s cordial and personal, and I really enjoyed watching his news conference on Tuesday,” LeBlanc said, in response to a question asking for his thoughts on the viral moment.The minister said Ford was “standing up for workers” in his province.“I saw his news conference earlier this week. Premier Ford is effectively and articulately standing u...

The time has come for Canada to reinvent its economy like it did in 1945, Finance Minister Francois-Phillipe Champagne said on Thursday. “I often make an analogy between 2025 and 1945. In 1945, Canada reinvented itself, and I think this is one of those moments,” Champagne said, referring to the post-war industrial and construction boom in Canada.“It’s a moment when we have to reinvent the Canadian economy,” Champagne said, speaking to reporters at the Liberal cabinet retreat in the Greater Toronto Area.The urging comes as Canada continues to navigate the trade war launched by U.S. President Donald Trump earlier this year, which imposed significant tariffs on Canada and multiple specific sectors.In response, Prime Minister Mark Carney ran an election campaign urging Canadians to keep their ...

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted September 4, 2025 7:04 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Two Halifax residents say the city’s mayor is being investigated for an alleged breach of municipal code of conduct rules. The residents say Andy Fillmore made misleading comments when he told the CBC earlier this summer that the chief administrative officer holds the real power at city hall. Get daily National news Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day. Peter Linfield s...

As the Carney government prepares to release its list of major projects it is prepared to fast-track to completion, new internal government polling done earlier this summer under the supervision of the prime minister’s office shows that Canadians overwhelmingly support projects that build up hydroelectric generation and transmission, highway system upgrades, and improved port infrastructure. A majority of Canadians also support new oil pipelines, building liquefied natural gas terminals and installing offshore wind turbines — though there are some significant regional variations when it comes to support for those kinds of projects, according to those internal polls, copies of which were obtained by Global News through access-to-information requests.Since last spring’s election, Prime Minis...

The Ontario government says it hasn’t made any decisions about removing Crown Royal from the shelves of the province’s liquor stores, despite a dramatic display of dissatisfaction from Premier Doug Ford. On Tuesday, Ford ended a news conference by pouring out a bottle of the Canadian whisky, after its parent company, Diageo, announced it would shutter a plant in Amherstburg, Ont.“They’re hurting the people that work at Crown Royal,” Ford said.“So, you know something? A message to the CEO in France: You hurt my people. I’m going to hurt you. You’re going to feel the pain in February when these people don’t have a paycheque.”As calls mounted for the premier to back his actions with concrete policy proposals, the Ford government said it wouldn’t be removing Crown Royal from the shelves of the...