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By Dylan Robertson The Canadian Press Posted October 12, 2025 4:12 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size OTTAWA – Prime Minister Mark Carney is off to Egypt this afternoon to take part in a summit surrounding the truce U.S. President Donald Trump helped arrange between Israel and Hamas. Carney is heading to the city of Sharm el-Sheikh, joining other world leaders Monday where Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi says he will co-chair a “peace summit.” Related Videos 5:49 ...

WINNIPEG – Governments and non-profit groups are taking time to review this year’s wildfire season and the unprecedented challenges posed by evacuating tens of thousands of people across wide swaths of the country. The Canadian Red Cross registered 52,000 people across the Prairies, Ontario and Atlantic Canada, making it the agency’s largest domestic operation in recent memory.There were several hundred flights to get people out of remote communities, some inaccessible by road.Two people died after being trapped by fire near Lac Du Bonnet, Man.The length of the wildfire season also stood in sharp contrast to recent years. In parts of the country, a dry spring meant forest floors didn’t “green up,” so the ground cover provided fuel for fires to grow and spread quickly.In Manitoba, where som...

Descrease article font size Increase article font size The price of oil plummeted more than US$2 per barrel on Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to greatly increase tariffs on Chinese imports. The price of the benchmark West Texas Crude sank over 4 per cent to US$58.90 per barrel, while the price of Brent crude dropped almost 4 per cent to US$62.73 per barrel and western Canada select slid by about 3 per cent to US$48.68 per barrel. Get daily National news Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day. Global stock markets plunged on Friday after Trump, who is upset over new restrictions China has plac...

By Nick Murray The Canadian Press Posted October 10, 2025 2:10 pm Updated October 10, 2025 3:32 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Prime Minister Mark Carney says the fate of the emissions cap on oil and gas producers depends on other efforts to lower emissions. Carney’s comment, coming in response to a question from a reporter at an event in Ottawa today, appears to be a shift from his stance before the election, when he committed to keeping the emissions cap in pl...

By Kyle Duggan The Canadian Press Posted October 10, 2025 2:12 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Prime Minister Mark Carney is defending his decision to pay the CEOs of two new government offices annual salaries that are higher than those of his own cabinet ministers. Douglas Guzman, the head of a new defence procurement office, and Dawn Farrell, the head of the new Major Projects Office, will each make more than $577,000 a year — not counting performance pay. 1:00 Sectoral trade deals with U.S. w...

By Sarah Ritchie The Canadian Press Posted October 10, 2025 1:54 pm Updated October 10, 2025 1:55 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Prime Minister Mark Carney says it’s clear the U.S. will keep targeting certain sectors with tariffs even after the renegotiation of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement on trade. Talks to update the agreement, known in Canada as CUSMA, are set to start next year but Carney said those talks are unlikely to resolve all outstanding issues. ...

The federal government will file taxes automatically for low-income Canadians, making them eligible for government benefits, Prime Minister Mark Carney said in a statement on Friday. The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) will begin automatic tax filing for about 1 million people in 2027 (for the 2026 tax year), Carney’s office said, adding that the number is expected to reach 5.5 million by 2028.This will “ensure they receive government benefits they qualify for, such as the GST/HST credit, the Canada child benefit, the Canada Disability Benefit,” Carney’s office said.The measures will be rolled out in the upcoming federal budget, scheduled to be tabled on Nov. 4. Get weekly money news Get expert insights, Q&A on markets, housing, inflation, and personal f...

Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Quebec government has tabled a draft constitution that Premier François Legault says will protect Quebecers’ distinct identity and culture. The constitution bill, tabled Thursday in the provincial legislature, would take precedence over all other provincial laws and is intended to defend Quebec values and reinforce the province’s autonomy.“When we look at our history, our survival as a nation was improbable, but we are still here,” Legault said Thursday in the national assembly. “We now have the responsibility to ensure that the history of our beautiful nation continues.”Legault said the bill would be the “law of laws” in Quebec, and characterized it as the culmination of all the measu...

Prime Minister Mark Carney raised the prospect of reviving the Keystone XL pipeline project with U.S. President Donald Trump as part of a larger pitch on linking energy cooperation and support for Canada’s steel and aluminum sectors. A government source who was briefed on the discussions told The Canadian Press that Trump was “very receptive” to the idea and both leaders directed their teams to pursue discussions in the days ahead.Global News has also learned from a government source that Carney brought up Keystone XL during the closed-door discussions.The source noted Keystone was raised as one of many energy areas the two countries could collaborate on, and that Carney said Canada would be open to reviving the project if the U.S. wanted to and if there was progress on steel and aluminum ...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is lauding Prime Minister Mark Carney’s ability to speak the language of U.S. President Donald Trump. Addressing the BMO US-Canada summit in Toronto, Smith said Wednesday Trump’s “playbook” means he doesn’t respond well to appeals for help or to stop hurting his northern neighbour.“That is not his love language,” she said, drawing a chuckle from the crowd.The premier said Trump prefers to hear about what Canada can offer to help make America “even greater,” by providing more energy, critical minerals and natural gas — and that’s been her approach.“That is the love language of Donald Trump and I’m beginning to see that Prime Minister Carney is speaking in those terms,” said Smith.“I never thought ‘elbows up’ was going to get us to a deal with this particular p...