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By Staff The Canadian Press Posted August 6, 2025 10:52 am Updated August 6, 2025 10:53 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Prime Minister Mark Carney will with his cabinet and Canada’s premiers on Wednesday, less than a week after U.S. President Donald Trump hit Canada with a baseline 35 per cent tariff. This latest trade war escalation applies only to goods not covered by the Canada-United States-Mexico agreement on free trade, better known as CUSMA.The latest levy...

Foreign Minister Anita Anand said Tuesday it would be “superficial” to compare the approaches Canada and Mexico have taken to navigating trade negotiations with the United States, given how different their economic relationships with the U.S. are, despite only Canada facing rising tariffs. Anand and Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne met with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and their ministerial counterparts in Mexico City to talk economic growth, trade and security.The two-day trip comes as many Canadians wonder why the U.S. hit Canada on Friday with a 35 per cent tariff on goods not compliant with the Canada-United States-Mexico agreement on trade, known as CUSMA, while Mexico received a 90-day reprieve from threatened higher U.S. levies. The U.S. counts Canada and Mexico a...

Texas Republicans are moving to arrest a group of legislators who fled the state to restrict the government’s ability to reconfigure electoral boundaries in a manner they say would diminish the voting power of minority groups. On Monday, Texas State Gov. Greg Abbott accused the defectors of abandoning their duties and breaking the law.“By fleeing the state, Texas House Democrats are holding hostage critical legislation to aid flood victims and advance property tax relief. There are consequences for dereliction of duty,” he said in a press release.“Speaker Dustin Burrows just issued a call of the Texas House and issued warrants to compel members to return to the chamber,” he continued.“To ensure compliance, I ordered the Texas Department of Public Safety to locate, arrest, and return to the...

Provincial parks will shut down across Nova Scotia starting later Tuesday, the government says, as the province faces a dry summer and heightened wildfire risk. With a burn-ban already in place, officials said Tuesday they’re shuttering parks as of 4 p.m. to protect the public.“We are telling Nova Scotians to stay out of the woods,” said Premier Tim Houston during a press conference.The provincial parks ban restricts the public from unnecessary travel into the forests and partake in activities including hiking, camping, fishing and the use of wood.The public will also not be allowed to use vehicles in the woods or access trail systems.While camping is allowed, it is only permitted in official campgrounds. Story continues below advertisement Private landowners ...

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted August 4, 2025 3:40 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says his government is doing whatever it can to track down the creators of so-called “deepfakes” of him and other prominent figures. Moe’s likeness, including his voice, has been used in online video ads for cryptocurrency schemes that he says he would never endorse. 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. ...

Hilary Weston, an Irish-Canadian fashion mogul and former lieutenant-governor of Ontario who devoted time to issues tied to women, volunteerism and youth, has died at 83. In a statement Sunday, her family said the philanthropist and writer was shaped by an “enduring generosity and a deep commitment to helping others.”“Our mother lived with unwavering devotion to her family and a belief in the power and importance of community and service,” said Galen Weston Jr., who is her son and chairman and former president of Loblaw Companies Ltd.“Brilliant, brave, companionate, and beautiful, she brought a touch of magic to everything she did — in her decades of public service, philanthropy and her remarkable business career. Her greatest joy was the life she created for her family and friends — fille...

Some premiers say they want to have more local control over the immigration system — but experts say what the system really needs is a national conversation on immigration reform that shores up public support. “Most of the existing policies have been formulated on the fly without any evidence or serious impact evaluations of what the various classes of immigrants are, how they’re performing economically and otherwise,” said Michael Trebilcock, a retired academic and co-author of two books on immigration policy.“So it’s basically research-free.”As the premiers and territorial leaders were wrapping up their three-day meeting in Huntsville, Ont., late last month, they called for an increase to economic immigration levels to fill local labour gaps and said they would use their constitutional p...

Transport Minister Chrystia Freeland told MPs Friday she is “dismayed” by a $1 billion federal loan for BC Ferries’ purchase of four new electric-diesel ships from a Chinese shipbuilder – but did not call for the contract’s cancellation. The House of Commons transport committee launched a study of the Canada Infrastructure Bank loan today.BC Ferries announced in June that it had hired China Merchants Industry Weihai Shipyards to build the new ships after a five-year procurement process that did not include a Canadian bid. 1:24 ‘We shouldn’t be giving federal tax dollars to subsidize jobs overseas:’ Poilievre calls for loan to BC Ferries to be cancelled ...

Now is not the time to “roll over,” Ontario Premier Doug Ford is telling Prime Minister Mark Carney as Canada prepares to deal with U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest trade war escalation. And he’s not the only one, even as others are split on whether to retaliate.“Canada shouldn’t settle for anything less than the right deal. Now is not the time to roll over. We need to stand our ground,” Ford said in a statement released on social media on Thursday, just hours after Trump increased the tariffs on Canadian goods from 25 per cent to 35 per cent.Ford called for further retaliation.“The federal government needs to hit back with a 50 per cent tariff on U.S. steel and aluminum,” he said. Story continues below advertisement “Canada has what the United States need...

Prime Minister Mark Carney says he is “disappointed” by U.S. President Donald Trump’s imposition of a 35 per cent tariff on Canada but that even with that move, Canada still faces among the lowest average tariff rates of U.S. trading partners because of CUSMA.“While the Canadian government is disappointed by this action, we remain committed to CUSMA, which is the world’s second-largest free trade agreement by trading volume,” Carney wrote in a letter posted on X early Friday.“The U.S. application of CUSMA means that the U.S. average tariff rate on Canadian goods remains one of its lowest for all of its trading partners.”Carney cautioned that other sectors remain heavily impacted due to industry-specific tariffs, including on lumber, steel, aluminum and automobiles. Story continues ...