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Carney isn't saying whether Michael Ma faces fallout for China remarks
Prime Minister Mark Carney isn't saying whether Liberal MP Michael Ma will face consequences for his recent comments about forced labour in China. In Toronto this morning, where he was making a housin...
Mar 30, 2026 Prime Minister Mark Carney shakes hands with Michael Ma, member of Parliament for Markham-Unionville, who crossed the floor from the Conservatives to the Liberals hours earlier, as he brings him on stage at the Liberal caucus holiday party in Ottawa, on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Ottawa launches consultation on national anti-fraud strategy
The federal government says it will be consulting for the next four weeks on a national strategy to tackle financial scams targeting Canadians and businesses. Finance Minister Franois-Philippe Champag...
Mar 30, 2026
Cuba to receive a sanctioned Russian oil tanker, the first such delivery this year
HAVANA (AP) - Cuba prepared on Monday to receive a sanctioned Russian tanker carrying roughly 730,000 barrels of oil, marking the island's first such delivery this year. It comes a day after U.S. Pres...
Mar 30, 2026 A quinceanera rides in a vintage car during her birthday celebration in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, March 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Most Canadians support social media ban for kids under 16: Poll
A new poll says most Canadians support banning social media for anyone under the age of 16. An Angus Reid survey says three-quarters of more than 4,000 respondents are in favour of a ban like the one ...
Mar 30, 2026
Air Canada says CEO Michael Rousseau will retire later this year
Air Canada says chief executive Michael Rousseau will retire by the end of the third quarter of this year. Rousseau's departure comes after he was criticized earlier this month for a lack of French in...
Mar 30, 2026 Air Canada Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft sit parked at Vancouver International Airport, in Richmond, B.C., on Monday, August 18, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Trump issues new threat to Iran's civilian infrastructure if a ceasefire isn't reached 'shortly'
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday threatened widespread destruction of Iran's energy resources and other vital infrastructure if a deal to end the war with Tehra...
Mar 30, 2026
Sask., Alberta NDP leaders slam policies of new federal party leader
Filmmaker Avi Lewis has been elected as the NDP's new leader, defeating his four rivals on the first ballot with nearly 40,000 votes. This victory signals a shift toward the party pushing big, unabash...
Mar 29, 2026 Avi Lewis, who was proclaimed as the new leader of the NDP, speaks at the party convention in Winnipeg Sunday, March 29, 2026. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods)
Federal government reports deficit of $31.2B for its April-to-January period
The federal government posted a budgetary deficit of $31.21 billion for the April-to-January period of its 2025-26 fiscal year. In its monthly fiscal monitor, the Finance Department says the result co...
Mar 27, 2026 People walk past the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Israel hits Tehran with wave of strikes and warns attacks on Iran 'will escalate and expand'
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Israel threatened to "escalate and expand" its attacks on Iran on Friday even as U.S. President Donald Trump claimed that talks on ending the war were going well and...
Mar 27, 2026
Jury finds Instagram and YouTube liable in landmark social media addiction trial
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A jury found both Meta and YouTube liable in a first-of-its-kind lawsuit that aimed to hold social media platforms responsible for harm to children using their services, awarding th...
Mar 25, 2026 Julianna Arnold, left, mother and advocate for online child safety after her 17-year-old daughter, Coco, died in 2022 from fentanyl poisoning following a social media encounter, hugs Mandi Furniss, parent of LJ, 18, from East Texas before they enter court for closing arguments in a landmark trial over whether social media platforms deliberately addict and harm children at Los Angeles Superior Court in Los Angeles Thursday, March. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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