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Barrick Mining reports rise is Q2 profits despite US$1-billion writedown on Mali mine
TORONTO - Barrick Mining Corp. took a US$1.04-billion charge in its second quarter related to its loss of control of a gold mine in Mali, but still reported a rise in profit thanks to higher gold pric...
Aug 11, 2025
Canada's rules on restricting arms exports to Israel explained
by Dylan Robertson OTTAWA - A Canadian senator is calling on Ottawa to be more transparent on its policy to restrict arms exports to Israel, following contradictory reports about what manufacturers ha...
Aug 10, 2025 Humanitarian aid is airdropped to Palestinians over Gaza City, Gaza Strip, on Monday, July 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
Bell's fibre footprint to 'plateau' after Ottawa sticks with CRTC's wholesale policy
The chief executive of BCE Inc. says the company expects its Canadian fibre footprint to "plateau" rather than expand after the federal government announced it wouldn't interfere with a contentious re...
Aug 07, 2025
Carney says he's focused on building up Canada as Trump's global trade war escalates
WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday Canadians are focused on building up their economy after U.S. President Donald Trump again hit nations around the world with increased tariffs - d...
Aug 07, 2025
Métis leaders strike note of optimism after meeting with Carney on major projects
OTTAWA - Mtis leaders left a meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday saying they're confident they will be included in talks about major projects Ottawa hopes to use to bolster the economy...
Aug 07, 2025
Ottawa upholds CRTC's wholesale internet rules, says they will foster competition
Ottawa says it will uphold a ruling by Canada's telecommunications regulator allowing the country's largest internet companies to provide service to customers using fibre networks built by their rival...
Aug 06, 2025
Premier Ford warns Trump could reopen CUSMA trade pact in the fall
OTTAWA - Ontario Premier Doug Ford is warning that U.S. President Donald Trump could choose to suddenly "pull the carpet out from underneath us" by opening up the trade agreement his administration ne...
Aug 06, 2025
Prime Minister Carney announces new support measures for softwood lumber industry
KELOWNA - Prime Minister Mark Carney's government is preparing financial supports for the forestry sector as the U.S. ratchets up duties on Canadian softwood lumber. Carney is promising an aid package...
Aug 05, 2025 Prime Minister Mark Carney listens while touring the Royal Canadian Navy torpedo recovery vessel Sikanni at the Canadian Forces Maritime Experimental and Test Ranges (CFMETR), in Nanoose Bay, B.C., on Monday, Aug. 4, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Mark Carney expected to talk about tariffs to Donald Trump soon, LeBlanc says
OTTAWA - Dominic LeBlanc says he expects Prime Minister Mark Carney and U.S. President Donald Trump will speak "over the next number of days" as the United States ratchets up pressure in trade talks. ...
Aug 03, 2025 Dominic LeBlanc speaks at a press conference while Prime Minister Mark Carney listens, on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on June 19, 2025. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Patrick Doyle)
Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu eyes new markets, smaller trade delegations
OTTAWA - Ottawa's new trade minister says he's looking to sign deals in South America, Southeast Asia, Africa and beyond - and to convince businesses to actually use the trade agreements Canada has al...
Aug 03, 2025
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