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Ontario offers $11 billion in relief to businesses stung by U.S. tariffs
TORONTO - The Ontario government says it will provide about $11 billion in relief and support for businesses stung by U.S. tariffs. Premier Doug Ford says the measures will help workers and businesses...
Apr 07, 2025
Federal leaders enter week 3 of the election campaign
OTTAWA - With just three weeks to go until election day, Canada's federal party leaders are back on the road today. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is expected to make an announcement in Toronto today follow...
Apr 07, 2025
Ontario judge seeking clarity on facts in supervised consumption site legal challenge
TORONTO - The Ontario judge overseeing the legal challenge of the province's ban on supervised consumption sites that are within 200 metres of schools and daycares unexpectedly recalled court Monday i...
Apr 07, 2025
Party leaders focus election policy pitches on rent control, addictions treatment
OTTAWA - The NDP promised Sunday to protect tenants through a program of national rent control, while the Conservatives focused their campaign trail message on addictions treatment. NDP Leader Jagmeet...
Apr 06, 2025 NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is greeted at a campaign stop in Halifax on Saturday, April 5, 2025. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi)
‘Hands off!’: Across Canada, protesters rally against Trump
MONTREAL - Protesters rallied in several cities across the country on Sunday to demonstrate against Donald Trump's threats to Canadian sovereignty, as backlash to an American president who appears ben...
Apr 06, 2025
With 8.7m birds dead, B.C. farmers assess avian flu toll, and worry about what's next
VANCOUVER - There is a window of relief for British Columbia farmers from the devastating waves of avian flu, leaving them to assess the toll of outbreaks spanning more than three years that saw milli...
Apr 06, 2025 Biosecurity warning signs are seen on a locked gate at a commercial poultry farm in Abbotsford, B.C., in November 2024. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck)
Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week
TORONTO - Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week: Election campaign and trade The federal election heads into its third week with the party leaders trying to pitch ...
Apr 06, 2025
'Tree police': Quebec town charges $200 fee for homeowners with treeless yards
MONTREAL - In the town of St-Amable, Que., it's plant or pay up. As of this year, the municipality located 30 kilometres northeast of Montreal is imposing an annual tax of $200 for residents who don't...
Apr 06, 2025
Federal leaders pledge family doctors, red tape cuts, skilled trades support
OTTAWA - Party leaders are making announcements across the country on Day 14 of the federal election campaign, pledging to tackle the shortage of family doctors, support skilled trades, and cut govern...
Apr 05, 2025 Liberal leader Mark Carney delivers his campaign speech during a campaign stop at Operating Engineers Local 793 Training Centre in Oakville, Ont. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld)
Five years without answers for family of Canadian businessman held in Chinese jail
VANCOUVER - Wang Yan vividly recalls the last time she heard her husband's voice, more than five years ago. It was Dec. 13, 2019, and Canadian citizen Li Yonghui had gone to a public square in Shijiaz...
Apr 05, 2025
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