Murray Wood: Elbows down, taxpayer subsidies for U.S. flights up
Murray Wood wonders why it's OK for Saskatchewan to prop up air travel to the U.S. with taxpayer dollars, but it was wro...
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Quebec to table budget March 25 with focus on infrastructure, tariffs
MONTREAL - Quebec's finance minister will table the province's next budget on March 25, with a focus on shoring up businesses and workers amid the economic disruption of U.S. tariffs. Eric Girard says...
Mar 06, 2025
The House censures Democratic Rep. Al Green for disrupting Trump's joint address to Congress
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House on Thursday voted to censure an unrepentant Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, for disrupting President Donald Trump's address to Congress. Green was joined in the well of the House b...
Mar 06, 2025
Walmart, Loblaw agree to identify Nova Scotia products in stores as U.S. tariffs hit
HALIFAX - Two of Nova Scotia's largest retailers have signed on to a provincial program aimed at making it easier for shoppers to identify locally produced products amid the ongoing trade war with the...
Mar 06, 2025
Shots over the bow: Why provinces are using liquor leverage in trade war
VANCOUVER - The dozens of Kentucky bourbons listed on the BC Liquor Stores website range from a two-ounce bottle of Maker's Mark, priced at $5.29, to a $2,400 bottle of Woodford Reserve, aged in cogna...
Mar 06, 2025
Here's the latest as the U.S. imposes tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico
OTTAWA - U.S. President Donald Trump has imposed tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico - a 25 per cent across-the-board levy, with a lower 10 per cent charge on Canadian energy - triggering a cont...
Mar 06, 2025
Canada halts second tariff wave after Trump announces pause on some duties
WASHINGTON - Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc said Ottawa will suspend a second wave of retaliatory tariffs after U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday to pause some new dutie...
Mar 06, 2025
Yukon says cyanide-contaminated water may have been released at mine cleanup
WHITEHORSE - The Yukon government says it has been informed of an "unauthorized discharge of cyanide-impacted water" at the site of last summer's mine disaster north of Mayo. An update from the govern...
Mar 05, 2025
Appeals court allows removal of watchdog agency head as legal battle rages over Trump firing
WASHINGTON (AP) - An appeals court in Washington on Wednesday removed the head of a federal watchdog agency in the latest twist in a legal fight over Republican President Donald Trump's authority to f...
Mar 05, 2025
Joly told Liberals she briefed Carney on Trump tariffs
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly's office confirms she has briefed Liberal leadership candidate Mark Carney on President Donald Trump's tariffs days ahead of Sunday's leadership vote this...
Mar 05, 2025
Yukon premier considers limiting ties with Elon Musk in next phase of tariff response
Yukon Premier Ranj Pillai says his government is considering limiting support for companies tied to Elon Musk as part of a potential second phase of action in response to U.S. tariffs. Pillai says in ...
Mar 05, 2025
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