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Anand counting on Israel to allow Ottawa's trucks of humanitarian aid into Gaza
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says Ottawa has trucks of aid ready to reach desperate Palestinians in Gaza and is counting on Israel to allow them through. Anand wrote on social media S...
Jul 27, 2025
As Trump's trade deal deadline approaches, his tariffs face legal pushback
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump's plan to realign global trade faces its latest legal barrier this week in a federal appeals court - and Canada is bracing for the U.S. president to follow through on his thr...
Jul 27, 2025 President Donald Trump speaks during an event to announce new tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House, Wednesday, April 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Canada condemns Hong Kong authorities after warrants issued for overseas activists
OTTAWA - The Canadian government is condemning Hong Kong's law enforcement authorities after they issued bounties and warrants for 19 pro-democracy activists, some of whom live in Canada. In a joint s...
Jul 26, 2025
Nanaimo, B.C., councillor's motion proposes asking for closure of safe injection site
A city councillor in Nanaimo, B.C., is expected to push the city to reach out to a B.C. health authority in a bid to close the overdose prevention site next to city hall. The agenda for Monday's counc...
Jul 26, 2025
Alberta immigrants say seeing an uptick in anger, rise of racist narratives
EDMONTON - Alberta resident Shamaila Akram says she can handle the increase in racial slurs and derogatory comments being thrown at her, but she worries about her newcomer and immigrant clients. As de...
Jul 26, 2025
Most Canadians think the country is making progress on reconciliation: poll
OTTAWA - Most Canadians believe the country is making good progress on reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples, a new poll from Leger suggests. "The extent to which people feel progress on reconciliati...
Jul 26, 2025
U.S. imposing 20.56% anti-dumping duties on Canadian softwood
VANCOUVER - British Columbia lumber organizations are condemning the decision by the U.S. Commerce Department to raise anti-dumping duties on Canadian softwood to 20.56 per cent, calling them unjustif...
Jul 25, 2025
Manitoba reaches settlement with family of woman who died after halted medical flight
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government says it has settled a lawsuit with the family of a woman who died during the COVID-19 pandemic while in the process of being transferred out of province due to a sho...
Jul 25, 2025
Israeli ambassador rejects PM Carney's criticism of aid delivery in Gaza
OTTAWA - Israel's ambassador in Ottawa has issued a statement rejecting Canada's "condemnation" of humanitarian aid delivery in Gaza. The statement from Ambassador Iddo Moed urges Canada to keep up pr...
Jul 25, 2025
Manitoba byelection called in traditional Progressive Conservative stronghold
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew called a byelection Friday that will test whether his NDP government's popularity can spread to a longtime Progressive Conservative stronghold. Voters in the Spru...
Jul 25, 2025
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