Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said Monday the federal government is leaving “no stone unturned” to defend Canada’s North as changes in the global order in recent years are having direct implications for Canada’s Arctic sovereignty. Anand was in Helsinki to meet with her counterparts from Nordic countries to discuss Arctic security, which she said … Read more
A lawyer for Canadian diplomats and their families says he believes the mysterious ailments they suffered in Cuba were caused by a foreign adversary, despite a federal government report that dismisses the theory. Eight years after foreign service officials and their dependants began reporting such symptoms as headaches, memory loss, mood changes, vision problems, nausea … Read more
Prime Minister Mark Carney issued an unusual statement Saturday to praise U.S. President Donald Trump for trying to broker a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine. Carney’s public endorsement of Trump’s leadership on the world stage came as the president and his Alaskan summit were widely derided by foreign policy and security experts. The get-together … Read more
By Craig Lord The Canadian Press Posted August 15, 2025 12:12 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size China is taking its dispute with Canada over steel tariffs to the World Trade Organization. Beijing filed a complaint earlier today with the WTO in response to Canadian restrictions on imports that … Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump’s pivotal meeting Friday with Russian President Vladimir Putin is being watched with cautious optimism by Ukrainian Canadians, who are hopeful that Ukraine’s interests and rights will be upheld in the push to end the war. Canada is home to the second-largest Ukrainian diaspora in the world, which grew larger after the … Read more
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted August 14, 2025 6:59 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size A Chinese tariff of nearly 76 per cent on Canadian canola seed is set to come into force today. The duty, announced Tuesday, has already caused the price of one of Canada’s most … Read more
The Trump administration on Tuesday released human rights reports for countries worldwide that eliminate mentions of discrimination faced by LGBTQ2 people, reduce a previous focus on reproductive rights and criticize restrictions on political speech by U.S. allies in Europe that American officials believe target right-wing politicians. The reports, which cover 2024 before President Donald Trump … Read more
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted August 13, 2025 2:14 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Agriculture Minister Heath MacDonald and International Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu are meeting with canola groups this afternoon following China’s announcement that it will hit Canada with a 75.8 per cent tariff on the … Read more
Wall Street is pointed toward new heights before the opening bell Wednesday after new U.S. inflation data raised hopes that the Federal Reserve will cut its benchmark interest rate next month. Futures for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq each ticked up 0.2 per cent, while futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.3 per … Read more
China on Tuesday announced preliminary anti-dumping duties on Canadian canola imports, a fresh escalation in the year-long trade dispute that began with Ottawa’s imposition of tariffs on Chinese electric vehicle imports last August. The provisional rate will be set at 75.8 per cent, effective from Thursday, the Ministry of Commerce said in a statement. ICE … Read more