Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said Wednesday she shares what she called “legitimate” concerns about Mexico’s trade policies regarding China, and that North American countries should be aligned on Chinese vehicle tariffs. Freeland, who chairs the newly revived cabinet committee on Canada-U.S. relations, wouldn’t say if she agrees with Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s call this…
Edgar Barrientos-Quintana left a Minnesota prison a free man last week, 16 years after he was incarcerated for a crime he didn’t commit. Barrientos-Quintana was convicted in 2009 and sentenced to life in prison without parole for the 2008 drive-by-shooting and murder of Jesse Mickelson in Minneapolis. He had a twist of fate earlier this…
TORONTO – It’s even becoming tough for the usually sunny Darko Rajakovic to put a positive light on the Toronto Raptors’ season. The Raptors lost all five games on a West Coast road trip. dropping Toronto into the very bottom of the NBA standings with a 2-10 record. Rajakovic had set an optimistic tone for…
Are you an unhappy voter looking to escape the fallout of an election, whether it’s a certain election that just happened south of the border, a local mayoral election or even your condo board? Well, one cruise company wants to help you get away for the next four years. Villa Vie Residences announced this month…
The federal government has tapped a panel of five experts to craft the path toward a universal pharmacare program. Dr. Nav Persaud, the Canada Research Chair in health justice, will chair a committee that includes a variety of health-care professionals who are tasked with advising the government on the next steps of the program. The…
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted November 13, 2024 10:32 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The union representing Montreal dockworkers plans to challenge in court a decision by the federal labour minister to end a lockout at the port by sending the dispute to binding arbitration. The move comes…
A freight train derailed on Montreal’s south shore Thursday, prompting a confinement order, road closures and a large emergency response due to a spill of hydrogen peroxide. The derailment occurred around 9 a.m. in the LeMoyne area, near the intersection of St-Louis and St-Georges streets, in Longueuil. Longueuil police said no injuries were reported, but…
By Dylan Robertson The Canadian Press Posted November 14, 2024 8:01 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to leave this afternoon for the APEC summit in Lima, Peru, followed by the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Both summits aim to improve…
As U.S. President-elect Donald Trump moves to set up a more forceful presidency than in his first term, he is choosing loyalists for his Cabinet and considering a tool known as recess appointments to skip over Senate confirmations for even some of the most powerful positions in U.S. government. Trump over the weekend demanded that…
Measles cases rose 20% last year, driven by a lack of vaccine coverage in the world’s poorest countries and those riddled with conflict, the World Health Organization and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Thursday. Nearly half of all the large and disruptive outbreaks occurred in the African region where…
