A bipartisan pair of U.S. senators say they expect Canada and the U.S. to work collaboratively on shared issues of defence and the border, but suggested Ottawa’s policies on military spending need to change to speed up progress. Speaking to Mercedes Stephenson from the Halifax International Security Forum in an interview that aired Sunday on The…
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted November 25, 2024 7:31 am Updated November 25, 2024 7:33 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size A London, Ont., judge is set to hear legal arguments on Monday in the sexual assault case of five members of Canada’s 2018 world junior hockey team….
Canada’s top general firmly rejected the notion of dropping women from combat roles — a position promoted by president-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for defense secretary — at a security forum underway in Halifax on Saturday. Gen. Jennie Carignan, chief of the defence staff, was responding to Republican Senator James Risch’s comments on Friday at the…
By The Staff The Canadian Press Posted November 23, 2024 8:42 am Updated November 23, 2024 9:49 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Public Health Agency of Canada has confirmed the country’s first case of a more severe type of mpox in a person in Manitoba, though it…
The federal government says Canadians will get a “GST holiday” on groceries this holiday season — while those making under $150,000 annually will also be getting a cheque. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made the announcement on Thursday, temporarily putting a break on the goods and services tax or harmonized sales tax on a slew of…
By Chuck Chiang The Canadian Press Posted November 23, 2024 2:47 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size British Columbia’s electric utility says it has restored power to almost all customers who suffered outages during the bomb cyclone earlier this week, but strong wind from a new storm has made…
Quebec’s pension fund manager says it is co-operating with United States authorities after three former employees were indicted in federal court in Brooklyn, N.Y., in an alleged scheme to give hundreds of millions of dollars in bribes to the Indian government. The former employees of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec have been charged with…
A weak Canadian dollar is being blamed as a key culprit behind sticky inflation at the grocery store, a trend one expert says he expects to persist heading into the holidays. While overall inflation has moderated in recent months, settling back at the Bank of Canada’s two per cent target in October, consumers are once…
By Staff The Associated Press Posted November 22, 2024 4:40 pm Updated November 22, 2024 4:56 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Hyundai and Kia are recalling over 208,000 electric vehicles to fix a pesky problem that can cause loss of drive power, increasing the risk of a crash….
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday he would prefer Mexico remain a North American free trade partner but “we may have to look at other options” if the country doesn’t address concerns about Chinese manufacturers working to wedge into the market. Trudeau said he raised the “real and genuine concerns about Chinese investment into Mexico”…
