B.C. premier pulls American liquor from shelves following tariffs
Premier David Eby says the province is prepared as newly-imposed U.S. tariffs on Canadian imports hang over the release of his government’s budget. Effective immediately, Eby says, the province will pull “all red state liquor products off of the shelf”...
Ottawa pauses preventive health task force amid review over breast cancer screening recommendations
TORONTO — Federal Health Minister Mark Holland is temporarily suspending the work of the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care, which has come under fire for not recommending breast cancer screening for women under 50. Last year Holland ordered...
How Canadians are reacting to Donald Trump’s tariffs
OTTAWA — U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canada and Mexico kicked in at midnight, triggering a North American trade war. The president’s executive order to impose 25 per cent across-the-board tariffs, with a lower 10 per cent levy on...
A closer look at Canadian efforts to address U.S. concerns about border security
The United States imposed sweeping tariffs Tuesday on Canadian products, claiming Canada has failed to adequately address the southbound flow of contraband drugs like fentanyl. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau dismissed the U.S. rationale as “completely bogus, completely unjustified, completely false.”...
CP NewsAlert: Buffy Sainte-Marie says she never denied her American citizenship, has returned her Order...
TORONTO — Buffy Sainte-Marie says that she has returned her Order of Canada “with a good heart.” In a statement to The Canadian Press, she reasserts that she’s never denied that she is an American citizen with a U.S. passport....
U.S. tariffs set to slow pace of homebuilding in Canada: CHBA
OTTAWA — Canada’s building industry is warning that a trade war with the United States will slow down the pace of home construction. Canadian Home Builders’ Association CEO Kevin Lee said in Ottawa on Tuesday that the U.S. tariffs on...
iHeartMedia says legal dispute with Drake was settled because it ‘did nothing wrong’
HOUSTON (AP) — Texas-based iHeartMedia said it settled its legal dispute with Drake over Kendrick Lamar’s diss track “Not Like Us” after demonstrating that it “did nothing wrong.” Drake had alleged in a legal petition filed in November that iHeartMedia...
Police seek suspect in Cabbagetown armed bank robbery
Toronto police are investigating an armed bank robbery that allegedly took place in Cabbagetown South early Thursday evening. Authorities say an unnamed financial institution was robbed just after 8 p.m. near Parliament Street and Carlton Street. Police are searching for...
PCs win third successive majority in Ontario, but with fewer seats than last election
Doug Ford and the Progressive Conservatives have won a third successive majority in Ontario, however, it fell short of the increased majority he had called for at the start of the campaign. Ford went into this snap vote saying he...
Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie loses in Mississauga riding, all 3 other leaders reclaim seats
Ontario Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie won’t be sitting in the Ontario legislature after losing the Mississauga East-Cooksville riding to her PC opponent. Silvia Gualtieri, a former city councillor in Mississauga and the mother-in-law of Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown, will beat...
