3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (916+ words) MONTREAL — The trade war with the United States and Quebec sovereignty took centre stage as leaders of Quebec’s five main parties appeared in back-to-back interviews on prime time television Wednesday evening. The agora of the legislature in Quebec City was…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (620+ words) Canada to blame for Washington’s escalation of trade war, says Trump trade czar U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer says Canada is to blame for Washington’s decision to escalate the trade war with its northern neighbour. President Donald Trump on Tuesday…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (937+ words) Former U.S. Sen. John E. Sununu, a Republican, will face Democratic Rep. Chris Pappas in November in the race to replace U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, whose decision to not seek reelection created a cascade of competitive races. Two of the eight Republicans hoping…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (273+ words) VICTORIA — British Columbia Premier David Eby has invoked the memory of the 9-11 terrorist attacks and Canadian efforts to help their neighbours as he voices support for Ottawa’s counter tariffs in the trade conflict with the United States. Eby says Canadians…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (158+ words) OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is warning Canadians that the country’s pivot away from the United States will come at a cost, but that the alternative would be far worse. In a national video address set to be released today,…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (610+ words) Canada’s retaliatory tariffs on American goods are now in effect The trade war between Canada and the United States took on a new face today as Ottawa introduces retaliatory tariff measures. New Canadian tariffs of between 15 and 50 per cent kicked…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (677+ words) OTTAWA — Ottawa’s retaliatory tariffs on American goods took effect just after midnight EDT on Tuesday, responding to the 50 per cent tariffs Washington hit Canada with last month. On Aug. 22, U.S. President Donald Trump launched tariffs on nearly $28 billion of…...

6+ day, 23+ hour ago   (321+ words) The filing came after U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani extended an order against the Postal Service enforcing President Donald Trump’s executive order for the November elections. The legal wrangling comes even as states start sending out mail ballots, leaving the…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (370+ words) A federal judge on Friday extended her prohibition against the U.S. Postal Service implementing President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to limit mail voting during the midterms, putting another major obstacle in the way of the administration as the first states…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (764+ words) OTTAWA — The impacts of climate change in Canada are now largely irreversible and average temperatures are expected to rise by at least 3.5 C by the end of the century, a new government report warns. It says that even if the…...