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Key dates in the Canada-U.S. trade dispute as Trump launches trade war
OTTAWA - U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order hitting Canada and Mexico with 25 per cent across-the-board tariffs, with a lower 10 per cent levy on Canadian energy, took effect at 12:01 a.m. ...
Mar 4, 2025
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...
Mar 4, 2025
CP NewsAlert: Ottawa pauses preventive health care task force amid review over breast cancer screening recommendations
TORONTO - Federal Health Minister Mark Holland has paused the work of the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care, which has come under fire for not recommending breast cancer screening for wome...
Mar 4, 2025
Canadians say they will stop buying U.S. products as Trump’s tariffs take effect
HALIFAX - Canadians say they are ready to use their wallets to fight the trade war with the United States, which began today as President Donald Trump imposed 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian goods. Ha...
Mar 4, 2025
Minister says he hopes Metis boarding school settlement will help the community heal
OTTAWA - Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Gary Anandasangaree says he hopes a federal settlement with Mtis who attended a boarding school in Saskatchewan will help them heal. The le--la-Crosse boar...
Mar 4, 2025
Trudeau says he and the new Liberal leader will decide on his last day in office
OTTAWA - With the Liberal party set to announce its new leader within days, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his last day in office will be determined by himself and his replacement. Responding to q...
Mar 4, 2025
U.S. tariffs set to slow pace of homebuilding in Canada: CHBA
OTTAWA - Canada's building industry says a trade war with the United States will slow down the pace of home construction. Canadian Home Builders' Association CEO Kevin Lee says the U.S. tariffs levied...
Mar 4, 2025
As Trump's trade war begins, his team links his tariff agenda to drug trafficking
WASHINGTON - Lawmakers and senior advisers in Washington are scrambling to react after U.S. President Donald Trump's economywide tariffs on Canada and Mexico came into force. Key members of Trump's te...
Mar 4, 2025
Two suicide bombings at a military base in Pakistan kill at least 9 people and injure 25
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - Attackers launched two suicide bombings to breach a wall at a military base in northwestern Pakistan while others stormed the compound and were repelled in violence that kill...
Mar 4, 2025
Ukraine's Zelenskyy calls Oval Office spat with Trump 'regrettable'
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday the Oval Office blowup with U.S. President Donald Trump was "regrettable," and that, "it is time to make things right." Zelens...
Mar 4, 2025