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In the news today: Trudeau steps away, Carney steps in, and G7 foreign ministers meet
By Canadian Press on March 14th, 2025
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Carney set to name his cabinet this morning Mark Carney will be sworn in as prime minister this morning at Rideau Hall, where he will also reveal his new cabinet. Carney won the Liberal leadership race last weekend ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Joly, others to address media on last day of G7 foreign ministers meeting in Quebec
By Canadian Press on March 14th, 2025
LA MALBAIE, Que. — Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly is set to address media this morning after gathering her counterparts from the U.S., Europe and Japan. She has been hosting the Group of Seven foreign ministers’ meeting in the Charlevoix region, northeast of Quebec City. Joly had pledged to raise U.S. tariffs with her American ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!EU foreign policy chief says that global trade war works in China’s interests
By Canadian Press on March 14th, 2025
LA MALBAIE, Que. — The European Union’s foreign policy chief says tariffs between Western countries only serve China’s interests and is calling for higher defence spending to keep Russia in check. “If the United States is having a trade war with Canada, Mexico or the European Union, then who is really benefiting from this is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mark Carney set to become prime minister and name his cabinet this morning
By Canadian Press on March 14th, 2025
OTTAWA — Mark Carney will be sworn in as prime minister this morning at Rideau Hall, where he will also reveal his new cabinet. Carney won the Liberal leadership race last weekend with an overwhelming 86 per cent of the votes from Liberal members. He officially takes over from Justin Trudeau as prime minister in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian officials say meeting with U.S. commerce secretary was constructive
By Canadian Press on March 13th, 2025
WASHINGTON — Canadian officials said a Thursday meeting with U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick was constructive and lowered temperatures amid the ongoing trade war launched by U.S. President Donald Trump last month — but they expected no immediate changes to punishing tariffs. “This was a constructive discussion,” said Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne in Washington. “We ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. nurse committed unprofessional conduct for transgender comments, committee finds
By Canadian Press on March 13th, 2025
A disciplinary panel of the B.C. College of Nurses and Midwives says a nurse committed unprofessional conduct for making “discriminatory and derogatory statements” about transgender people. The panel’s decision released Thursday says Amy Hamm’s statements made across “various online platforms” between July 2018 and March 2021 were partly designed “to elicit fear, contempt and outrage ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Premier Ford optimistic following talks with Lutnick in Washington
By Canadian Press on March 13th, 2025
WASHINGTON — Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Thursday that a meeting with U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has lowered the temperature on the ongoing trade war launched by U.S. President Donald Trump last month. But there was no change to Trump’s punishing tariffs that have thrown markets on both sides of the border into disarray ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. court grants production order to man defrauded out of $26 million in bitcoin
By Canadian Press on March 13th, 2025
VANCOUVER — A B.C. Supreme Court judge has granted production orders to name cryptocurrency account holders to a man who claims he lost $26 million in bitcoin in a fraud connected to a person who claimed to live in Vancouver. The court ruling posted Thursday was issued last month involving Lixiao Wang, who petitioned the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Health Minister Mark Holland not running in upcoming election
By Canadian Press on March 13th, 2025
OTTAWA — Health Minister Mark Holland said Thursday he won’t run again in the coming federal election, announcing his change in plans just one day before Mark Carney is officially sworn in as prime minister. Holland, who represents the riding of Ajax just outside Toronto, said in a social media post Thursday that “it’s time ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. legislation would give cabinet sweeping powers amid U.S. tariff threats
By Canadian Press on March 13th, 2025
British Columbia’s government is proposing giving cabinet broad-reaching emergency powers to respond to what Premier David Eby calls the “human-caused disaster” coming in like a freight train from the United States. A bill, tabled in the legislature Thursday, gives cabinet the power to implement charges on vehicles using B.C. infrastructure, such as highways and ferries, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Vancouver police cancel Amber Alert for 2-year-old boy, saying he’s safe
By Canadian Press on March 13th, 2025
VANCOUVER — Vancouver police say they have located a two-year-old boy who was allegedly abducted by his father on Thursday. Police say the boy is safe after they issued an Amber Alert saying they believed he was in imminent danger. They said the boy was taken from outside a family care centre on East Broadway. ... Read More »
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