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Premiers call for improved relationship with China during trade war with the U.S.
By Canadian Press on July 23rd, 2025
Canada’s premiers are calling on the federal government to improve the country’s relationship with China, make changes to the bail system and spend more money on health care. They are meeting for the third and final day of their gathering in Huntsville, Ont. Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe and Ontario Premier Doug Ford say the country ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trump announces more trade deals as deadline looms for higher tariffs on Canada
By Canadian Press on July 23rd, 2025
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump announced more trade deals this week as his deadline for Canada and the United States to negotiate a new economic and security partnership draws closer. Trump said Tuesday that the United States had made deals with Japan and the Philippines. The White House also provided more information on the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news today: Convoy leaders to be sentenced, festival attack suspect in court
By Canadian Press on July 23rd, 2025
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Sentencing begins for ‘Freedom Convoy’ leaders The sentencing hearing for “Freedom Convoy” leaders Tamara Lich and Chris Barber is set to begin Wednesday morning, months after the two were found guilty of mischief. Two days have been set ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Prime Minister Mark Carney set to visit birthplace in N.W.T.
By Canadian Press on July 23rd, 2025
FORT SMITH — Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to stop today in the town where he was born as he travels across the Northwest Territories. Carney also spent his early childhood in Fort Smith, located south of Yellowknife along the Alberta boundary, before he moved with his family to Edmonton. He is scheduled to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fitness hearing for Adam Kai-Ji Lo, accused of 11 murders at Vancouver festival
By Canadian Press on July 23rd, 2025
VANCOUVER — The man accused of ramming an SUV into a crowd and killing 11 people at the Vancouver Lapu Lapu Day festival is set to appear in court today, with a judge determining if he’s fit to stand trial. RJ Aquino, the chair of festival organizer Filipino BC, says the court proceedings could prove ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Judge set to deliver ruling after turbulent sexual assault trial of five hockey players
By Canadian Press on July 23rd, 2025
Seven years after an encounter that put sports culture under a national microscope and sparked a new wave of conversations about consent, a judge is set to rule this week on whether the actions of five hockey players inside a London, Ont., hotel room that night constituted sexual assault. Ontario Superior Court Justice Maria Carroccia ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada should follow U.K.’s move to lower voting age to 16, says senator
By Canadian Press on July 23rd, 2025
OTTAWA — Now that the British government has vowed to lower its voting age to 16 by the next general election, one Canadian senator says it’s past time for Canada to do the same. The U.K. announced last week that it would lower its voting age from 18 to 16 in a bid to strengthen ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hockey players’ sex assault trial: What court heard about each of the 5 accused
By Canadian Press on July 23rd, 2025
An Ontario judge is set to deliver her ruling Thursday in the case of five hockey players accused of sexually assaulting a woman in a London, Ont., hotel room seven years ago. Michael McLeod, Carter Hart, Alex Formenton, Dillon Dube and Callan Foote have all pleaded not guilty to sexual assault in the June 2018 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Premiers entering final day of meetings with public safety, internal trade on agenda
By Canadian Press on July 23rd, 2025
Canada’s premiers are set to meet for the third and final day of their gathering in Ontario’s cottage country, with internal trade, public safety and health care on the agenda. The premiers met with Prime Minister Mark Carney in Huntsville, Ont., on Tuesday to discuss the ongoing trade war with U.S. President Donald Trump after ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian researchers create tool to remove anti-deepfake watermarks from AI content
By Canadian Press on July 23rd, 2025
OTTAWA — University of Waterloo researchers have built a tool that can quickly remove watermarks identifying content as artificially generated — and they say it proves that global efforts to combat deepfakes are most likely on the wrong track. Academia and industry have focused on watermarking as the best way to fight deepfakes and “basically ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A timeline of sexual assault allegations against former Hockey Canada junior players
By Canadian Press on July 23rd, 2025
A timeline of events that led to former Canada world junior hockey team players Michael McLeod, Alex Formenton, Carter Hart, Dillon Dube and Cal Foote being charged with sexual assault. Jan. 5, 2018 — Canada’s world junior hockey team defeats Sweden in the gold-medal final in Buffalo, N.Y. June 18, 2018 — Hockey Canada Foundation ... Read More »
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